Job Description

• Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales
• Creators of Home Tester Club - the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content
• Industry-leading benefits package
• Customized training program delivered by some of the industry\'s best
• Lots of opportunity for growth as we promote from within

The Role

We\'re on the hunt for a top performing, self-starter Account Executive to join our Toronto team servicing our North American markets to get our amazing advertising solutions in front of the world\xe2\x80\x99s biggest packaged goods brands.

This is a genuine sales role for people who are serious about selling \xe2\x80\x93 you are competitive, curious and an outstanding communicator. We care about your skills even more than the letters next to your name, so you will ideally bring some sales experience and, above all, a strong desire to learn what it takes to work and thrive in a dynamic sales environment.

We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate, and volume recruitment.

If successful, you will join a group of like-minded new starters to be developed together with a specially designed training program simulcast from our global headquarters in Toronto.

When you join us you will work directly with the world\xe2\x80\x99s top packaged goods companies, have the opportunity to interact with some of North America\'s greatest marketing minds, and hone career-making sales, management, and production skills across television, digital and social.

You\'ll also learn all you need to know about our company, our unique products, and the secrets to selling as part of an extensive training program delivered by some of the industry\'s best.

Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re a graduate or in the early years of your career, this is the perfect opportunity to blend your passion for sales, media, and consumer goods within a truly global business.

The Brand Power Company

The Brand Power Company, a WPP company, is the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts, and Home Tester Club. We\xe2\x80\x99re big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.

We know passion beats pretense and that it\xe2\x80\x99s the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We\xe2\x80\x99re expanding into new markets. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work.

With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world\'s largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising, and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey, and Wavemaker. A career with The Brand Power Company opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Networking and getting to know our current clients while finding potential new ones
• Setting up meetings with top marketing professionals across North America, using various tactics such as e-mail, telephone, and LinkedIn
• Use our pretty cool online CRM tools (including Salesforce) to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities
• Work effectively with multiple internal departments to sell, execute, and manage campaigns (ie. Creative & Production teams)
• Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions
• Learn and develop industry knowledge to establish areas of opportunity with potential clients
• Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider Buchanan tools
• Use the skills you develop to close business with new clients
• Build strong relationships with existing clients to grow book of business

What you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously.

We value an open mind, a desire to succeed, and good old-fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don\xe2\x80\x99t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We\xe2\x80\x99d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as see what else is in your toolbox.

Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist

• 1-2 years of relevant work experience preferred - ideally within a sales or customer-centric environment. We especially love the training grounds and transferrable skills acquired in other careers including retail, real estate, and volume recruitment
• High levels of initiative, self-motivation, and time management
• Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills
• Ideal candidates will be mobile and open to an opportunity to live and work in a different country if desired at some stage in the future

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and lucrative commission scheme
• Excellent international career opportunities in a high growth company
• Training, training, and more training \xe2\x80\x93 delivered by some of the industry\xe2\x80\x99s best
• Opportunities to travel and live and work abroad in one of our international offices at some stage in the future
• Relaxed (and pretty cool...if we don\'t say so ourselves) advertising agency environment with a commitment to professional development and progression

We\xe2\x80\x99re big fans of authentic

Diversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don\xe2\x80\x99t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. You may think we care about your purple hair or love of cats, but we don\xe2\x80\x99t. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect simply gives us the best chance of delivering success.

Buchanan Group