Account Executive

This is a Full Time Job

CBS Atlanta, WUPA-TV is searching for an energetic and extremely motivated multi-platform sales professional. Ideal candidate will possess strong presentation and communication skills, experience working with advertising agencies and clients directly, growing market share, and closing new business and digital.

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.

Organizations that wish to receive job vacancy notices from this posting’s television station should contact sf_recruitingsupport@paramount.com.