Account Executive, Food, Beverages And Restaurants

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in advertising sales, marketing, consulting or media.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of relevant experience in digital advertising sales.
• Knowledge of traditional as well as contemporary/online marketing tactics and strategy.
• Knowledge of and established relationships within the advertising industry and the relevant industry vertical.
• Deep understanding of the industry's issues, a vision for its growth, and a commitment to advance Google's forward-looking strategies within the marketplace.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

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 businesses grow. Using your 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.

In this role, you will join a team in the Food and Beverage vertical, and work on one of the vertical's large accounts. You'll collaborate with a number of cross-functional stakeholders, and build out your own US-specific Joint Business Plans. You will also get the opportunity to lead different workshops with customers and agencies, all of which are very eager to learn from us and collaborate on initiatives that grow their business.

Our Large Customer Sales teams partner closely with many of the world’s biggest advertisers and agencies to develop digital solutions that build businesses and brands. We enjoy a bird’s eye view on the massive transformation occurring as advertising shifts to mobile and online platforms. We're uniquely situated to help shape how companies grow their businesses in the digital age. We advise clients on Google's broad range of products across search, video and mobile to help them connect instantly and seamlessly with their audiences.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with a team to drive business growth with new and existing customers.
• Develop high-level relationships to serve as a trusted consultant with major customers to optimize their advertising.
• Generate business plans to define strategies and tactics.
• Understand and adapt to Google's ongoing product and technology developments.
• Manage multiple cross-product opportunities and projects.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.