Account Executive Location: Leeds City Centre (Hybrid working) We are partnering with a market-leading global information and analytics business to recruit an ambitious and commercially driven Account Executive to join their high-performing sales team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong business development or inside sales experience who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys building relationships, generating opportunities, and driving revenue growth.
As an Account Executive, you will play a key role in identifying and engaging prospective clients, creating qualified business opportunities, and supporting the wider sales function in building a strong pipeline of new business. You will be responsible for prospecting into strategic accounts through a combination of cold calling, email outreach, and social selling techniques, while working closely with sales leadership to convert opportunities into revenue.
Prospect and engage target accounts through outbound sales activity including cold calling, email campaigns, and social outreach Generate and qualify new business opportunities for the wider sales team Develop creative prospecting strategies to engage key decision-makers Coordinate and schedule qualified meetings, demonstrations, and sales appointments Collaborate closely with internal sales teams to build and maintain pipeline activity Share insights, successes, and business development strategies with management Previous experience in lead generation, business development, or inside sales Strong communication and relationship-building skills Good organisation and time management skills Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications and CRM systems…