Graduate Account Executive (HF13619861)

Flourish; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Flourish in Manchester is offering a Graduate Account Executive role with hybrid working. You’ll start with a structured training programme, mentoring, and clear progression paths, designed to develop core commercial and relationship-building skills.

You’ll build relationships with clients, manage accounts, and identify opportunities to add value while collaborating with marketing, sales and customer success teams.

Qualifications

• Recent graduates or graduate-calibre candidates.
• Strong communicators who enjoy meeting new people.
• Confident relationship builders.
• Positive, proactive individuals with a growth mindset.
• Ambitious people who are excited by career progression and personal development.
• Team players who thrive in collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with prospective and existing clients.
• Managing and growing customer accounts.
• Identifying opportunities to support clients and add value.
• Learning consultative sales and commercial skills from experienced professionals.
• Working closely with marketing, sales, and customer success teams.
• Developing expertise in your market and becoming a trusted point of contact for customers.
• Using LinkedIn, email, phone, and virtual meetings to engage with clients.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Graduate calibre

Team player

Job description

Graduate Account Executive

Manchester / Cheshire | Hybrid Working

£28,000-£30,000 Basic Salary + Uncapped Commission

Start Your Career in a Role Where Your Potential Matters Are you graduating this year or looking for your first step into a commercial career?

Our client is looking for ambitious, curious, and relationship-focused individuals to join their growing team as Graduate Account Executives. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a successful career with a business that genuinely invests in its people through structured training, mentoring, and clear progression opportunities.

Whether you've studied Business, Marketing, Psychology, English, Communications, or a completely different subject, if you enjoy building relationships, solving problems, and learning new skills, we'd love to hear from you.

Why This Role? Many graduates assume a career in sales is all about cold calling and hard selling. The reality is very different.

What You'll Be Doing

• Building relationships with prospective and existing clients.
• Managing and growing customer accounts.
• Identifying opportunities to support clients and add value.
• Learning consultative sales and commercial skills from experienced professionals.
• Working closely with marketing, sales, and customer success teams.
• Developing expertise in your market and becoming a trusted point of contact for customers.
• Using LinkedIn, email, phone, and virtual meetings to engage with clients.

What You’ll Receive Competitive Package

• £28,000-£30,000 basic salary.
• Uncapped commission structure.
• Realistic first-year earnings of £40,000+.

Exceptional Training & Development

• Structured graduate development programme.
• Dedicated mentoring and coaching.
• Personalised career progression plans.
• Ongoing professional and commercial skills training.

Career Progression

• Clear pathway into Senior Account Executive, Business Development, Account Management, and Leadership positions.
• Opportunities to take on greater responsibility as you develop.

Fantastic Culture

• Supportive, collaborative environment.
• Diverse and inclusive team.
• Hybrid working.
• Team incentives, social events, and wellbeing initiatives.
• A culture that celebrates achievement and personal growth.

About You

You don't need previous sales experience to be successful.

We're looking for:

• Recent graduates or graduate-calibre candidates.
• Strong communicators who enjoy meeting new people.
• Confident relationship builders.
• Positive, proactive individuals with a growth mindset.
• Ambitious people who are excited by career progression and personal development.
• Team players who thrive in collaborative environments.

Experience in customer service, hospitality, retail, volunteering, sports, societies, or leadership positions at university would be highly advantageous.

We Especially Encourage Applications From Women and Underrepresented Talent

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and more innovative.

We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.