Account Executive - Not for Profit

Canva Canva · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · Sales

Account Executive role focused on selling Canva's design and collaboration tools, including their AI platform magic Studio, to nonprofit organizations. Responsibilities include full sales cycle ownership, driving growth within existing accounts, building strategic plans, and leveraging data to inform strategies. Requires sales experience, understanding of the nonprofit sector, consultative sales expertise, strong communication, strategic thinking, and data literacy.

What you'd actually do

  1. Owning the Full Sales Cycle: Identifying, targeting, and securing net new nonprofit customers by understanding their unique challenges and positioning Canva as the solution of choice.
  2. Driving Growth Within Existing Accounts: Partner with existing nonprofit customers to uncover opportunities for deeper adoption, cross-functional implementation, and user expansion.
  3. Building and Executing Strategic Plans: Develop and implement tailored strategies to achieve sales goals, drive logo acquisition, and maximise the value Canva delivers to nonprofits.
  4. Creating Lasting Relationships: Engage with nonprofit leaders and decision-makers to establish trust and demonstrate Canva’s value as a long-term partner in their mission.
  5. Understanding and Communicating Customer Needs: Conduct discovery sessions and deliver compelling value propositions tailored to nonprofit organisations, showcasing Canva’s ability to meet their goals.

Skills

Required

  • Full Sales Cycle Ownership
  • Account Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Customer Needs Analysis
  • Relationship Building
  • SaaS Sales Experience
  • Nonprofit Sector Knowledge
  • Consultative Selling
  • Communication Skills
  • Data Analysis

Nice to have

  • Experience in technology or nonprofit-focused industries

What the JD emphasized

  • Sales-Driven with proven experience driving net new business and growing existing accounts, ideally within SaaS, technology, or nonprofit-focused industries.
  • understanding of the Nonprofit Sector, with knowledge of nonprofit challenges, goals, and decision-making processes, with the ability to align Canva’s solutions to their needs.
  • consultative Sales Expertise, with strong discovery skills to uncover customer pain points and craft tailored solutions, presenting clear ROI and value.
  • excellent Communicatior, with the ability to convey complex ideas simply and effectively, tailoring messaging to diverse audiences, from end-users to C-suite leaders.
  • strategic thinking to your work, you’re proficient in account planning and execution, with a focus on achieving long-term customer success and retention.
  • Data-Literate, and comfortable using data to identify trends, measure success, and refine your approach for maximum impact.