Google Hiring for Global Search Account Executive at San Francisco, CA Full Time
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience working with advertisers, agencies and/or clients in an advertising sales, business development and/or online media environment.
- 4 years of experience in Search execution, implementation and/or optimization.
- 4 years of experience with Search-specific relationships and Search budgets.
Preferred qualifications:
- 2 years of experience as an account executive with proven and demonstrable success of collaborating with internal teams.
- Experience in client-facing roles and strong track record in development of top level client/agency relationships.
- Experience working with media teams to advise on tactical recommendations along with long term strategic initiatives.
- Strong product knowledge of Google Search, Shopping, eCommerce, Google Ads and SA360.
- Understanding of and passion for the tech industry and environment, vision for its growth, and a commitment to advance forward-looking strategies within the marketplace.
About the job
Businesses that partner with Google come in all shapes, sizes and market caps, and no one Google advertising solution works for all. Your knowledge of online media combined with your communication skills and analytical abilities shapes how new and existing business grow. Using your influencing and relationship-building skills, you provide Google-caliber client service, research and market analysis. You anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore and uncover the business needs of Google’s key clients and understand how our range of product offerings can grow their business. Working with them, you set the vision and the strategy for how their advertising can reach thousands of users.
The role is highly collaborative, requiring you to work within a global team, and very closely with local and cross-functional groups to deliver amazing results. Your work will require creative problem-solving, discernment, and strong prioritization skills as you navigate clients in a dynamic industry.
You’ll manage external relationships with both client and agency to ensure that their needs and requirements are met. This will require you to balance thoughtful salesmanship of our products and solutions, while simultaneously serving as the client’s advocate within Google.
In this client-facing role, you’ll be given access to the leading decision-makers you will be required to have industry expertise with a proven ability and readiness to lead projects and programs globally. You understand and anticipate how decisions are made, and you will persistently explore and uncover the business needs of our key clients to help develop and guide strategies to address them.
Our Global Clients & Agency Solutions team helps serve some of the world’s largest brands. Our dedicated teams of marketing and advertising specialists use their unique skill sets to help shape how companies grow their businesses in the digital age. We aspire to advise our clients on all aspects of their online business strategy. Using Google’s broad range of products, we help our clients connect instantly and seamlessly with their audiences.
Responsibilities
- Set and progress the client’s global Search and Performance strategy, and ultimately Search business growth globally.
- Uphold Search as top of mind among senior levels within the client organization, positioning it as a critical lever in driving business value via clear and impactful C-suite ready deliverables and communications.
- Drive Search product adoption and depth globally, including conversion tracking, audiences, smart bidding and formats, Shopping etc.
- Partner closely with Google teams and agencies to share and scale best practices, deliver global product launches, and adapt SEM strategy to evolving products, regulation, etc.
- Develop and manage Search components within global and/or regional Joint Business Plans across Google products and services, countries, and channels, working in partnership with local Large Customer Sales leads and regional/global team members.
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