Description:
As a Senior Client Account Manager, Retail, in our DE Enterprise Sales Team, you will be in charge of driving a sophisticated book of business of large Retail brands in the German market. We’re looking for an experienced self-driven Senior Client Account Manager to help our most strategic partners successfully grow their business through Pinterest. You’ll work directly with some of our key advertisers as a trusted consultant to their business. Your strategic advice, sales skills & coaching are core to bringing to life the value we deliver as a platform. If this sounds like fun, we’d love to hear from you!
What You’ll Do
- Build and nurture relationships with our Partners, proactively reaching out to partners regarding campaign performance, optimizations, updates, and opportunities.
- Ensure that our partners objectives and requirements are met by liaising between them and our internal teams ( Measurement & Insights, Product Marketing, Creative Strategy, etc)
- Gain a deep understanding of our partners’ business goals and turn data into compelling stories and actionable insights to help them succeed
- Specifically own the “how” conversation with advertisers to advise on media strategies across targeting, bidding models, creative, measurement, etc.
- Become an expert at Pinterest campaign best practices, enabling yourself to be the resource for performance related opportunities. Ensure that campaign setup is optimal. Evaluate if a digital media campaign is successful and how to troubleshoot.
- Understand how to drive results, optimize campaigns and deliver performance updates to partners. Ensure the performance metrics that were agreed upon are being met, and take action to course correct.
- Actively engaging in client meetings to understand their key objectives and challenges. Presenting and explaining complex solutions in a clear and concise manner to help partners achieve their objectives. Handle resistance, complaints, or objections from partners professionally and patiently.
- Cross sell and upsell opportunities that contribute to the team’s ability to exceed revenue targets.
- Understand complex processes and products, distilling them down into a digestible format for our partners’, Provide partners with guidance and expertise on product, service best practices and features. Be highly knowledgeable about all relevant Pinterest ad product features and capable of clearly explaining their benefits to a customer. Maintain up-to-date education and fluency on evolving product roadmap and iterations. Efficiently interfaces with appropriate cross-functional teams to answer product-related questions or challenges when needed.
- Pitch new products and campaign best practices at scale
What We’re Looking For
- Digital advertising sales experience, managing performance advertisers ideally in retail industry
- Track record of compelling data-backed storytelling and recommendations
- Strong communication skills in person, on the phone, and through email
- A team player who’s able to work in a fast-paced environment with technical and non-technical teams
- Expertise in digital advertising and media sales including campaign optimization, analytical problem solving, and product/platform knowledge
- Experienced in managing quarterly forecasts and achieving goals
- Technical foundation with relevant experience in Search/Shopping/Display/Social advertising technologies
- Fluent English and German is essential for the role.