JOB TITLE Account Manager
DEPARTMENT INN Labs (Product and Technology)
REPORTS TO Director, INN Labs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE
We are looking for a qualified Account Manager to join the INN Labs team. You will be responsible for developing long-term relationships with customers and overseeing sales.
As our Account Manager, you will work to satisfy customers’ needs and requests, expediently respond to inqueries, and aspire to deliver a positive customer experience. You should have excellent communication and negotiation skills and be customer service oriented.
Ultimately, you should be able to grow our business by building successful, long-term client relationships.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)
- Operate as the lead point of contact for client projects to develop a trusted advisor relationship with customers (30%)
- Develop new business with existing clients and identify new sales opportunities (20%)
- Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives, and assist with issue escalations as needed (20%)
- Contribute to project proposals and contract negotiations (10%)
- Manage and continuously improve our project management process (10%)
- Write content for newsletters, the team blog, social media, etc. to promote our services and help organizations maximize their use of our products. (10%)
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS(REQUIRED AND PREFERRED)
Required:
- Significant experience in account management and sales
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience with direct client interaction and front-line support strongly preferred
- Proven ability to manage multiple account management projects at a time while paying strict attention to detail
- Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical users
- Strong attention to detail. Highly organized self-starter able to develop project plans and work to implement them with limited oversight and supervision. Previous project management experience highly preferred
- Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills
Preferred:
To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate should have:
- An understanding of the nonprofit news industry and publishing priorities
- Experience working with WordPress
- Familiarity with basic principles of user-centered design, ideally in a news environment
- Familiarity with version control tools (we use git)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (I.E. CERTIFICATES, EDUCATION, LICENSES)
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