account executive

noun

: a business executive (as in an advertising agency) responsible for dealing with a client's account

Examples of account executive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lee said employees will be hired as sales account executives to pair with the director of sales, and travel to health and wellness seminars as well as workshops to sell headphones. Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024 Now, ahead of Monday night’s finale, only two remain — 25-year-old account executive Daisy Kent from Minnesota and 25-year-old junior project manager Kelsey Anderson from Louisiana. Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024 Luckily, Sandra Mason came by to help the account executive, 25, get into the right headspace for her date. Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024 Each pod consists of an SDR, account executive, and customer success manager, who report to a team lead or pod manager. Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Fresh out of the University of San Diego, Musselman’s first job was with the Clippers as an account executive in 1987, selling tickets to a team that was scraping the bottom of the NBA standings. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024 The account executive, 25, found that the Alberta landscape reminded her of home in Minnesota. Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 However, the sales team is divided into sales development reps (SDRs), account executives and customer success managers, all reporting to the sales manager. Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Ash Yao, a former DocuSign account executive who previously worked at Tesla, launched a decidedly non-tech company after she was laid off in the e-signature firm’s 10% workforce reduction last year, which came months after a 9% cut. Brian Cheung, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of account executive was in 1931

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“Account executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/account%20executive. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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