Location: Chicago,IL, USA
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Clear Channel Outdoor
Job Summary:
Generate advertising revenue and meeting sales targets through the creation and renewal of sales contracts working alongside the Account Specialist.
Job Responsibilities:
* Drives for revenue goal attainment, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
* Prospects and develops new customer relationships, persuasively communicates strategies for meeting customer needs.
* Ensures customer satisfaction by facilitating all aspects of the customer's account in cooperation with creative, operations, marketing and finance staff.
* Determines project pricing based on guidelines from management.
* Negotiates fees or services with clients with management approval.
* Oversees project from start to finish and ensure client satisfaction.
* Delivers proof of performance (POP) to clients.
* Drives clients around the market to show outdoor media sites.
* Communicates and coordinate with Charting and other internal departments.
* Completes other duties as assigned or requested.
Job Qualifications:
Education
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, experience, or military experience preferred.
Work Experience
* 2-3 years of progressive sales experience.
* Demonstrated track record of business-to-business sales experience strongly preferred.
* Media sales experience preferred; residency within the territory preferred.
Skills
* Strong organizational / time management skills, and be detailed oriented.
* Skilled in working closely with customers to develop and cultivate client relationships in order to grow accounts.
* Sales achievement with experience in consultative or needs based selling techniques.
* Have a collaborative and professional style with the objective of building strong relationships with diverse customer groups and vendors.
* Be a self-starter with a diligent work ethic and demonstrated flexibility.
* Able to multi-task and stay calm under pressure.
* Excellent verbal and written communications skills including delivering effective presentations.
* Able to complete required math calculations (e.g, multiply, divide, rate, ratio, percent, produce / interpret bar graphs).
* Proficient in Microsoft software applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and social media platforms.
Competencies
* Account Management: Building long-term, value-based relationships with accounts, developing business, and maximizing the revenue they generate while reducing the time and costs in managing them.
* Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and effectively gets message across.
* Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.
* Managing the Sales Process: Following the organization's sales methodology in applying skills and resources to achieve sales targets.
* Negotiating: Seeking to resolve different perspectives or matters of dispute by discovering shared interests and finding mutually acceptable solutions.
* Networking: Establishing, sustaining, and fostering professional contacts to build, enhance, and connect networks for work purposes.
* Presentation: Preparing and delivering presentations in a variety of formal and informal settings, engaging the audience, and managing the logistical components of the presentation such as the location and technology.
Other Requirements
* Able to travel outside of the office at least 50% of the time for meetings and industry events.
* Access to a reliable vehicle and a valid driver's license.
Location
Chicago, IL: 4000 South Morgan St, 60609
Position Type
Regular
The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.
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