Account Executive selling Quora advertising solutions to brands and agencies. Growing ad partnerships through proposals, performance insights, and full-cycle sales.
Responsibilities
Source and close new business by presenting Quora's advertising solution online and in person to leading marketers and agencies
Deliver media proposals that educate prospects and drive new business activation to exceed quarterly revenue targets
Develop and execute sales strategy in a dynamic, small-team environment
Leverage data, insights, and measurement to help advertisers achieve marketing objectives
Lead partner growth activities focused on performance advertising KPIs including CPA, CPL, and ROAS
Identify and communicate opportunities for new approaches to increase team effectiveness
Manage the full sales cycle, including prospecting, contract negotiation, project management, and post-sales support
Identify and activate new advertising partners across Quora's ads platform
Serve as the main onboarding point of contact for key advertisers and agencies
Provide market feedback to cross-functional peers to inform ads product development and business marketing activities
Requirements
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's coordination hours, Monday–Friday, 9am–3pm Pacific Time
2+ years of industry experience, including 2 years of recent digital media sales experience
Understanding of digital marketing fundamentals and the broader advertising ecosystem
Exemplary verbal, written, and listening communication skills with clients up to the C-level
Confidence and tact to respectfully challenge clients on strategic decisions
Bias for action and ability to overcome barriers and work collaboratively in a fast-paced, challenging environment
Self-driven and detail-oriented
Openness to manual processing required in early advertising platform development
Passion for Quora's mission and goals
Comfort working with a new product and serving as the onboarding point of contact
Digital advertising sales experience in B2B, Financial Services, Technology, Professional Services, Health, or Entertainment is preferred
Experience with a self-serve ads platform and performance marketers is preferred
Previous experience using Salesforce.com for opportunity management and sales forecasting is preferred
Authorization to work in the selected employment-eligible country
Willingness to undergo identity verification and a comprehensive background check
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Equity refreshers
Remote work reimbursement
Paid time off
Employee assistance programs
Flexible equity program in equity-eligible countries, with a portion of equity compensation potentially payable as cash
Equity and benefits for US and Canada candidates
Identity verification and comprehensive background check prior to onboarding
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