Sales Executive - Asian Legal Business
Do you have a passion for business development and a knack for building strong relationships?
We're seeking a talented Sales Executive to join our team at Asian Legal Business (ALB), a leading legal media company owned by Thomson Reuters. This is an individual contributor role who will be responsible for driving business development across Southeast Asia, focusing on selling sponsorships and advertisements for our events and print business.
ALB is a trusted and respected brand in the legal industry, providing comprehensive coverage of the Asia-Pacific region through our monthly magazine, online presence, and numerous events. Focusing on major legal markets in Asia, ALB offers news, analysis, rankings, and networking opportunities for law firms, in-house counsel, and legal professionals, contributing significantly to the development and growth of the legal industry in the region.
About the Role
In this opportunity as a Sales Executive - Asian Legal Business, you will:
- Develop and execute strategies to achieve revenue targets for sponsorships and advertisements independently and efficiently across Southeast Asia.
- Identify potential new customers, conduct cold calls, face-to-face meetings, and product demonstrations to prospects and clients.
- Negotiate and close contracts, creating win-win situations for both clients and the company.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients in the legal industry across Southeast Asia.
- Provide timely sales reports, communicate pipeline progress, and monitor the competitive landscape for market opportunities.
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Sales Executive - Asian Legal Business if you have the following required qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant B2B sales experience within media/advertising/events space
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English is required, knowledge of other Asian languages is advantageous.
- Confident presenter with excellent negotiation skills and experience in both in-person and virtual sales environments.
- Self-starter with a proven track record of achieving sales targets independently and ability to learn product knowledge quickly.
- Cultural sensitivity and flexibility, with experience working with Asia-based customers and willingness to travel as required.
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What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
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