Account Executive, Minnesota

3 weeks ago

Iowa City, Iowa, United States ACT, Inc. Full time


Account Executive, Minnesota

Job Locations

US-Remote Position | US-IA-Iowa City | US-MN-Minneapolis

Job ID

# of Openings

1

Category

Sales

Overview

At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference

Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we've never been more sure of our purpose.

ACT Education Corp. team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment in which every team member has an opportunity to grow.

We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work, in an environment where both they and the company thrive. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.

We are seeking an Account Executive, Minnesota with at least three years of experience to help us fulfill our mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. ACT has adopted relational account management practices in which the Account Executive maintains the account relationship for the life of the account. This individual develops new business, maintains that business, and expands that business through understanding the needs of the client and bringing ACT's products and services to the client in a manner that achieves the client's goals and objectives. The Account Executive relies on standard operations and/or client-facing program management to ensure that the delivery of agreed upon solutions satisfies client needs, therefore the Account Executive informs the work of these teams.

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. We anticipate offering a market competitive annual salary in the range of $90,000 to $100,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is incentive eligible.

Location: This is a remote position that will cover territory in Minnesota. Preference is that the Account Executive be located in Minnesota.

A Day in the Life:

  • Develop and execute account plans to capture new business and maintain existing business of ACT's standard products and services to K12 school and district clients
  • Travel as needed to meet with clients, support trade shows and conferences, attend other meetings, or for personal staff development
  • Manage a personal travel budget to maximize face-time with clients in support of assigned sales goals
  • Maintain working knowledge of ACT's and ACT's key competitors' products and services
  • Manage objections, coordinate orders, and maintain accurate and current account information in the CRM
  • Escalate opportunities and cases according to protocols
  • Respond to clients in a timely manner
  • Prepare for, participate in and sometimes lead internal and/or client meetings using adopted ACT methodologies
  • Attend and actively participate in ACT meetings
  • Provide progress reports as scheduled by supervisor
  • Represent ACT at conferences, trade shows, etc. as directed

About You:

  • Superior ability to read and interpret written material including the recognition of technical terms and jargon
  • Strong analytical abilities and ability to determine logical solutions to complicated problems
  • Competence in using computers, devices, and software including word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and CRM (preference for )
  • Collaboration - work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization
  • Communication - ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
  • Initiative - uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, completes tasks with little to no direction
  • Bachelor's degree in in business, education, education administration or a related area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired
  • At least three years' experience in the education industry
  • K-12 experience that includes deep knowledge of the state and district landscape within the territory and stay current on the education industry

It's a plus if you have:

  • Account management experience
  • District assessment industry experience
  • Master's degree


About ACT

When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.

More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.

We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.

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ACT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ACT values diversity in people and ideas and participates in E-verify. ACT's online position announcements are intended only to provide general descriptions of employment opportunities; none of the information provided for any position should be interpreted as a commitment by ACT to specific terms and conditions for employment.

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