Advertising Sales Coordinator- employment career in USA

Job title:Advertising Sales Coordinator
Location:     VA - McLean     Job Type:     Sales
Deadline: 2/08/2013
Admin - Clerical
Base Pay:     N/A    
Required Education:     Not Specified
Bonus:         Required
Experience:     Not Specified
Other:        
Required Travel:     None
Employee Type:     Full-Time    
Relocation Covered:     Not Specified
Industry:     Newspaper    
Job ID:     19706    

Description

Travel Media Group – Advertising Sales Coordinator

USA TODAY is seeking a motivated and dedicated individual who will to support USA TODAY’s Travel Media Group Ad Sales team.  As an Advertising Sales Coordinator you will coordinate and manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects and accounts while exhibiting excellent client relations skills and showing a thorough understanding of USA TODAY’s media sales process.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

 Provide leads and new business prospecting to Account Executives through research tools and personal initiative.
 Facilitate the completion of RFP’s and rate requests across the Print and Digital Platforms of USA TODAY while primarily collaborating with the team’s Digital Account Manager.
 Coordinate across multiple touch points with internal and external contacts to ensure all clients’ needs are being met.
 Create and manage reports for Weekly Team Revenue - Revenue Tracker, Pipeline, RFP’s, etc.
 Provide rate requests, IO creation and acquisition, facilitate the print creative submission through ad ops as well as serve as primary contact for all accounts and agencies specific to campaign management.
 Organize team travel and handle tradeshow/conference attendance and set-up.
 Work with other coordinators to ensure needs of entire Ad Sales group is being met.
 Organize the ordering of office supplies as well as maintenance of printers on floor.

Requirements

 Minimum 1+ years experience in sales or sales support in a coordinator or assistant capacity (internship is acceptable)
 Advanced skills with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
 Bachelor degree required in Advertising or related field
 Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while having an all-encompassing understanding of the media sales process
 Exceptional written and oral communication skills
 Passion for sales with a driven and ambitious mindset
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