Advertising Sales Executive required to join busy and rapidly expanding Surrey/Kent based Publishing and Exhibitions Company
We are seeking an Advertising Sales Executive to join the Seed Publishing team. Initially working on Scratch Magazine, we hold an unrivalled position in the market place. This role will contribute towards ensuring that we maintain this position and extend our reach further.
The purpose of this role is to grow revenue for Scratch Magazine by selling print and digital advertisements to companies across the UK & overseas via the phone initially with a view to a field sales role. This includes selling advertisements into the magazine and across the group Internet sites in order to achieve monthly targets as set by the Internal Team Manager.
Business development and building up your client base is vital for this role so you'll be required to research into markets and identify potential organisations for new business. Once targeted, you’ll then liaise with the client in order to canvas new business over the phone providing relevant information about the advertisements. You’ll also be required to account manage existing clients ensuring that their existing advertising needs can be met.
You’ll have a consultative and credible approach to telesales as well as the ability to build long-term, professional relationships with clients. You’ll be confident, engaging, intuitive and driven towards growing within this role. Previous experience in a sales role is required and exposure within the media sector would be advantageous.
This is an exciting opportunity which will allow you the independence to grow your clients but can also provide training and development required to set you up on your future career path. We offer a competitive basic salary plus a realistic uncapped commission structure so you'll have the potential to earn within this role.
Desired skills and experience:
- Experience of sales ideally within a media company or advertising/recruitment consultancy business
- Ability to work under pressure and to and meet tight deadlines
- Articulate communicator
- Assertive with strong negotiating and influencing skills
- A confident and engaging approach to selling
- Enthusiastic about working towards sales targets and building long-term relationships
- Motivated and resilient towards achieving sales targets
- Pro-active and the ability to think creatively
- Strong and demonstrated proactive sales ability
- Strong business acumen
- Excellent listening skills
- Ability to recognise and act on business opportunities
- Must have a clean driving licence with own car
About this company:
Seed Publishing Ltd is 10-years old and publishes Scratch Magazine, the No.1 magazine for nail professionals, in its extensive B2B portfolio. The company also organises the Scratch Stars Awards and has a very strong social media presence on platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
http://www.scratchmagazine.co.uk
There are plans in place for more titles to be added to our portfolio in 2014.
We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.
Please send a CV and covering letter stating why you should be considered to the role to ian.archbold@scratchmagazine.co.uk by midday, 17 January 2014.
To apply please see
this job entry on Media UK.