Account Executive

Job Description

*** This is a 12-month FTC ***

The Account Executive will be responsible for corporate clients across a diverse range of industry segments.  You will provide superior account management for our Corporate SME clients that delivers employment and talent sourcing solutions, driving increased business through product usage and revenue contribution.

Responsibilities 

• Develop strong relationships with relevant stakeholders within a portfolio of corporate accounts through superior service execution, product recommendations and understanding of customers goals to achieve maximum revenue and uptake of SEEK’s strategic products.
• Leverages internal stakeholder knowledge to execute portfolio management and increase Seek usage with your customers 
• Able to use data sources and understand how to use these to prepare plans to meet and exceed personal targets and deadlines
• Continually achieve revenue sales, customer contact and activity targets
• Understand strategic sourcing needs of the customer and provide feedback to internal stakeholder to impact solution development
• Always have a deep understanding of your customers Seek’s product suite to ensure you are the subject matter expert for our customers
• Be able to think on your feet in a fast-moving environment and be confident with objection handling with multiple stakeholders
• Maintain and update Salesforce with all sales activities, contact and company details
• Knowledge of current market including economic drivers which impact employment conditions

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in sales and account management
• Prior account management and sales experience necessary
• Ability to build rapport quickly and easily over the phone/zoom
• Be commercially astute, ability to upselling/cross selling, in a competitive environment
• Ability to handle objections, listen and respond effectively
• Strong negotiation skills at all levels within a corporate organisation
• Maintain a positive attitude; be self-motivated and resilient
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, which includes the ability to present information clearly and concisely

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

At SEEK, we may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including reviewing applications or assessing responses. These tools are designed to assist our hiring teams, not replace human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by people. If you’d like more information about how your information is managed during recruitment, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.