What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Executive- Digital Dealer position at EMERALDX, Inc?
Overview
Emerald is seeking an Account Executive to join our Digital Dealer Show team.
Digital Dealer events include DealerPoint (held in the spring) and Digital Dealer Conference & Expo (held in the fall). DealerPoint offers a VIP, curated experience based on a dealership’s unique business needs and objectives, with customized agendas and targeted networking.
The Digital Dealer Conference & Expo program features 75 actionable sessions, cutting-edge solutions, and unparalleled experiences. Digital Dealer Conference & Expo attracts dealerships and innovative auto retail solution providers from across the U.S. In 2.5 days, dealerships gain key insights into emerging trends and discover cutting-edge strategies, ideas, and auto retail solutions for immediate and long-term business success.
As an Account Executive for Digital Dealer and Dealerpoint, you will be responsible for selling exhibit space, digital advertising, and sponsorship opportunities for our event. This role is responsible for prospecting new opportunities, developing leads, building relationships, and closing sales, all while maintaining an active pipeline of opportunities. In addition, you’ll support our customers on their journey with from sale to show, ensuring each customer has a successful experience with us.
The best candidate for the Account Executive role will be a confident salesperson with strong interpersonal skills presented equally well in person and virtually. You’ll need to be an active listener and take a strategic consultative selling approach to ensure that your clients achieve the best possible results at our event. You also need to be a team player and have an appetite for research and self-discovery to become an expert in the automotive and ecommerce technology market.
This position will work on-site out of our Alpharetta, GA Office
Responsibilities
- Sell, booth space, sponsorships, advertising, and digital products to meet new business and retention revenue goals
- Utilize multiple channels to develop new business pipelines, including existing databases, industry networks, social media, office visits and tradeshows
- Effectively use Salesforce CRM to monitor growth and performance, including maintaining customer details and creating accurate forecasts
- Deliver proposals fitting the needs of the customer to secure their business
- Attend competitive or industry related events to stay connected with current clients and prospect for new opportunities
- Continuously analyze the needs of current clients as well as new products and industry trends to identify opportunities for up-selling and cross-selling
- Relay challenges and opportunities to brand teams; collaborate to strategize revenue growth opportunities, solve client issues, and share competitive information
- Engage with influential and advocate accounts and seek out opportunities to gain industry knowledge and understand market complexities
- Maintain an understanding of functions that interface with sales, including contracts/payments/collections, operations, marketing, and admin functions
Requirements
- Experience selling b2b event and/or media products
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and proactively identify resources to maintain industry knowledge; knowledge of technology industry particularly in ecommerce is a plus
- Active listener and persuasive communicator, with the ability to effectively translate client needs into competitive proposals and close sales
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate successfully with multiple functional groups (marketing, editorial, etc)
- Proactive, independent work style that demonstrates the ability to effectively prioritize, multitask, and identify potential challenge areas with limited oversight
- Experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM dashboard to manage and prioritize work
- Willing and able to travel overnight for up to 15-20% of the time
ABOUT EMERALD
Emerald’s talented and experienced teams grow our customers’ businesses 365 days a year with products that create connections, deliver content, and drive commerce. We produce over 140 annual events, create and deliver content through print and digital channels, and power commerce through our seamlessly integrated in-person and digital platforms and channels. For more information, please visit http://www.emeraldx.com.
At Emerald, we strive to foster a diverse and inclusive community. We actively recruit and champion candidates who bring new perspectives from varied professional backgrounds and experiences, and we are intentional about ensuring a positive hiring experience for everyone. Our job postings don’t contain experience inflation, and most don’t require college degrees. Instead, they’re crafted to focus on outcomes and transferable experiences that are assessed in a structured interview process carried out by trained hiring teams.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Target Compensation: $65,000-$75,000 (Sales Incentive Eligible)
Please note that this range reflects a reasonable estimate of the target compensation for this position. This range may ultimately vary based on a candidate’s qualifications and may be higher where required by applicable law.
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to strengthen our employees’ physical and mental health, including unlimited vacation for exempt employees, flexible working locations, 401(k) plan with a company match, medical/dental/vision coverage with inclusive provisions including transgender services and fertility benefits, parental and caregiver leave, dependent, commuter and FSA benefits, professional development programs like Toastmasters, and mental wellness tools such as weekly guided meditation programs.
If you need accommodation in our application process or have questions about our posted salary range, please email our Talent Acquisition team at Careers@EmeraldX.com.
