Account Executive, Mid-Market Sales

• Successfully acquire new mid-market customers within our landmark industries by responding and actioning internal leads in order to achieve individual quota targets.
• Navigate sales cycles from value creation to negotiation and closing, and present the value of our solutions to prospective customers. Forecast and close new business revenue every month.
• Proactively seek out insightful market and industry information in order to effectively develop rapport with mid-market customers. Recommend relevant solutions by offering a unique product mix from the range of Hootsuite products to solve clients business challenges.
• Recommend appropriate third party partner solutions to meet customer needs and build a differentiated pitch for our customers.
• Deliver product presentations and demos to potential customers, showcasing a range of solutions that provide maximum benefit to the customer. Complete RFI/ RFP and other supplier technical requirement documents.
• Partner with our pre & post sales teams to navigate roadblocks and objections, ensuring customer success and long term value for the customer.
• Manage, track and report sales activities and results through Salesforce, Sales Navigator and 6Sense
• Facilitate a warm handoff to the implementation and customer teams following the close of the initial customer sale to ensure a smooth customer transition and onboarding.
• Engage and educate existing commercial customers on Hootsuite's value proposition; maximize the value of each account by aligning customer's unique needs and overall goals on social media.
• Provide day to day peer support with training new team members as they onboard and develop their sales skills.
• Perform other related duties as required.

• Intermediate level experience in B2B sales OR 3+ years of lead generation/business development representative experience (experience in software considered an asset); proven ability to achieve or exceed assigned quotas.
• Ability to focus on client business value, return on investment, and customer solutions (not features-focused selling).
• Experience crafting sales plans for your vertical/territory and building/executing on your account/territory plans.
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Commitment to Results: Consistently achieving results, demonstrating high performance and challenging self and others to deliver results.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs.
• Negotiation: Successfully obtains commitment to a solution or idea, while maintaining integrity and relationships.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish-doesn't give up.

• Solution seeker. You're focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward-and you don't wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner. You have a growth mindset - you're here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn't.
• Resilient adapter. In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger. You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator. You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
• Integrated thinker. You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team's work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner. You take pride in the work you're responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser. You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

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