Strategic Account Director, Linkedin Marketing Solutions

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers both hybrid and remote work options. This means you can work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what's best for you and when it is important for your team to be together, or you can work remotely from most locations within the country listed for this role.

We’re looking for a Strategic Account Director to join our Marketing Solutions team in showcasing LinkedIn as the premier place for brands to market to the world’s professionals. You will be responsible for developing and delivering a sales strategy while also motivating and growing a team of sales specialists that will assist in hitting growth targets by expanding our customer base. You will maximize revenues while producing ROI and brand awareness for agencies and clients.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering a sales and marketing strategy for our clients while also leading a pod to grow new business. The impact of these efforts will result in hitting growth targets.

Responsibilities:

• Engage and strategize with senior-level executives at client companies to demonstrate how LinkedIn can drive revenue to their business
• Command, report and forecast sales activity - from prospecting target accounts and contacts to closing deals and renewing
• Update and create sales proposals and manage advertising agencies and marketers
• Proactively provide smart client research and industry-specific information and trends
• Develop and cultivate deep relationships with senior executive clients at SVP, VP and CMO levels
• Interact and collaborate across our global footprint of offices
• Conceive and pitch creative marketing solutions to advertising agencies and direct clients
• Generate revenue and hit target quota

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in advertising, media sales and/or business development
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to open up new buying groups and new pools of revenue.
• Proven ability to successfully drive revenue through the development of long-term strategic relationships
• Experience structuring and managing complex digital advertising solutions
• Expert knowledge of how internet advertising technology works and the ability to explain it in ordinary terms
• Demonstrated ability to engage Sr Marketing decision makers to grow relationships at Fortune 100 companies and agencies.
• Experience preparing sales proposals, forecasts and account planning

Suggested Skills:

• Selling
• Building Relationships
• Media Sales

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $213,000 - $325,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.*

Additional Information

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• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
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• Being accompanied by a service dog

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