Job Description

An award-winning, well established Content agency based in the UK has a fantastic, fully remote opportunity for a Mid-Senior Media Print Sales Executive. While fully remote, the successful individual will be based in South Africa.We are looking for a gifted Media Print Sales Executive to sell advertising into a printed customer magazine for an online supermarket.The role encompasses selling advertising into monthly editions of a printed customer magazine - on the page, sponsored content, featured product placements, and sponsored wraps, with the goal of achieving sales revenue, yield and volume targets.You will be required to proactively source new business, re-engage lapsed customers and renew/upsell existing contracted business to achieve measurement objectives.If you are a sales pro who can deliver first-class account management to maximise opportunities and customer satisfaction, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!Responsibilities

• Prospect for new business by cold calling potential customers
• Monitor competitor media advertising activity and actively canvass daily
• Maintain and develop strong relationships with all assigned customers ensuring you understand all aspects of their marketing and advertising strategies
• Speedily and effectively respond to and follow up all incoming sales enquiries
• Create and deliver effective sales proposals
• Challenge and overcome objections
• Listen to advertiser requirements and present appropriate solutions
• Sell within agreed advertising rate structures
• Achieve measurements contained in team and external strategies
• Grow revenue from the assigned customer base, taking a proactive approach to developing relationships
• Develop industry knowledge to effectively understand and engage with business within our sector
• Meet agreed schedule deadlines
• Maintain up to date and accurate customer records within Salesforce including activities, pipeline and forecasting
• Meet agreed sales and copy deadlines
• Report daily and weekly sales activity to your manager Report market and customer information to your manager as requested.

RequirementsThe successful candidate must have/be:

• Minimum 18 months media sales experience in selling to brands, agencies and direct customers
• English speaking
• Attention to detail
• Attention to copy deadlines
• Good reporting ability.

City: Remote, in South AfricaLevel of Expertise: Mid-SeniorRemuneration: NegotiableConsultant: VivReference Number: #Viv3032

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