Position: Local Account Executive

Location: Chicago Loop

About Raise

Raise is the largest, most trusted marketplace where our mission is to help consumers make their money worth more. Shoppers can buy discounted gift cards to over 3,000 brands or sell their unwanted gift cards for cash through our mobile applications and website.

Raise partners with retailers to offer a new type of digital payment, and since our launch in 2013, we have saved consumers over $100M to date. Raise is headquartered in Chicago with an office in New York.

About The Position

Local Account Executives at Raise work to create supply-driven partnerships amongst the best “local” (or SMB merchants) in their respective markets. This role requires savvy negotiating skills and the ability to create unique value in a competitive space.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality, relevant supply across an array of partners and business categories
• Research, identify, and tenaciously generate new opportunities via strategic forms of outreach
• Advocacy and referral building, cohort selling
• Lead generation and qualification
• Skillfully deliver web based presentations
• Strategically attack Chicagoland territory to close new businesses and grow existing B2B accounts
• Upsell exclusive, tailored campaigns for select partners
• Travel to meet marquee prospects, and for events and tradeshows

Skills & Qualifications

• BA in business, sales, marketing and/or advertising, communications
• Minimum 2 years of formal sales experience
• Enterprise sales experience a plus
• Time management & organizational skills
• Creative outreach tactics both singularly and in mass
• Robust application of pipeline management

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(K) with match, disability and life insurance
• Competitive PTO 
• Raise Gives Back- 8 paid hours allotted annually for volunteer opportunities
• Pre-tax commuter program
• Paid parental leave
• $5,000 adoption credit

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