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Entry-level account executive jobs in Chicago, IL: 43 open roles

43 open entry-level account executive jobs in Chicago, IL, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $121,500 a year. An account executive owns the deal from first meeting to signed contract. At the entry level, "associate" or "junior" account executive roles usually sell smaller deals with a shorter sales cycle than senior AEs.

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The account executive job in Chicago, IL

The job is the same anywhere; what changes is who is hiring.

A typical day

  1. 1. Run discovery calls and product demos
  2. 2. Build proposals and pricing
  3. 3. Negotiate terms and close
  4. 4. Forecast your pipeline
  5. 5. Hand over to customer success

Skills it uses

  1. 1. Discovery questioning
  2. 2. Demoing
  3. 3. Negotiation
  4. 4. Pipeline management
  5. 5. CRM software
  6. 6. Business case writing
  7. 7. Presenting
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Employers hiring in Chicago, IL

  • Stripe 4
  • Filevine 3
  • Gong 3
  • Docusign 2
  • Legora 2
  • Oracle 2
  • SAP 2
  • Sprout Social 2

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