Account Manager, Media Sales

Singapore, Singapore

Job Description


Do you have experience in the digital media sector, knowledge within government, finance and technology sectors, passionate about the rise of trusted branded content and are looking for an exciting and challenging sales role? If so, Reuters wants to hear from you. Reuters are looking for a dynamic and experienced Account Manager with a successful track record of meeting and exceeding annual sales goals to join our fully integrated sales team in Singapore. Selling across Reuters’ extensive award-winning platforms; digital display, native, mobile, video, account-based marketing, custom content, and event sales. The role is primarily responsible for developing and managing Reuters' client base which requires the skilled hand both from a business development and a sales perspective. This role is working with Reuters Professional. Reuters Professional is an agile digital publishing business in the heart of the world’s largest news organization. Our mission is to be the premier source of news for global professionals. We combine technology and editorial innovation across Reuters.com to deliver a powerful experience to over 84 million monthly users on the web, mobile and set-top-boxes.
This is a very exciting time to join our commercial team and represent a very iconic brand, as Reuters redefines it’s unique and highly sought after go-to-market capabilities. Reuters embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and is looking for our new team member to do the same Reuters Professional Reuters Professional is the definitive destination for global intelligence that powers smart decision-making. Led by Reuters award-winning newsroom, it is a unified offering that gives professionals global news coverage, agenda-setting financial commentary and industry-leading events, through essential services such as Reuters.com, the Reuters News app and Reuters Events. About the Role

  • High volume of weekly meetings with prospective agency/ client stakeholders; presenting Reuters and ensuring a solid understanding of account strategy and challenges.
  • In conjunction with the research team, present research and insight that highlights Reuters strength versus the competitive set.
  • With the Integrated Marketing team and Digital Sales Planner, develop proposals that align the advertiser’s strategy with our Content Marketing and Reuters.com offering.
  • Win business across new and emerging platforms.
  • Reporting to the Commercial Director APAC, develop a quarterly plan for target accounts, associated agencies, and revenue projections.
  • High visibility at industry events as well as client entertainment.
  • Achieve Quarterly and Annual revenue target.
About You
  • 5-8 years of proven success in selling Content led solutions on an international basis.
  • A passion for news and journalism
  • Existing Agency relationships
  • Proven success in selling large value deals to clients direct and in conjunction with their agencies
  • Evidence of success in a multimedia environment.
  • Excellent presentation skills: confident and articulate in agency and client meetings.
  • Strong understanding of the online advertising market and a view on future trends.
  • Experience working in a collaborative environment that includes Sales, Editorial, Product and Design.
  • Customer-focused, with excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Self-motivated, detail-oriented and analytical.
  • Experience in International advertising markets would be an advantage.
  • Proven success in selling large value deals to clients direct and in conjunction with their agencies
  • Have proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint
  • Have excellent communication (verbal and written) and time management skills
  • Are a self-starter, capable of delivering on goals with minimum supervision
What’s in it For You At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
  • Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities
  • Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists
  • Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days
  • Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.
About Reuters Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. Reuters: The Real World in Real Time
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing. We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. Accessibility As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace. We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings click here to know more. More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1119132
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Singapore, Singapore
  • Education
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