Account Executive - Agency Sales

Nielsen; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audience measurement firm is seeking a motivated Agency Sales Account Executive to sell Audience Measurement products to U.S. Advertising Agencies. The successful candidate will drive sales growth, manage client relationships, and collaborate closely with internal teams. This role requires excellent sales experience, strong organizational skills, and a deep understanding of audience measurement solutions. A comprehensive benefits package is offered alongside the position.

Benefits

Health & wellness plans

401(k) plan with company match

Generous paid time off

Company provided car for qualifying employees

Discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in sales or business development, ideally in advertising or media.
• Proven experience with audience measurement services.
• Ability to understand client needs and provide tailored solutions.

Responsibilities

• Sell Audience Measurement products to U.S. Advertising Agencies.
• Drive sales growth and develop client relationships.
• Conduct meetings and identify new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams for client satisfaction.

Skills

Sales experience

Relationship management

Understanding audience measurement

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

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Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

Position Overview: We are seeking a driven and strategic Agency Sales Account Executive to join our team. In this individual contributor role, you will be responsible for selling Nielsen’s Audience Measurement products and services to U.S. Advertising Agencies. The responsibilities include sales of our audience measurement services, growing new and existing relationships across internal/external stakeholders while demonstrating Nielsen’s value. In this role, you will take ownership of managing the client relationship by supporting existing products,conducting meetings and discovering new opportunities and uncovering net-new clients and opportunities. You will collaborate closely with management and internal teams, specialist sellers, and cross-functional teams to provide innovative, data-driven solutions that address clients' marketing and business challenges.

This position will require being on-site at Client locations.

Sales And Business Development

• Drive sales growth by developing and executing strategies to acquire, retain, and grow relationships with advertising agencies in an assigned territory..
• Develop and manage a sales pipeline, identifying new business opportunities while maintaining and growing existing client relationships.
• Conduct in person and video sales meetings.
• Understand client needs and leverage Nielsen’s audience measurement solutions (TV, digital, cross-platform, audio, competitive data) to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Achieve sales and strategic objectives, including revenue targets and KPIs, by promoting Nielsen's data services to clients.
• CRM Management: Maintain a detailed and accurate sales pipeline in Salesforce, ensuring data integrity for sales reporting and forecasting. Deliver collaborative solutions through the use of Nielsen’s audience measurement tools to solve strategic marketing and advertising challenges.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Client Success, Analytics, Product, Sales Operation and Data Science to manage the sales cycle and ensure client satisfaction.
• Stay informed on key industry topics such as addressable advertising, programmatic buying, attribution measurement, and data-driven planning to effectively communicate with clients and stay ahead of market trends.
• Represent Nielsen at industry events, client meetings, and conferences, positioning the company as a thought leader in audience measurement.
  
  

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of professional experience in a sales or business development role, ideally within the advertising, media, or data-driven marketing industries.
• Proven experience selling in the media industry. Sales experience with audience measurement services or data-driven marketing solutions to brands, agencies and media planners is a plus.
• Ability to understand client needs and craft tailored solutions that leverage Nielsen's audience measurement tools.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment under tight deadlines. Knowledge of Salesforce is a plus.
• A collaborative spirit, growth mindset, team player, eager to learn and grow and self-motivated.
  
  

Additional Information

Enabling your best to power a better media future. Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, company provided car for those who qualify, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance.

A reasonable estimated salary range for a new employee has been provided. It would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications and other business requirements/needs.

Nielsen makes hiring decisions without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, or membership in any other protected class.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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