Associate Account Executive - Toronto, Canada - The Brand Power Company

The Brand Power Company

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales:

Creators of Home Tester Club
the world's largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content:

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Customized training program delivered by some of the industry's best:

Lots of opportunity for growth as we promote from within

The Role

We're on the hunt for a group of enthusiastic sales gun to join our team in Toronto to get our amazing digital advertising solutions in front of the world's biggest packaged goods brands.

This is a genuine sales role for someone who is serious about selling and keen to kick off their career in the digital economy.

You are competitive, curious, and an outstanding communicator.

If successful, you will join a group of like-minded new starters to be developed together with a specially designed training program simulcast from our global headquarters.

When you join us you will work directly with the world's top packaged goods companies, have the opportunity to interact with some of the greatest marketing minds, and hone career-making sales, management, and production skills across a variety of multimedia platforms including, television, digital and social.

You'll also learn all you need to know about our company, our unique products, and the secrets to selling as part of an extensive training program delivered by some of the industry's best.

Whether you're a graduate or in the early years of your career, this is the perfect opportunity to blend your passion for sales, digital media, and consumer goods within a truly global business.

The Brand Power Company

The Brand Power Company, a WPP company, is the world's leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts, and Home Tester Club.

We're big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.

We know passion beats pretense and that it's the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We're expanding into new markets. We're committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work.

With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world's largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising, and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey, and Wavemaker.

A career with The Brand Power Company opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.

Key Responsibilities

Networking and getting to know our current clients while finding potential new ones
Use our pretty cool online CRM tools (including Salesforce) to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities
Work effectively with multiple internal departments to sell, execute, and manage campaigns (ie. Creative & Production teams)
Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions
Learn and develop industry knowledge to establish areas of opportunity with potential clients
Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider The Brand Power Company tools
Use the skills you develop to close business with new clients
Build strong relationships with existing clients to grow book of business

What you _can do_
is more important to us than what you have done previously.

We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old-fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills.

If you think you have what it takes but don't tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot.

We'd love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as see what else is in your toolbox.

Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist

12 years of relevant work experience preferred ideally within a sales or customercentric environment
High levels of initiative, selfmotivation, and time management
Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills

Benefits

Competitive base salary and lucrative commission scheme
Excellent international career opportunities in a high growth company
Training, training, and more training delivered by some of the industry's best
Employee referral bonus
Relaxed (and pretty we don't say so ourselves) advertising agency environment with a commitment to professional development and progression

We're big fans of authentic
Diversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always ma