Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Advance Local is hiring an Account Executive for Advance Travel & Tourism. The role drives profitable digital advertising revenue growth in the travel and tourism industry through client acquisition, campaign strategy, performance optimization, and post-sale campaign management.

Responsibilities

• Regularly meet with existing and prospective clients
• Apply needs-based selling to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
• Focus on profitable revenue growth, meeting or exceeding sales targets
• Identify new revenue opportunities
• Develop and deliver client presentations supported by data analysis
• Manage a healthy pipeline using Salesforce.com to ensure consistent growth
• Collaborate with Strategy, Marketing and Operations teams
• Manage post-sale campaign execution, including creative coordination, fulfillment details and ongoing client communications to ensure successful campaign delivery
• Work from your home office and travel to clients, conferences and team meetings as necessary

Skills

• Bring your strong understanding of working with Convention & Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) and Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), including the unique challenges of seasonal tourism cycles and reliance on state or municipal funding for marketing initiatives
• • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• • Minimum of two years of digital advertising sales in the travel and tourism industry
• • Demonstrated success at increasing sales in a competitive marketplace, consultative and solution-oriented selling, and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Demonstration of motivation and quick learning ability are required
• • Thorough knowledge of needs-based selling
• Experience using CRM sales management platforms
• • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• • Strong self-motivation and the ability to achieve goals independently
• • Excellent relationship-building skills
• • Outstanding written and verbal communication and presentation abilities, and active listening abilities
• • Commitment to teamwork and collaboration
• • Solid organizational skills with proven ability to multi-task, manage pressure and meet deadlines
• This role requires reliable transportation to regularly meet with clients
• Preferably in digital media
• Prior experience selling digital media advertising is highly preferred

Benefits

• Additional commissions bring total potential target compensation to $95,000 to $105,000.
• Remote-based position, ideally located in New Mexico or Texas; work from your home office.

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