Account Manager - Peacock

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal’s affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Description

Peacock, established in 2019, is the all new NBCUniversal streaming service that combines timeless shows and movies, exclusive originals, kids programming and current hits, with timely news, sports and pop culture. All together in a single app.

Work with a driven and highly motivated team to support the Ad Sales Peacock operations of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. As an Account Manager you will be responsible for revenue goals which include developing (upselling and servicing) existing business as well as developing new business.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Account Manager (Digital) will play a critical role within our fast paced advertising sales team, with a focus on continuous assessment of the competitive landscape. The Account Manager will be responsible for managing & developing client relationships and proactively identifying strategic approaches for new or incremental opportunities as well as upselling products and services. 

• Building and managing relationships with existing and potential new clients and agencies through routine communication; actively grow industry relationships in order to gain marketplace intelligence
• Understand client needs and look for opportunities to develop creative solutions
• Stay informed and update sales team on industry marketplace and the competitive landscape
• Ensure that customer needs are translated properly and understood by all internal departments
• Lead communication for all internal requests, client requests and RFPs
• Partner with internal stakeholders including but not limited to Client Partnerships & Client Strategy team to stay informed on category information, as well Marketing on incoming client requests
• Synergistically work alongside all internal teams (Sales, Planning, Marketing, Research, Ops, etc.)
• Collaborate with Planning post-sale to ensure all clients are provided industry leading customer service

Qualifications

• 5 years of media experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Eligibility requirements: 

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through nbcunicareers.com to be considered
• Willingness to travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to work in NYC in a hybrid model; on-site Tuesday - Thursday, remote Monday and Friday
• Must be 18 years or older

Desired Characteristics: 

• Media industry, media sales experience in the Digital landscape
• Proven experience in prospecting new clients, generating sales leads and closing the sale
• Experience with account relationship building, customer satisfaction and product implementation
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Self-starter; ability to work very independently, but also fit into a strong team environment
• Ability to travel as necessary
• Ability to effectively analyze data
• Excellent interpersonal and client relation skills
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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