Account Manager Italy & Spain

Studyportals has innovated the way universities all around the world recruit international students.

Every month our websites receive over four million visits from students around the world searching for the right education. This makes us the most popular study choice platform worldwide.

As an Account Managerat Studyportals you will be part of our mission and help theEMEA(EuropeMiddle-Eastand Africa)business unit to further develop our market leading position to aimed at universities and partners in Italy and will potentially change the lives of many prospective students who are using our platform toenrolin their dream programme.

You will be part of a diverse and experiencedteam of over10dedicatedmultinationalprofessionalsacting as strategic advisors to university marketing and admissions staff.

Weare looking forsomeone whois basedin the Netherlandswith a2 days per weekworking fromour Eindhoven officeis located inthe old Phillips Clock building onStrijp-S. This is an exciting hub of entrepreneurshiptechnologyand design.

Your role

• Working in theEMEAbusiness unit managing the full cycle of the client journey. From theinitialonline student recruitment advicetoworking with campaign managers on implementationmonitoringandcampaignoptimization.
• Advising andliaisingwithexistingclients nurturing relationships and ensuring clients are happy and engaged with their activity to recruit talented students from abroad.
• Working withtheanalyticsand consultancy teamin creating opportunities managing therelationshipand securing resales.
• Proactivelydeveloping a base of new clients in the assignedmarkets including online callsbut alsoin-personbusiness meetings withprospects andclients abroadandatconferences.
• Organising andparticipatingin client meetings Studyportals eventsand conferences
• Involvement in the optimization of the complete commercial cycle; from lead generation negotiating sales relationshipmanagementand campaign evaluation.
• Supporting the team manager with the commercial strategy and approach of growth targets within the regionacross revenue streams.

• Experience in working in a sales environment (within digital advertising and/or Higher Education is an advantage)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills ability to quickly build rapport.
• Confident in making calls with customers and prospects.
• Ambitiousenergeticand persistent you are target oriented and have a drive for results
• Notable analytical skills and strategic thinking; knowledge of Google Analytics is a plus
• Confident in an environment of frequent and direct feedback
• Native or nearnative in Englishand Italian both oral and is a plus(Level C2 of the common European Framework).(Dutch is notrequired)
• Familiar with the journey of international students studying abroad.
• Enjoystravelling
• A good team playerenjoyscontributingto the personal development of his/her colleagues.
• A great match withourmission and corporate values

• Competitive salary including a bonus and pension
• 32 vacation days (including bank holidays) and you have the flexibility to take your holidays whenever you want (e.g. be off onChinese New Yearinstead ofKings Day)
• The possibility to buy/sell 5 vacation days out of your annual balance
• An annual personal development budget because personal development is key
• Flexibility to work remotely 3 days per week including a remote working allowance.
• Reimbursement of your work-related travel cost if you live further from the office
• Possibility to work from abroad 2 times a year
• A nice and fun office in theheartof Eindhoven five minutes walk away from theStrijp-S train station.

We are looking forward to receiving your application

Required Experience:

Manager