Junior Account Executive (Toronto Based, Remote)

Posted 16 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Canada
70K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Events
The Role
The Junior Account Executive engages with clients to understand their goals and how the company can assist. They manage relationships with sponsoring companies, nurture leads, and seek to meet or exceed sales quotas. The role involves sales outreach, collaboration with client success teams, and ongoing professional development.
Summary Generated by Built In

Description

About From Day One:

is a media outlet and conference series focused on innovative ways for companies to foster stronger relationships with their employees, customers, and communities.

At a time when society holds businesses to a rising level of accountability, From Day One explores how companies can build well-grounded values into their business—diversity, responsibility, transparency—and stick with them in an economy driven by disruption.

What’s unique about From Day One is our cross-disciplinary approach, bringing together executives from the fields of corporate social responsibility, human resources, marketing, and communications. Our events facilitate people-focused conversations that promote real, actionable ideas for and from executives, civic leaders, authors, and journalists across the country. Businesses have increasingly seen the wisdom of putting people first. Our mission is to help companies find the best ways to deliver on that promise, from day one.

Our business model includes an extensive series of both online and real-world content. We facilitate an extensive series of one-day conferences in approximately 20 cities around the country, with new locations added regularly. In addition, we host a regular series of online gatherings, ranging from topic-focused webinars several times a week, to monthly virtual conferences, as well as regular roundtables and small-group sessions.

We regularly publish articles including reporting and opinion pieces by our team and a network of notable journalists, led by the company’s chief content officer, veteran journalist .

About This Role:

The Junior Account Executive works directly with From Day One clients to learn their goals and establish how the company can help meet them. They serve as a trusted resource and point of contact for clients, manage our relationships with specific sponsoring companies, and help maintain and grow the company’s installed base. The Junior Account Executive will be an early member of our recently launched Canada-based marketing and sales team. 

The ideal candidate is experienced in CRMs and Salesforce, B2B sales, and outreach to prospective clients, as well as Canadian best practice for email communication. We’re looking for you to bring your expertise and creativity to establish sales strategies that will create excitement about and engagement with From Day One’s events and media content. 

Duties include regularly meeting sales quotas, helping clients make the most of their experiences and maximize ROI at our events, and collaborating with our Client Success team to ensure that clients return for future business. They will have the opportunity to be closely mentored and professionally developed by more seasoned sales professionals.

Requirements
  • Engage in frequent B2B outreach 
  • Actively research and nurture relationships with sponsoring companies 
  • Work with clients to close deals 
  • Meet or exceed assigned sales quota 
  • Work with CRO and VP Sales on sales tactics 
  • Familiarity with Salesforce, Salesloft and Excel preferred
  • 3 years’ professional experience in sales or sales support

Please Note:

  • This position requires a 4-year college/university degree at minimum. Candidates should have a strong academic background and a minimum of 3 years of full-time, professional post-graduation experience.
  • Diversity and inclusion are absolutely core to our mission, and we are committed to those values in our hiring process.
Benefits
  • This is a full-time salaried position. Starting salary is $70,000 CAD per year with opportunities for regular advancement and raises.
  • This position is remote, but please be available to meet with stakeholders based in or near the greater Toronto area if requested.
  • From Day One offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive vacation policies including summer and winter breaks, and an employee stock plan.

Top Skills

Crms
Excel
Salesforce
Salesloft
The Company
HQ: Brooklyn, NY
19 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

From Day One is a conference series and media outlet focused on innovative ways for companies to foster stronger relationships with their employees, customers, and communities. At a time when society holds businesses to a rising level of accountability, From Day One explores how companies can build well-grounded values into their business—diversity, responsibility, transparency—and stick with them in an economy driven by disruption.

Jobs at Similar Companies

Leaf Home Logo Leaf Home

Akron - Leaf Home Bath - Sales Trainer

Events • Other • Professional Services • Real Estate • Retail • Design • Manufacturing
Broadview Heights, OH, USA
4058 Employees

Vivid Seats Logo Vivid Seats

Software Engineer III

Consumer Web • eCommerce • Events • Information Technology • Software
Easy Apply
Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
600 Employees

Sandbox VR Logo Sandbox VR

Software Engineer

Events • Gaming • News + Entertainment • Retail • Virtual Reality
Hong Kong
1000 Employees

Similar Companies Hiring

Vivid Seats Thumbnail
Software • Information Technology • Events • eCommerce • Consumer Web
Chicago, IL
600 Employees
Leaf Home Thumbnail
Retail • Real Estate • Professional Services • Other • Manufacturing • Events • Design
Hudson, OH
4058 Employees
Sandbox VR Thumbnail
Virtual Reality • Retail • News + Entertainment • Gaming • Events
CA
1000 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account