About the role
Sprout Social is looking for a highly driven, collaborative, and tech-savvy Corporate Account Executive with strong business acumen to join our Sales team.
Why join Sprout's Sales & Success team?
Joining the Sales and Success team is an opportunity to accelerate your career. We're a winning team selling and supporting the leading social media management platform for businesses. Not only do you get to work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, you also get to work with some of the biggest brands in the world including DoorDash, General Mills, Trello, Make-a-wish Foundation, Edelman, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. And the real kicker? You get to design your own career and follow the path that's best for you. Wherever you want to go, we're committed to helping you get there.
What you'll do
Drive new business in our corporate segment by converting our largest prospective corporate clients into customers
Collaborate with colleagues across our sales support team, including Business Development Representatives (BDRs), Solution Engineers, and more.
What you'll bring
Sprout Social is looking for a highly driven, collaborative, and tech-savvy Account Executive with strong business acumen to join our Sales team. Ideally, you will be equally driven by a customer-centric mentality as well as a desire to close new business.
These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:
3+ years of closing experience in B2B sales
Track record of overachieving against defined metrics
Proven success generating pipeline and partnering with Sales Development counterparts
Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:
SaaS experience preferred
Social media and/or marketing automation experience a plus
Exceptional organizational, presentation, and communication skills - phone, email and demonstrations/webinars
Experience working with Salesforce.com or other CRM platform
About the company
Sprout Social is a global leader in social media management and analytics software. Sprout's intuitive platform offers comprehensive social media management solutions, including publishing and engagement functionality, customer care, influencer marketing, advocacy, and AI-powered business intelligence to more than 30,000 brands. Founded in 2010, Sprout has a hybrid team located across the globe. Sprout Social has been recognized as a Glassdoor Best Places to Work, PEOPLE Companies that Care, Great Place to Work Best Workplace for Parents and more.