Account Manager: Grow Your Territory at Media Powerhouse (Public Sector)

Job Label: PRNE-ACTMDC

As an Account Manager for PR Newswire, you will represent and market the services of one of the world leaders in news distribution and media intelligence. This is an exciting opportunity to work daily in a consultative manner with the world's most influential news sources, helping them achieve maximum visibility and impact with journalists, policymakers, online communities and industry leaders. For an account management professional with a strong interest in news, current events, politics, and public interest issues, PR Newswire is the place to put your skills to work and build a career in our lucrative commission environment.

PR Newswire is the global leader in innovative communications and marketing services, enabling organizations to connect and engage with their target audiences worldwide. Through its multi-channel distribution network, audience intelligence, targeting, and measurement services, PR Newswire helps corporations and organizations engage in rich, timely and dynamic dialogue with the media, consumers, policymakers, investors and the general public. Utilizing PR Newswire's industry-leading communications and marketing services, its customers build brands, generate awareness, impact public policy, drive sales, and raise capital.

Pioneering the commercial news distribution industry 55 years ago, PR Newswire connects customers with audiences in more than 170 countries and in over 40 languages through an unparalleled network of offices in 16 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and via unique affiliations with the leading news agencies across the globe. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited, a leading global business media company that serves professional commercial communities around the world. For more information, go to www.unitedbusinessmedia.com.

Your primary mission as an Account Manager, based in our Washington, DC office, will be to increase revenue from our existing customer base within PR Newswire's Public Interest business sector.  Your professional account management experience with organizations including associations, advocacy groups, government agencies, political organizations & campaigns, Congressional offices, labor unions, foreign embassies, colleges & universities, museums/cultural institutions, think tanks and foundations in the Washington, DC area will allow you to hit the ground running.  Your ability to stay current and understand the communication and development needs of our clients will enable you to make effective recommendations of products and services. Previous sales experience and a consultative sales approach will be essential to your success. While this is not required, a background in selling to the government/non-profit sector or selling advertising/audience targeting services will give you an edge when understanding how our products and services help customers solve business challenges. For an information-hungry individual excited about the new media landscape and growing a business, this is a unique opportunity to grow with a world-class organization.

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