Account Director

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🏄 California, Colorado, +17 more states – Remote

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💵 $124.9k - $205.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Morning Consult

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $60M Series B - Morning Consult on 2021-06

B2B • SaaS • Artificial Intelligence

Morning Consult is an AI-driven market intelligence company that turns daily, always-on consumer survey data into decision-ready insights for brands, agencies, financial and government institutions. Its Intelligence Platform and AI agents (Company Performance Agent, Brand Reputation Agent, Customer Targeting Agent) plus connectors and APIs deliver continuous, globally representative consumer signals and tailored research. Morning Consult combines next-gen survey technology with expert research and embedded AI to provide reputation, brand, pricing, and B2B research solutions; its proprietary dataset covers 100+ countries, 30K+ daily surveys, and billions of answered questions.

📋 Description

• Achieving pipeline and growth targets for 10-20 assigned Fortune 500 clients through maintenance of existing business, sales of new solutions and programs to existing buyers, and through uncovering and effectively selling to new buyers within each assigned client • Owning the sales cycle from start to finish, from identifying contacts to outreach, qualifying leads, running discovery meetings, spearheading proposal and RFP processes, managing paperwork and procurement processes and closing and managing post-close relationships alongside the Research team and relevant Commercial partners • Being responsible for excellent sales progress reporting and hygiene, including weekly logging of sales activity, updating stages based on Morning Consult sales methodology, accurate pipeline and forecasting updates, accurate input of contracts into a CRM platform and consistent adherence to selling rules • Partnering with Finance and Legal teams to secure fair and optimal contract terms per Morning Consult selling guidelines and effectively liaise with and connect relevant internal and external parties on any client needs relating to contract changes, requirements or payment terms • Serving as a productive, collaborative partner to Sales leadership, Commercial support teams and other organizational partners to contribute to Objectives and Key Results and embody and deliver on Morning Consult values • Continuously improving through feedback • Serving as a professional, knowledgeable, and respected ambassador of Morning Consult through virtual and in-person engagements with clients and prospects, including strategy sessions, introductory meetings and events with MC executives, industry events and more • Ability to travel up to 30% of time • Perform such other tasks and duties as may be required or assigned from time to time in the Company’s discretion.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of enterprise sales experience with custom solutions and consultative services; experience at a data or market research firm is a plus • Proven track record of success, quota attainment and growth, ideally with multi-million-dollar deals • Ability to lead consultative sales cycle including developing, proposing, and closing complex custom research solutions • Familiarity with corporate marketing, communications, insights and/or brand functions, particularly at global and/or matrixed organizations • Intellectual curiosity; ability to synthesize data and articulate insights based on audience • Knowledge and interest in marketing, communications, data, and brand reputation • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to build rapport quickly with technical and non-technical audiences alike • Strong collaboration skills; comfortable working across departments and job levels • BS/BA or equivalent • Willing to take feedback, learn and grow; an ethos of continuous self-improvement.

🏖️ Benefits

• Catered lunch on Tuesdays and Wednesdays • Grab a beverage from the fridge for an impromptu after-work happy hour • Inclusion in a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals