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Advance Education is growing and is seeking an Account Executive in the Chicagoland region! Advance Education is the Higher Education division of Advance Local, one of the countrys largest privately-owned media companies who owns 12 local affiliated news and information website that rank #1 among local media in their respective markets, as well as national publishers such as Conde Nast, Ironman to name a few. Your sales success will come from new business development efforts, as well as client growth, through our industry-leading digital advertising products. You'll be supported by our leadership team, our interactive sales and product training program, and our commitment to provide resources for your successful sales career.

As an Account Executive with Advance Education , you will be part of a dynamic sales team driving advertising revenue for one of the country's largest privately-owned media companies. Your sales success will come from new business development efforts, as well as client growth, through our industry-leading digital and print advertising products. You'll be supported by our leadership team, our interactive sales and product training program, and our commitment to provide resources for your successful sales career.

In this role, you will:

• Achieve your sales goals by prospecting and driving new partnerships in the Higher Education space

• Meet with local Colleges and Universities to uncover and understand their business needs and goals so that you can advise them on our comprehensive product mix including digital, search, video and mobile solutions.

• Work with colleagues to design custom advertising and marketing solutions that fit your clients' needs

• Present solutions to clients, working collaboratively to achieve the product mix aligned to their goals

• Further your client relationships through retention and upselling

• Review campaign results, learn from data and celebrate your successes

• Work with our advertising fulfillment team to provide accurate information for each client campaign

For this position we're looking for candidates with:

• A minimum of two to five years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree or a combination of education with related experience is preferred.

• Ability to build rapport and confidence with clients

• Excellent communication skills - to write, create and deliver effective presentations

• Self-motivated and resilient

• Ability to effectively organize your day, multi-task by pivoting to various sales activities to build your pipeline, and work under deadlines

• Familiarity with CRM sales management software experience, ideally SalesForce (we'll provide training)

• Solid skills in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Power Point & Excel to create presentations and review data.

• This job requires reliable transportation to meet with customers.

Your territory will be the state of Illinois. You need to be willing and able to spend 40% to 60% of your time out in the field, including overnight travel. We reimburse for travel expenses and mileage on a weekly basis. You will work from your home office, and you'll need to be based within the territory.