Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Retail & Finance
Role Summary
Join Smartly as a Senior Account Executive to lead their Retail & Finance strategy in the UK, leveraging your expertise and network for significant growth.
About the Organisation
Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming how brands create, manage, and optimize digital advertising. Our platform unifies media, creative, and intelligence to help the world's leading brands achieve exceptional business outcomes across today's largest digital channels.
We're looking for an exceptional Senior Account Executive to become Smartly's Retail & Finance Industry Lead in the UK—a highly strategic role responsible for accelerating our growth within one of our most important verticals.
Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.
Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead Smartly's go-to-market strategy for the UK Retail & Finance sector, building our presence and reputation across enterprise Finance & retailers.
- Develop and execute a strategic territory plan focused on acquiring and growing relationships with leading UK Retail & Finance brands.
- Leverage an established network of senior decision-makers across Retail & Finance , with additional relationships in Financial Services and Automotive viewed as a significant advantage.
- Build trusted relationships with C-level executives and senior leaders across Marketing, Digital, Finance , Media, and Technology.
- Lead complex, consultative sales engagements from prospecting through negotiation and close.
- Work seamlessly with cross-functional teams—including Product, Solution Consultants, Onboarding, and Customer Success—to ensure customers realise value throughout their journey.
- Represent Smartly at industry events and become a recognised voice within the UK Retail & Finance ecosystem.
- Deliver accurate forecasting and maintain a healthy pipeline across strategic enterprise accounts.
Minimum Requirements
- Additional experience or executive relationships within the Financial Services and/or Automotive sectors
- Strong understanding of digital advertising, commerce, retail media, and the evolving AI-driven marketing landscape.
Eligibility Criteria
This role is focused on the UK market; explicit eligibility for international applicants is unclear.
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