Account Executive, Platform Sales - ATX
Account Executive, Platform Sales
(Austin, Texas)
About Atmosphere:
Atmosphere is the world’s #1 streaming service for businesses, offering 65+ channels of engaging, audio-optional TV. From news, sports and nature to viral videos, art, and more, Atmosphere delivers fresh programming designed to elevate any business space. Our company was built from the ground up to create unparalleled value for advertisers and next-level entertainment for companies around the globe.
About this role:
As our Account Executive, you will join our growing and highly successful sales organization. The Account Executive will represent all Atmosphere products and services to prospective clients. The prospects will include SMB/MM & Enterprise companies across all industry segments. You will focus on building a pipeline of qualified opportunities and closing business to help fuel our distribution growth. Marketing will hand-deliver some leads but hunting opportunities for yourself is a major part of the job, so bring your Rolodex and a passion for outreach. The Account Executive will be responsible for prospecting into his/her territory/account list, qualifying opportunities, designing solutions to help solve business problems, pricing, negotiating, and closing business. You’ll be responsible for providing input regarding the prospects’ needs and market/competitive trends. The ultimate measure of success for this position is winning new business.
This business moves fast, so you will need to be comfortable in an early-stage startup where challenges appear daily. You will shift between sales initiatives, product sessions, marketing discussions, and operational improvement sessions. You will learn to understand our target customers and work on creating compelling sales offerings. This position will report to the Sales Manager.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Exceed quarterly goals by converting leads into qualified customers
- Cultivate a pipeline of sales opportunities through lead follow-up and personal outreach
- Create plans and strategies for developing business and achieving sales quotas
- Help define sales and marketing processes that drive desired sales outcomes and identify improvements where and when required
- Become an expert in the platform + services and in articulating its value
- Partner with Marketing, Product and Customer Success to help test, measure, and optimize
- Research prospects to understand the company and individuals
- Capture key facts in the CRM
- Transition closed accounts to Account Management for deployment and growth
REQUIREMENTS
- 2+ years of experience as an Account Executive selling to local businesses or at a SaaS/enterprise software company
- A record of success within a sales team between 5 and 30 people
- Exceptional presentation, written and verbal communication
- Intelligence and passion for local businesses
- The ability to solve problems and to think quickly on your feet
- Consistent track-record of meeting + exceeding quotas
- Ability to work in a fluid environment and adjusts priorities on-the-fly
- High aptitude and understanding of technology
- Self-starter and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- High level of integrity and follow-through
- Strong collaboration and relationship management skills
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
- This is an ONSITE role that reports to HQ in Downtown Austin
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Dynamic office environment
- Catered lunch 4x days/week
- Competitive salary
- Company (401(k)
- Company equity
- Competitive insurance plans
- Open vacation policy
- So much more!