Account Manager, Media Sales - New York

about 2 years ago
Full time role
San Francisco, CA, US... more
San Francisco, CA, US... more

Job Description

At Volta we’re on a mission to accelerate the adoption of the electric vehicle. Volta's award-winning charging stations benefit brands, consumers, and real-estate locations by providing valuable advertising space to businesses and convenient charging to drivers. Strategically located in places consumers already visit, Volta's chargers are currently the most used electric vehicle charging stations in the United States. As an Account Manager for the Media Sales organization, you'll be the go-to resource for the New York region.

After twelve months, you will have accomplished:
  • Supporting the Media Sales Team in all day-to-day activities, helping to maintain account strategies and formalization, while understanding strategic account plans
  • Representing assigned accounts both externally and internally as an “ambassador” towards all functions by communicating projects, issues and opportunities across sales, product, engineering and operations teams (this includes providing market insight gained from third party measurement tools)
  • Maintaining a high level of customer focus and success, communication with clients, managing their needs at all times, including during the flight and post analysis/final billing
  • Understanding client objectives, consumer behavior/motivations, marketing and brand principles; using these insights to develop campaign strategy recommendations
  • Drafting requests for proposals, presentations, inventory packages and various reports under deadline pressure; providing pricing guidelines and network impression availability while ensuring best practices are followed
  • Conducting follow-up calls for signed Insertion Orders, rate requests and creatives
  • Partnering with Media Sales to develop and present new opportunities and renewal/retention efforts to clients
  • Updating data and managing media sales tools, including Salesforce, Ayuda, and agency inventory records
  • Standardizing and automating wherever possible
  • Calculating and tracking impression numbers for new charging stations; provide post campaign summary report for clients to ensure accurate billing

What you bring to Volta Charging:

  • PASSION - passion for Volta, passion for sales, passion for success, passion for problem-solving
  • 2-3 years digital and traditional media sales support; Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • Strong background in facilitating management for a large book of accounts with a high volume of sales
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, you’re a team player with attention to detail and the motivation to exceed goal deadlines and absorb knowledge of Media Sales
  • An appetite for growth and development towards a sales role with Volta
  • Excellent writing and communication skills with the ability to liaise internally and externally with a consultative yet enthusiastic approach
  • Confidence with prospecting, presentation and selling skills while being friendly, engaging and adaptable to different work styles
  • Outstanding project and time management skills, proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks
  • Proficient in MS Office, including Excel, Dropbox and Salesforce or similar CRM and both MAC and PC platforms

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