
Smartly · London
Senior Account Executive will be reporting to the Director of Northern Europe, you will own and shape Smartly's Retail & Finance strategy across the UK market. ...
Senior Account Executive will be reporting to the Director of Northern Europe, you will own and shape Smartly's Retail & Finance
strategy across the UK market. This is more than a new business role - the Senior Account Executive will become the face of
Smartly within the UK Retail & Finance industry, leveraging your executive network and market expertise to establish Smartly as
the partner of choice for leading Finance & retailers.
While Retail & Finance is the clear primary focus, experience and relationships within Financial Services and Automotive will be
highly valued, enabling you to identify opportunities across adjacent enterprise verticals.
The Senior Account Executive be empowered to operate with a high degree of autonomy while partnering closely with Product,
Solution Consulting, Onboarding, Customer Success, Marketing, and Leadership to deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
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.
Finance & retailers.
brands.
Services and Automotive viewed as a significant advantage.
Technology.
customers realise value throughout their journey.
digital or social media platform (such as Meta, TikTok, Snap, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google, or similar)
Consulting, Onboarding, and Customer Success.
You are recognised as a trusted advisor within the Retail & Finance industry and bring credibility with senior decision-makers
across the UK's largest brands. You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where you have the freedom to shape strategy, build
executive relationships, and influence outcomes.
Equally comfortable working independently and collaborating across functions, you'll help position Smartly as the leading
AI-powered advertising platform for UK Finance & retailers while unlocking growth opportunities across complementary sectors such
as Financial Services and Automotive.
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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As a key member of the EMEA Revenue Leadership Team reporting directly to the Head of UKI & NE, you will be the strategic leader responsible for shaping, executing, and driving all Enterprise go-to-market (GTM) activities across the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will lead a high-performing, successful regional sales team that is currently delivering strong results across our key industry verticals, including Financial Services, Public Sector, Technology/Media/Telecom (TMT), Professional Services (PS), and Retail, Manufacturing, and CPG. Partnering closely with leaders across Customer Success, Marketing, Sales Development and Channel, you will own the full-funnel GTM playbook across our Enterprise customer segments. In this role, you will leverage your deep enterprise expertise to cultivate, nurture, and develop this high-growth revenue organization while expanding Asana's market presence throughout the region. This role is based in our London office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays & Fridays depending on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. 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About Mirakl: Founded in 2012, Mirakl has been at the forefront of marketplace innovation, empowering every business to compete in the platform economy. Today, Mirakl’s operating system combines an enterprise marketplace solution (Mirakl Platform) that enables retailers and B2B organizations to launch, scale, and operate marketplaces and dropship, AI-powered multichannel selling (Mirakl Connect), retail media (Mirakl Ads) and an agentic commerce infrastructure (Mirakl Nexus). With dual headquarters in Boston and Paris, Mirakl helps a global ecosystem of 450+ marketplaces (B2C and B2B) and a network of over 100k third-party marketplace sellers. Brands like Macy’s, Decathlon, Carrefour, Asos, and Airbus Helicopters use Mirakl to grow their businesses in new and remarkable ways. For more information, visit www.mirakl.com. Mirakl in Numbers: * 🗓️ Founded in 2012 | Member of French Tech Next40 * 👥 750+ employees in 9 offices worldwide: Paris, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Boston, London, Munich, New York, Sydney, Tokyo Our Values: Working at Mirakl means accelerating your career alongside ambitious, passionate, and supportive colleagues. We're proud of the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences that make our teams unique. Our 5 values guide how we collaborate: * 💡 Work Hard Together: Teamwork and collaboration are the foundation of our success * 🏆 Get Things Done: We prioritize action and efficiency for impactful results * 🚀 Go Above & Beyond: We tackle challenges proactively and always aim for excellence * 🎓 Succeed Through Expertise: Knowledge sharing and continuous learning are core to our culture * 🤝 Satisfy & Empower Clients: We're committed to our clients' success ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - MIRAKL ADS THE TEAM YOU'LL JOIN You'll be part of our EMEA Ads team led by Octavie Gosselin, VP Ads. The team consists of 7 professionals covering the EMEA region. Together, you'll be empowering businesses to monetise their ecommerce web traffic across both marketplace and first-party offerings while delivering more value to advertisers, marketplace sellers, and publishers. 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HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT: 1. Introductory call : A conversation to learn about your background and motivations, and to answer your questions about Mirakl, the team, and the role. 2. Business interview Meet the hiring manager to discuss your experience, problem‑solving approach and impact. 3. Values Interviews : Meet with team members from different functions to explore your alignment with our core values and ways of working. 4. Final decision & offer : We consolidate feedback quickly and aim to share decisions without delay. If successful, we’ll walk you through the offer details, benefits, and next steps. BENEFITS AT MIRAKL : * Public Transport Pass: 50% reimbursement on your monthly public transport subscription. * Health Insurance: Flexible coverage tailored to individual or family needs, with Mirakl contributing to your plan. * Meal Allowance: Mirakl provide a monthly meal allowance. * Hybrid Setup: 4 days in-office & 1 day remote. * Pension & Life Insurance: Mirakl contributes monthly to your pension and covers 100% of life insurance premiums. * ClassPass forfait: Enjoy access to 40,000+ gyms and wellness studios worldwide with a no-commitment ClassPass membership. * Paid Time Off: paid vacation days per calendar year. We welcome collaborators with their diverse perspectives and experiences to power us forward. These often far exceed conventional job requirements and help us create a culture of continuous learning. If you’re ready to join a global leader powering digital transformation for 450+ of the world’s most innovative retailers and B2B organizations. As part of our recruitment process, Mirakl processes your personal data to review and manage your application and, where appropriate, to consider your profile for future opportunities. You can exercise your data protection rights at any time, and as further detailed in our policies. For more information about how we process your personal data and your rights, please consult our Recruitment Privacy Notice, here in English and here in French. We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to help streamline our hiring process, including screening applications, analyzing resumes, and assessing responses. While AI helps us work efficiently, all final hiring decisions are made by humans. For more information, visit our AI Guidelines for Candidates and Interviews.
About the job: As a Senior Strategic Account Executive based in London, you'll join our established UK sales team to continue accelerating growth. You'll drive new business sales and collaborate with our UK teams including our Sales Development Representatives, Solutions Engineers, and Customer Success Managers. Last year, we became the undisputed global leader in experience analytics.