Account Executive - Knoxville

SpeedPro Commercial Graphics•Knoxville, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

SpeedPro is launching a new Knoxville location with production, installation, and showroom capability, backed by our Tri-Cities home office. The Account Executive – Knoxville owns revenue growth in this market by building relationships, creating brand and capability awareness, developing project pipeline, and turning market momentum into sustained sales growth. This is not a passive sales seat. The right person owns their daily schedule, prospecting activity, account development, project discovery, scoping, and outcomes. This role reports to the President and works laterally with Inside Sales for estimating and Operations for project management and execution. Sales experience is important. We are happy to patiently teach the industry specifics to a capable and willing learner. Our projects include wallcoverings, murals, wayfinding and ADA signage packages, wall art, interior and exterior signage and graphics, window film, tint, frosting, security film, privacy film, custom design, and fleet vehicle branding. You’ll sell work that clients, employees, visitors, and communities see in the real world. Working at SpeedPro Commercial Graphics and in the large-format printing industry, gives you a chance to be creative. You will be hands-on, in the field, solving problems and meeting clients to make custom solutions every day. Specializing in a variety of printed products, SpeedPro takes great pride in partnering with our long-term, satisfied clients. Our goal is to be considered an extension of each client’s marketing team, and we collaborate with partners to determine the right solution for you and your business’s end customer. At SpeedPro Commercial Graphics, we value the relationship between our clients and their customers and deliver quality work on time, every time. Studio employees experience a fast-paced work environment with new challenges and rewarding opportunities every day. If you are looking for a monotonous desk job, this is not the right job for you.

Requirements

Proven experience and results in consultative, hands-on B2B sales.
Ability to own a sales territory, daily schedule, prospecting pipeline, account development, and outcomes.
Ability to independently conduct project discovery and scope opportunities clearly.
Ability to work laterally with Inside Sales, Operations, and project execution teams.
Ability to represent SpeedPro professionally in the Knoxville business community.
Availability for a 40–50 hour Monday–Friday schedule, with some B2B event-driven evening and weekend demands.

Nice To Haves

Interior design background, skills, or interest.
Architecture background, skills, or interest.
Experience selling visual, branded, construction-adjacent, design-adjacent, or project-based solutions.
Familiarity with signage, graphics, interiors, facilities, commercial real estate, education, healthcare, hospitality, or corporate environments.
Existing territory relationships with interior design, architects, commercial construction, facilities, commercial real estate, education, healthcare, hospitality, or corporate environments.

Responsibilities

Own revenue growth for the Knoxville market.
Be a hunter; build and manage a disciplined prospecting pipeline.
Establish relationships with decision-makers across B2B accounts.
Ramp-up Knoxville revenue and transition into sustained growth.
Drive consultative discovery with prospects and existing clients with a long-term relationship mindset.
Identify project opportunities, business needs, timelines, decision-makers, and budgets.
Build trust through valuable consultations, strong follow-through, practical recommendations, and clear communication.
Develop repeat relationships with clients who value quality, speed, and professional execution.
Manage sales outcomes with professionalism, ownership and accountability.
Scope opportunities clearly before handing them to estimating or operations.
Translate customer goals into practical project direction and product recommendations.
Work with Inside Sales to create accurate, complete estimates.
Maintain clean handoffs so projects can move from sales to production and installation without confusion.
Protect client expectations around timeline, scope, quality, and budget.
Represent SpeedPro in the Knoxville business community.
Educate clients on large-format graphics, signage, branding, and environmental visual solutions.
Participate in relevant B2B events and relationship-building opportunities.
Use SpeedPro’s existing reputation and marketing momentum to open doors and build local market presence.