Account Strategist, Engage, Google Customer Solutions (English, Japanese)

7 Months ago • 2 Years + • Account Management

Job Summary

Job Description

This Account Strategist role at Google Customer Solutions (GCS) in Tokyo, Japan requires fluency in English and Japanese. You'll manage a portfolio of medium-sized businesses, developing multi-quarter growth plans and identifying opportunities. Collaboration with the sales team is key to executing plans and exceeding goals. Responsibilities include improving customer relationships, tailoring performance suggestions, promoting Google products, identifying key stakeholders, assessing and solving customer needs, and conducting outbound calls to generate growth. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication, analytical, and relationship-building skills, coupled with experience in advertising sales, media account management, and digital marketing.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
2+ years in business, advertising, or related field
Fluent in English and Japanese
Manage client portfolio & growth plans
Collaborate with sales team
Excellent communication & analytical skills

Good to have:

Experience with C-level stakeholders
Advertising sales & media account management experience
Consulting, entrepreneurship, or digital marketing experience
Knowledge of Google Ads & marketing strategy
Data analysis skills

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Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in business, advertising, sales, marketing, consulting, digital ads, media or similar field.
Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently to interact in this customer-facing role

Preferred qualifications:

Experience working with and communicating effectively with advertisers, agencies, or clients and influencing C-level stakeholders.
Experience in advertising sales, media account management, and achieving goals to drive client growth.
Experience in consulting, entrepreneurship, or digital marketing executing multi-quarter strategies.
Knowledge of Google Ads and traditional and online marketing strategy.
Ability to strategically assess and solve client needs via sales techniques, including effective questioning, objection handling, and competitive selling.
Ability to leverage data to uncover insights to support proposals and analyze impact.

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.

Google Customer Solutions (GCS) sales teams are trusted advisors and competitive sellers who maintain a relentless focus on customer success by bringing the best Google has to offer to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which are the backbone of our communities. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with company owners and make a real difference in their businesses by helping them grow. Together, we help shape the future of innovation for customers, partners, and sellers...and we have fun doing it.

Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of medium-sized businesses by thoroughly understanding growth drivers, identifying opportunities for growth, managing risks, and creating multi-quarter plans for achievement.
Collaborate within the Sales team, aligning workflow among team members to execute on a plan and ensure accountability to meet or exceed goals while prioritizing and delivering outstanding customer experience.
Implement creative ways to improve customer relationships, tailor, and share performance-enhancing suggestions and promote other Google products.
Identify key customer stakeholders, including C-level and business owners, to support customer business objectives and annual digital marketing plans. Assess and solve customer needs via various techniques.
Conduct outbound calls to establish relationships and work with existing Google Ads customers to generate growth and improved customer success.