Account Executive

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Drive linear and digital advertising sales for WUPA-TV
• Establish linear and digital agency and direct client relationships in the Atlanta market and surrounding territories.
• Develop plans, quarterly & annually, to drive revenue and market share across all station platforms.
• Desire and ability to prospect & close new business across the full Paramount Global portfolio.
• Continually prospect, develop and maintain new, non-traditional linear and digital revenue opportunities.
• Understand client needs and then collaborate with internal teams to build customized, coordinated solutions.
• Collaborate and relationship-build across various internal departments including: sales, marketing, traffic, finance as well as external (3rd party) vendors.
• Manage execution, both traditional and non-traditional, from pre-sell through post-recap.
• Market knowledge and ability to adapt as the linear/streaming business evolves.
• Other duties assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Candidate must be self-motivated, detail oriented and able to handle more than one project at once in a fast-paced environment.
• Persuasiveness, sales skills, ability to demonstrate leadership and teamwork.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, computer proficiency required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Three to five years of multi-platform sales experience preferred.
• Previous media/sponsorship sales experience preferred.
• Wide Orbit, Strata and Excel proficiency preferred.