What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Associate position at Audacy, Inc.?
Overview
Sales Associate
Audacy in Portland is looking for a Sales Associate. The Sales Associate position is designed to provide the employee with training that will allow them to fully understand the Radio business from a sales perspective. This person will work closely with senior account executives, assisting them with all elements of pre/post sale.
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The anticipated starting salary range for Oregon-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $30,000.00/yr-$40,000.00/yr.
Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.
Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
Responsibilities
What You Will Do:
Participate in weekly training program
- Assist Account Executives with pre and post sales tasks, including, but not limited to, category research, creating proposals, attending sales meetings, putting together a to-do list of items that must be completed to either present an opportunity or to implement the details of a client campaign
- Attend sales meetings
- Providing clerical assistance for the Account Executives
- Creating leads for Account Executives
- Working with Traffic, Promotions and Programming Departments on Sales related issues
- Attending client promotions and internal promotional meetings
- Learn tools such as Vcreative, Wide Orbit, Sales Force, XRAY, RAB, etc.
Middle to late stages of the Sales Associate position will consist of shadowing current Account Executives in order to learn the more intricate details of being a successful Account Executive. Duties to include but not limited to:
- Brainstorm ideas with sales team
- Prepare promotions plans, sales literature, and advertising proposals
- Attend sales calls
- Assist in the creation of proposals
- Work on specific deals and accounts with current Account Executives
- Learn quantitative and qualitative research
- Participate in Sales promotions
- Learn how to maintain and service accounts
- Investigate and resolve customer problems
- Creating new business accounts
Qualifications
More About You:
Required & Preferred:
- Requires 4-year degree; marketing major preferred
- Must be self-motivated, self-disciplined, have a positive attitude and be an effective communicator
- Position requires superior computer skills, inclusive of Microsoft Office
- Candidates must be interested in pursuing a career in media sales and have a valid driver's license and personal vehicle with appropriate insurance
More About You:
Required & Preferred:
A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.
Important Notes:
Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.
About Us
Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD; OTC: AUDA) is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country’s best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook (Audacy Corp), X (@AudacyCorp), LinkedIn (@Audacy-Inc), Instagram (@lifeataudacy) and Threads (@Audacy_Corp).
EEO
Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Salary : $30,000 - $40,000
