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Account Director

Account Director

YouGov • London, England, UK
20 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

YouGov is looking for an Account Director to join our UK account management team and significantly impact our Agencies Digital Media and Technology sector.

As an Account Director at YouGov youll be the primary client-facing commercial lead for a key group of accounts. Reporting to the Group Account Director youll be responsible for driving sales through cross-selling and upselling ultimately increasing the value of your account group year on year.

Heres a breakdown of what youll do (not all of it just the important stuff):

  • Strategic Account Growth: Develop and implement strategic account plans for each client in your territory working closely with the Group Account Director on sales planning and forecasting.
  • Commercial Leadership: Lead pricing proposals contract and commercial negotiations.
  • Relationship Building: Build and grow strong relationships with budget holders in your account group representing YouGov at industry events to expand your client base.
  • Innovative Solutions: Proactively identify strategic and innovative uses for our data to continually demonstrate the value of our solutions to clients.
  • Product Expertise: Support the cross-product proposition and strategy for the sector confidently pitching new products and showcasing how they solve client and sector challenges differentiating us from competitors.
  • Brand Reputation: Enhance YouGovs reputation amongst clients within the agencies media technology and digital sectors.
  • Collaborative Success: Partner continuously with New Business Client Services and Product teams to deliver seamless solutions.


What youll need to bring:

  • A strong understanding of the role of research and data across media technology and advertising agencies gained through relevant experience.
  • Proven experience managing large complex stakeholder relationships.
  • A business development mindset and a desire to work in a high-growth environment.
  • Familiarity with at least one sales methodology (preferably MEDPICC) and the key principles behind effective sales techniques.

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Why join YouGov
Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of peoples opinions heard for the benefit of our local national and international communities.

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.

Life at YouGov
We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast fearless and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy ethics and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other bringing these values into everything that we do.

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical financial and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace so they can bring their full selves to work.

Equal Opportunity Employer
As an Equal Opportunity Employer qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity or expression and sexual orientation) parental status national origin marital status age disability genetic information HIV status political affiliation socioeconomic background veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications merit and business need.

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To find out how we collect and use your personal data when you apply for a role at YouGov please read our privacy notice at Experience:

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