ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome historical barriers to education. In carrying out our mission, as employees we feel a deep responsibility to each other and our well-being, and are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
The Role
ITHAKA is looking for a detailed-oriented and results-driven Account Manager to deepen relationships with higher education libraries and community colleges in the Western United States in order to sustain existing revenue and grow participation in new products and services.
In this role, you will be a proactive and reactive problem solver who is confident delivering presentations to library leadership while developing complex price quotes. As an Account Manager, your top priorities will be serving the needs of your assigned accounts and forming relationships with key decision-makers and influencers. You’ll drive growth in our existing products and build momentum for upcoming services and new business models in development by cultivating strong relationships and providing exceptional account management.
In this role, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of our community as JSTOR—a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources—evolves to meet the changing needs of scholarly research and education, reporting directly to the Regional Director of Outreach & Participation. The specific territory you will support will be determined based on your geographic location; we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Responsibilities
- Build relationships with key decision makers and influencers at assigned accounts through regular email, webinars, conferences, and in-person engagements.
- Using a consultative selling approach, grow the revenue from your assigned accounts for all ITHAKA-related products and services.
- Maintain excellent and detailed knowledge of all ITHAKA products and services, with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate their value to your account base.
- Maintain up-to-date product, industry, and technical knowledge by reviewing professional publications, participating in professional societies, and drawing on learnings from professional networks.
- Analyze the trends within your assigned accounts and provide feedback and expertise back to the organization to inform cross-functional decision-making.
- Negotiate licensing terms and participation fees with prospective and current participants.
- Partner closely with your regional teammates to achieve mutual goals and success across your assigned accounts.
- Engage regularly with all assigned accounts to achieve assigned performance metrics.
- Provide top-tier account support in the form of managing license agreement negotiations, providing and interpreting account usage data, and order processing.
- Effectively and dynamically communicate JSTOR’s strategic direction to build awareness and help the organization achieve its transformational goals.
- Diligently and effectively track your conversations and pipeline in ITHAKAs CRM to inform business commitments and revenue forecasting.
- Approximately 25% of travel is required, about one week per month, to visit participating libraries and attend industry and company events.
Experience and Skills
- 2 or more years of experience working in sales or relationship-building positions at a library vendor or digital publisher.
- Demonstrated aptitude for relationship building, strategic thinking, and product positioning.
- Innovative thinker who is adept at problem-solving.
- Exceptional verbal, and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to effectively demonstrate digital content and platform tools.
- Industry knowledge of contemporary developments in academic libraries and familiarity with the current digital landscape.
- Highly adaptable in a fast-changing, transformative environment.
- Previous experience managing a pipeline in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Intermediate Excel skills including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables preferred.
- Bachelor's degree preferred; MBA/MLS or advanced degree a plus.
- Experience working in a library, archive, or a library degree is a plus
Work Authorization and Sponsorship
ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States.
Compensation and Benefits
At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $70,000 - $80,000 per year. Starting pay may vary with job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At present, our total compensation package for benefits-eligible employees includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer-paid 10% retirement contribution, paid parental and caregiver leave, 22 days of paid time off, 11 paid holidays, up to 12 sick days, wellness benefits, and more. Please note that ITHAKA, at its discretion, may make changes to its benefits programs from time to time. #LI-JS1 #LI-REMOTE
We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust. We take inclusion seriously. Belonging is one of our core values, and it shows in our vibrant culture. People from a wide range of backgrounds work at ITHAKA, and we believe that unique perspectives help us realize new insights and build better solutions.
We want to work with people who are passionate about ideas like these and who wish to contribute their perspectives and talents to ITHAKA’s mission. We enthusiastically welcome applications from people of all underrepresented backgrounds and credentials. We want to hear your story and include your perspective in the transformative work we aim to do.
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Although ITHAKA has physical offices in New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, our employees are distributed across the continental United States. At this time, we’re not considering candidates who are unable to work and reside in the continental U.S.
Candidates may apply by submitting an application online through our career site, if you have any questions about your application, please contact us at [email protected]. ITHAKA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if there’s anything we can do to accommodate any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected].
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, domestic violence victim status, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability, or other status protected by law. We invite you to read our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement. ITHAKA cares about your privacy, learn more about our Applicant Privacy Notice.
What We Do
ITHAKA's mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. We started in 1995 with a simple idea: digitize the materials in university and college libraries to preserve them and make them available online to people everywhere. Today, we do that and so much more.
Our 300+ staff - everyone from software developers, designers, and editors, to quantitative analysts, human resource specialists, and marketers - work to deliver four services developed to advance our mission.
JSTOR and Artstor are digital platforms expanding access to knowledge by making thousands of books, journals, images, and primary sources available to millions of students and researchers in 170 countries.
Portico is a global archive preserving nearly 500 terabytes of digital research content for libraries and publishers to ensure it's accessible for future generations.
Ithaka S+R is a strategic consulting group providing research to help colleges, universities, and museums with challenges like enrolling more low-income students and veterans, increasing diversity in their workforce, transitioning to digital environments, improving learning outcomes and graduation rates through the use of adaptive learning technologies, and re-vamping what college means through an inclusive focus on micro-credentials.
