Account Executive
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Full Time
Sales
Entry Level
- Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales
- Creators of Home Tester Club - the world’s largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content
- Industry-leading benefits package
- Customized training program delivered by some of the industry's best
- Lots of opportunity for growth as we promote from within
The Role
We're on the hunt for a group of enthusiastic sale guns to join our Malaysia team servicing our Malaysian market to get our amazing advertising solutions in front of the world’s biggest packaged goods brands.
This is a genuine sales role for people who are serious about selling – you are competitive, curious and an outstanding communicator. We care about your skills even more than the letters next to your name, so you will ideally bring some sales experience and, above all, a strong desire to learn what it takes to work and thrive in a dynamic sales environment.
We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate and volume recruitment.
If successful, you will join a group of likeminded new starters to be developed together with a specially designed training program simulcast from our global headquarters in Toronto.
When you join us you will work directly with the world’s top packaged goods companies, have the opportunity to interact with some of Asia Pacific's greatest marketing minds, and hone career-making sales, management and production skills across television, digital and social.
You'll also learn all you need to know about our company, our unique products and the secrets to selling as part of an extensive training program delivered by some of the industry's best.
Whether you’re a graduate or in the early years of your career, this is the perfect opportunity to blend your passion for sales, media and consumer goods within a truly global business.
The Brand Power Company
The Brand Power Company pioneered Third-Party endorsement advertising and has been the absolute global leader in educational ad content for 34+ years. Working with the world’s biggest CPG and OTC brands, our platforms, including Brand Power, Medifacts and Experts Review, have driven phenomenal sales growth for the world’s largest tier-one marketers across all media touchpoints from TV, digital/social to our latest innovation, Augmented Reality at Point of Sale.
True to our origins of providing maximum time and cost efficiencies, and measurable ROI, we also run the world’s largest e-community of shoppers. hometesterclub.com is the only global partner delivering ratings & reviews, user-generated content, insights, word-of-mouth, research, and compellingly authentic rich video content for brands worldwide.
We’re all about expert testimony and peer-to-peer endorsement that can say more about a brand than a brand could ever say about itself. And the only measure of our success is the sales success of our clients. As big fans of authenticity – not just in the solutions we provide, but in the people we welcome to our team – we’re looking for a genuine team player who shares our love for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Networking and getting to know our current clients while finding potential new ones
- Setting up meetings with top marketing professionals across Malaysia, using various tactics such as e-mail, telephone and LinkedIn
- Use our pretty cool online CRM tools (including Salesforce) to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities
- Work effectively with multiple internal departments to sell, execute, and manage campaigns (ie. Creative & Production teams)
- Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions
- Learn and develop industry knowledge to establish areas of opportunity with potential clients
- Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider Buchanan tools
- Use the skills you develop to close business with new clients
- Build strong relationships with existing clients to grow book of business
What you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously.
We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as seeing what else is in your toolbox.
Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist
- 1-2 years of relevant work experience preferred - ideally within a sales or customer-centric environment. We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate and volume recruitment
- High levels of initiative, self-motivation and time management
- Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Ideal candidates will be mobile and open to an opportunity to live and work in a different country if desired at some stage in the future
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and lucrative commission scheme
- Excellent international career opportunities in a high growth company
- Training, training and more training – delivered by some of the industry’s best
- Opportunities to travel and live and work abroad in one of our international offices at some stage in the future
- Relaxed (and pretty cool...if we don't say so ourselves) advertising agency environment with a commitment to professional development and progression
We’re big fans of authentic
Diversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. You may think we care about your purple hair or love of cats, but we don’t. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect simply gives us the best chance of delivering success.
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