
Axicom · London
WHO WE ARE: We are Axicom, part of WPP, an award-winning global communications agency for tech-driven brands. We bring together a diverse team of PR profession...
We are Axicom, part of WPP, an award-winning global communications agency for tech-driven brands. We bring together a diverse team
of PR professionals passionate about integrated communications and telling the transformative stories of technology. With offices
in the Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Brazil, and Mexico, we are the largest
global agency specializing in tech communication.
We're proud to be recently recognized as Agency of the Future, Disruptive Agency of the Year, and Best PR Network to Work For
(EMEA). This underscores our commitment to innovation, growth, and fostering a collaborative culture. Since 1994, we've delivered
ground-breaking campaigns for the world's most innovative tech companies, and we are always seeking new talent to join our team of
Futurists.
WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and
data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic
counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients
navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
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We are an award-winning team of PR pros who are proud to be PRovoke’s Technology Agency of the Year in 2025 at the EMEA Sabre
Awards. We bring together a diverse group of people who share a passion and deep understanding of the technology landscape and
tech storytelling and we are looking for new talent to join our team.
Axicom delivers communication campaigns for some of the world’s most innovative technology companies. From offices in Amsterdam,
Austin, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Stockholm, Axicom designs, builds, and
delivers ground-breaking and thought-provoking campaigns. We offer our clients PR consultancy, creative strategy, media
relations, influencer engagement, content, digital marketing, and integrated communications.
As a Senior Account Executive at Axicom, you will work with leading consumer technology businesses who are shaping how we live
and work. This role is perfect for an ambitious individual a few years into their PR career, who is looking to become a consumer
technology specialist. You’ll be working with a team launching the latest smartphones and fitness tech products and delivering
creative press office and campaign stories across gaming and smart home brands.
We’re looking for someone who has a passion for the tech space, so if you are a gamer, a gadget nerd or just someone who loves
working in the consumer tech landscape this is the role for you. Someone who loves the thrill of securing coverage in today’s
media landscape, is always reading the newest substack or hunting out the latest YouTuber for their clients, enjoys heading to
trade shows across the world and who has the attention to detail and creative mindset to deliver stand out events, experiences and
campaigns and wants to be part of a team that always goes the extra mile.
We are an agency of Futurists not Followers, so if you are top of your game, ambitious and wanting to work with people who are
looking to the future of comms now. This is the role for you.
Our London Office Axicom has a significant presence in London, as one of our global office locations, enabling us to deliver
ground-breaking campaigns for our clients.
What you'll do
press we need to be speaking to, building on relationships you already have and establishing new ones. You’ll have a good bank
of contacts and want to grow this further.
knows how to tell a story that media will love and clients will sign off
contact on specific projects, joining weekly calls and proactively updating them on activity taking place. We firmly
believe the best work happens when we act as one team with our clients and want engaging, confident people
who want build professional relationships with their clients.
solve problems and contribute proactively to your accounts
in keeping your account leads updated
media landscape from following relevant journalists to your clients, reading media relevant to clients and actively sharing
with your teams
management and acting as an agency ambassador.
Experience that contributes to success
sectors
Our vision is for Axicom, a Burson Group company, to be the leading ‘academy company’ for creative communications professionals
and emerging leaders. We provide a dynamic environment where ambitious colleagues come to elevate their skills, expand their
networks, and ultimately, produce the best solutions for today’s leading brands. Our commitment to your growth is reflected in our
robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry
leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain
top talent. We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.
At Axicom, we’re an agency of learn-it-alls. We recognize that the things we do best, creativity and communications, require a
level of nuanced understanding. That’s why it’s imperative for us to hire extraordinarily talented people of all backgrounds and
identities. Without that we can’t do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating
meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners. Your unique point of view—your talent—is what
makes you a #BursonPerson, and it’s how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve
adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please
discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM Product Sales is a team of deep functional and technical specialists who both lead and advise on deals for the most strategically important products in Stripe’s portfolio. Stripe is investing in building out its Payments Product Sales team and as an Account Executive you will be a critical part of the team driving the growth of Stripe’s Optimized Checkout Suite. WHAT YOU’LL DO As an Account Executive, Optimized Checkout, you will use your sales and product expertise to help drive growth of Stripe’s payment across a range of customers. You will collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and other GTM teams to develop deep product and industry knowledge and drive complex deals. You will be instrumental in leading in depth product discussions with existing and prospective customers – and building and executing against our go to market strategy. You are an adept sales professional, capable of engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization. You are used to building value in competitive situations and enjoy working on products that require deep product understanding, combined with technical knowledge. You’re as comfortable working with clients as with internal stakeholders. You’re excited to become an expert and to share your knowledge. You are an organized self-starter and an exceptional communicator with strong analytical abilities and a proven history of top performance and improving the teams you join. RESPONSIBILITIES * Accountable for driving revenue, increasing attach rates, and new client acquisition for a wide range of customers including Enterprises and Platforms * Create your strategic territory plan and lead outreach efforts to develop a robust, qualified pipeline * Develop relationships with executive stakeholders and lead discussions with existing and prospective customers * Deeply understand Stripe Payments, our Optimized Checkout Suite, and competitors, serving as both an internal and customer-facing expert on our product and the market * Engage with Product and Engineering teams to synthesize and relay customer feedback to inform Stripe’s product roadmap * Contribute to the development of go-to-market playbooks alongside product, marketing, sales, and technical services stakeholders * Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needs WHO YOU ARE We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 7+ years of customer facing experience at a leading technology or payments company and a track record of top performance * Experience building trusted advisor relationships with senior business leaders * Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with cross-functional business partners * Self-starter capable of operating independently to drive meaningful business results * Enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple stakeholders * Proven experience to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements * Thrives in a fast-paced environment and changing requirements * True team player - always * Humor is very welcome PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * 3+ years of experience specifically selling payments or technology solutions to enterprise customers
Req ID: FEQ327R439 x 2 New roles Recruiter: Dina Hussain Location: London (or surrounding areas) At Databricks, our core values are at the heart of everything we do; creating a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guides us to create a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused team that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world! You will be reporting to the Manager, Field Engineering. The impact you will have: * Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and a Senior Solutions Architect. * Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands-on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications. * Contribute to building the Databricks technical community through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet-ups. * Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design. * Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications. * Develop both technically and in the pre-sales aspect with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect. What we look for: * Experience, technical customer-facing and with a background ideally in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning, but will also consider Data Warehousing or Data Engineering. * You will be working in the following any of the following vertical sectors: * Entertainment, Media, Telco and/or Hospitality. * Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) * Retail / CPG (Consumer Package Goods) * Any experience in Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients * Familiarity with working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes. * Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers' pain points and explain important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset. * Code in a core programming language such as PySpark, Python, Java, or Scala. * Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept and an understanding of a major public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure). * Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design. * The role requires travel to customer sites in the UK. Travelling approx. 20-30% of the time * Nice to have: Databricks Certification About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
Req ID - FEQ227R148 x 4 new roles Location: London Recruiter: Dina Hussain At Databricks, our core values are at the heart of everything we do; a culture of proactiveness and a customer-centric mindset guide us to build a unified platform that makes data science and analytics accessible to everyone. We aim to inspire our customers to make informed decisions that push their business forward. We provide a user-friendly and intuitive platform that makes it easy to turn insights into action and fosters a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement. You will be an essential part of this mission, using your technical expertise to demonstrate how our Databricks Data Intelligence Platform can help customers solve their complex data challenges. You'll work with a collaborative, customer-focused team that values innovation and creativity, using your skills to create customised solutions to help our customers achieve their goals and guide their businesses forward. Join us in our quest to change how people work with data and make a better world! You will be reporting to the Manager, Field Engineering. The impact you will have: * Form successful relationships with clients throughout your assigned territory to provide technical and business value in collaboration with an Account Executive and a Senior Solutions Architect. * Gain excitement from clients about Databricks through hands-on evaluation and Spark programming, integrating with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications. * Contribute to building the Databricks technical community through engagement at workshops, seminars, and meet-ups. * Become a Big Data Analytics advisor on aspects of architecture and design. * Support your customers by authoring reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications. * Develop both technically and in pre-sales, with the goal of becoming an independently operating Solutions Architect. What we look for: * Experience, technical customer-facing and with a background in Data Science / Generative AI / Machine Learning / Data Warehousing or Data Engineering. * You will be working in the following any of the following vertical sectors: * Real-money Gaming, Sports, Entertainment, Media, Telco and/or Hospitality. * Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities and Industrials * Travel, Transport and Logistics * Financial Services and Insurance * Public Sector * Consumer Package Goods (CPG) / Retail * Any experience in Pre-sales or post-sales experience working with external clients * Familiarity with working with clients, creating a narrative, answering customer questions, aligning the agenda with important interests, and achieving tangible outcomes. * Ability to independently deliver a technical proposition, identify customers' pain points and explain important areas for business value to develop a trusted advisor skillset. * Code in a core programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala. * Knowledgeable in a core Big Data Analytics domain with some exposure to advanced proofs-of-concept and an understanding of a major public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure). * Experience diving deeper into solution architecture and design. * The role requires travel to customer sites in the UK. Travelling approx. 20-30% of the time * Nice to have: Databricks Certification About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.