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French speaking Media Sales Executive

  • Sales, Business Development, Business Consulting
  • Administrative office management jobs
  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

COMPANY BACKGROUND 
Based in central London, our client is a very successful digital media and programmatic advertising agency, working with most of Europe’s major media outlets (television, radio, newspaper and magazine titles) and offering to clients opportunities to advertise their services with them. 


JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
In order to capitalise on increasing new business opportunities, they wish to recruit a French speaking Sales Executive. Your role as French speaking Sales Executive will include the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Managing and developing existing key strategic clients 
  • Research potential new clients and identify key new decision makers
  • Arrange sales appointments and meetings
  • Develop new business sales with a strong focus on the UK
  • Generating new business, up-sells, cross-sell opportunities with a focus on key prospects
  • Working closely with media agencies and organisations in France to coordinate programmatic campaigns
  • Developing and maintaining a strong knowledge of the client's market and competitors
  • Creating meaningful presentations and sales messages in line with company values

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION

  • Fluency in English and a business level of French is essential
  • Graduate - be educated to university level
  • Experience in digital media sales is a major preference
  • The ability to manage clients or key stakeholders with confidence
  • Proven ability to influence agencies, direct clients and the allocated account
  • The confidence to deliver effective presentations individually

Hard Skills

  • Sales pipelining

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Problem-solver
  • Listening
  • Decision maker
  • Strategic thinker