Senior Account Executive

At The Knot Worldwide, we champion celebration—and that starts with celebrating our people. Our employees are passionate dreamers, thoughtful doers, and lifelong learners who power meaningful moments for millions around the world. We’re united by authentic connection, shared purpose, and a deep commitment to the global community we serve. Here, flexibility and belonging go hand in hand with high performance.

As a Senior Account Executive on our Venue team, you will hit and overachieve monthly sales goals by engaging with wedding professionals in our Venue and Catering categories across a variety of regions in the United States. Through high‑volume cold calling and a consultative sales process, you will build rapport with business owners, advise them on best practices and how to stay ahead of technology and industry trends through The Knot and The Wedding Wire’s advertising platforms.

Independent, highly‑motivated and capable of overachieving monthly sales goals, you will excel in creating connections, building rapport, and understanding the needs of business owners and decision makers.

The Senior Account Executive, Venue role requires sales experience with the ability to manage a 3‑week+ sales cycle and effectively manage a pipeline.

Salary:
The expected salary for this job requisition is $70,000. This is one component of TKWW’s total rewards package. The role is also eligible for variable compensation and/or performance bonuses and includes other total rewards such as health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, flexible paid personal time off, and paid parental leave.

Applications for this role are being accepted on a rolling basis.

• Create and manage pipelines from start to finish with high outbound activity (75 dials/day), including working with cold accounts and warm marketing leads.
• Consistently overachieve monthly revenue quotas as well as daily, weekly, and monthly activity expectations.
• Manage a diverse pipeline, including navigating short and longer, multi‑decision‑maker sales processes.
• Build and maintain strong rapport over the phone with potential clients to uncover prospect needs and give a strong, crisp, and on‑point presentation.
• Hold meetings with stakeholders, sell with curiosity, perform great discovery on their business needs, pain points, and solution impact, and close new deals.
• Consistently follow up with potential clients to negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits.
• Track notes on all interactions and keep opportunities in your pipeline up‑to‑date in Salesforce.
• Proactively identify and make recommendations for improvement in the areas of processes, efficiency, and productivity.
• Act as an ambassador of the TKWW culture and values by being passionate about serving our couples and vendors.

• 3+ years of demonstrated success in B2B sales, selling to SMB, Mid‑Market, or Enterprise clients.
• Demonstrated track record of consistent monthly quota attainment.
• High‑volume inside B2B cold calling phone sales experience is required.
• Ability to organize work days and be proactive with time management.
• Proven success in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving, and competitive team environment.
• Ability to work independently, as well as be a collaborative team member.
• Knowledge of different sales methodologies and a curiosity to be proactive and creative in new and different methods to reach success.
• Strong analytical skills to identify trends, understand challenges, propose solutions, and evaluate results.
• Possesses grit and drive to improve one’s own sales efficiency and performance.
• Coachable and receptive to feedback.
• Salesforce proficiency; experience with Gong preferred.
• Customer‑facing experience; trade shows and events preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment and rapidly prioritize and adapt to changing initiatives.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written, and listening communication skills with ability to engage and persuade.
• Experience delivering client‑focused solutions to customer needs.
• Excellent problem‑solving and organizational skills.
• Proactive culture keeper—sharing successes and uplifting others around them.
• Bac…