At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive growth by engaging with clients and showcasing our innovative media monitoring platform.
- Company: Join NewsWhip, a leader in real-time media monitoring and AI innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, strong commission, remote work, and a supportive team culture.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities to define a new industry.
- Why this job: Be part of a game-changing company shaping the future of media monitoring.
- Qualifications: Proven sales experience, curiosity about media trends, and strategic relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
- Overview
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News Whip by Sprout Social .
News Whip is the only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead, giving communications professionals the clarity they need for quick and confident decisions.
Our platform is used daily by the world’s leading brands, PR agencies and media companies to understand and predict trends across all channels in the news and social media.
Media monitoring has become incredibly complex given the many media and social media channels on which news is being consumed.
We have been urgently focused on leveraging AI agents to provide more context and efficiencies in the ability to make sense of so much noise.
There is no company in our space that has advanced AI innovation like we have.
We have an AI agent, the first of its kind: a real-time, analyst-quality alerting system that tells you not just when something is happening, but why it matters.
It’s the start of a hands-free future for brand monitoring, built on trusted News Whip data and designed to scale with your needs.
We are proud of the innovation we bring to the market, which has won a customer base of global brands like Coca‑Cola, Amazon, Google, Linked In, Facebook, Ford, Samsung, Volkswagen, Disney and many more, as well as hundreds of the world’s leading publishers.
Role description
The Role - Senior Account Executive
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Account Executive to join our UK Sales Team.
This individual will play a pivotal role in driving the growth strategy of a company that’s changing the world of media monitoring and social listening.
The candidate must be standout and demonstrate extreme curiosity with a passion for understanding the way news and social media are shaping the reputation and public perception of the world’s largest companies.
Key responsibilities
- Passionate about news and social media; interested in how breaking stories shape global perceptions.
- Creative: identify potential customers and design insightful demos and workshops for specific client challenges.
- Hands-on: use the product to gain valuable insights to help large companies make decisions and minimize crises and reputational risk.
- Strategic: develop and execute a sales plan for our most strategic buyers.
- Curious and hungry: dissect complex problems, ask questions until full understanding and quantified impact is achieved.
- Strategic relationship building: build deep relationships across all levels of an organization.
- Solution-oriented: articulate the value of News Whip’s platform focusing on ROI and overcoming budget constraints.
- Demonstrate a proven track record in enterprise sales and opportunity spotting; willing to take risks and learn from failures.
- Additional qualifications / bonus points
- Industry knowledge: familiarity with the media monitoring space or prior use of media monitoring tools.
- Business Development experience: started as a BDR/SDR or managed a BDR/SDR team.
- Media insights, brand experience: experience selling software and media insights solutions to large global brands.
- Technical experience: selling complex technical solutions and comfort with new technology.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension
- Strong commission plan
- Remote-first working environment
- Opportunity to help define an entirely new industry
- Company and culture
News Whip is a technology company that recognises the importance of our sales team.
We will support you vigorously and empower you to do impactful and innovative work.
Our ethos emphasizes a friendly work environment, healthy work-life balance, and fair compensation.
News Whip is an equal opportunity employer.
We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, colour, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
- Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job function
- Sales and Business Development
- Industries: Technology, Information and Media, Information Services, and Software Development
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Account Executive in London employer: NewsWhip by Sprout Social
At NewsWhip, we pride ourselves on being an innovative technology company that values our sales team as key drivers of our success. With a remote-first working environment, competitive salary, and strong commission plan, we empower our employees to make impactful contributions while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Join us in London to be part of a friendly culture that fosters growth and creativity in the rapidly evolving media monitoring industry.
