Account Executive

We have multiple openings for Account Executives whose main responsibility will be managing existing client accounts within the following divisions:

• Event Management
• Event Management:
  Venue Sourcing
• Hospitality Cloud
• Crowd Compass (Mobile Apps)

In this role, you will be charged with identifying and closing sales opportunities with the clients you manage, such as contract renewals, up-sells, cross-sells, etc. Additionally, you will provide a high level of quality of service to our customers. You will be required to demonstrate solution-selling skills and effectively manage internal relationships with the Sales and Client Services departments to ensure complete customer satisfaction and meet sales objectives.

What You Will Be Doing

• Identify and close sales opportunities with our clients, such as contract renewals, cross-sells, and up-sells (such as adding additional apps to clients' packages), etc.
• Present products and services information to corporate accounts
• Ensure relationships with key decision-makers for accounts that will provide business are continuously developed and relationships are strengthened and grown
• Work with Sales and Client Services teams to ensure complete customer satisfaction with the Cvent product and organization
• Ensure customer issues are acknowledged and resolved within 24 hours
• Call on existing clients in an effort to meet and exceed individual and department revenue expectations
• Develop and actively pursue list of targeted Key Accounts within North America and create individual plans of action to penetrate these accounts
• Set aggressive goals for annual revenue achievement against each account
• Accurately forecast sales opportunities via pipeline report
• Effectively and accurately manage personal revenue pipeline to maximize all business opportunities
• Monitor and report sales activity within the system
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills & Requirements

What You Need for this Position

• Bachelor's degree is required (strong academic performance is desired)
• At least 3 years of experience in customer-facing, revenue-generating role (more is welcomed)
• Ability to multi-task and ability to work in a dynamic, fast-changing entrepreneurial environment
• Must be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines to include relationship management, consultative selling, product demonstrations, closing contracts, operation/process flow, and product function
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High degree of computer literacy is a must
• This is not a technical position. Relevant experience might include selling CRM or CMS systems, ASP based data systems, Travel or Meeting Planning Services
• Ability to work with MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and  or similar contact management software
• Experience selling or managing accounts in SaaS/technology/hospitality space a plus
• Experience working in the Event Management industry a plus