Sales Coordinator, Health Affairs

Sales Coordinator, Health Affairs, Health Affairs

Location:
District of Columbia
United States

Health Affairs produces the nation's leading journal of health policy, curated commentary and analysis on Health Affairs Forefront, policy briefs, events, and more. Published since 1981, Health Affairs is read by federal, state, and local policymakers, health industry leaders, and academics in fields such as health economics, medicine, public health, and political science.

Health Affairs is an editorially independent division of Project HOPE, an international NGO of more than 900 engaged employees and hundreds of volunteers who work in more than 25 countries, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges

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POSITION SUMMARY:

Health Affairs is looking for a talented, full-time professional to fill its Sales Coordinator to join its growing Sales Team. The Sales Team is responsible for selling print and digital ad space in the Health Affairs journal, newsletters, podcasts, website and event sponsorships.

This is a new position that will help us in the continued expansion of advertising and sponsorship revenues. The Sales Coordinator will work closely with the Senior Account Executive and provide administrative support which includes coordinating with clients on fulfillment and creative deadlines, invoicing, inventory tracking, reporting and database management.

Health Affairs is a prominent health policy publisher producing a peer-reviewed journal, a timely digital publication known as Forefront, as well as newsletters, policy briefs, videos, podcasts and events. Health Affairs offers marketers a differentiated audience in a niche marketplace through its powerful brand, trusted non-partisan content, and C-suite audience.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Work closely with the Senior Account Executive and provide administrative sales support across the portfolio of clients

· Provide overall support in the fulfillment process for ad campaigns, including sending post campaign reports to clients

· Coordinate with internal departments and advertisers to help meet creative material formats and advertising/sponsorship deadlines

· Provide excellent customer service while communication with current advertisers and prospects

· Oversee the timely testing and monitoring of advertising campaigns and receive client approvals when appropriate

· Collaborate with the finance department on invoicing and inventory tracking to make sure sales goals are achieved

· Act as an extension of the advertising team by supporting overall campaign and project management

· Contribute efforts in identifying key target accounts for prospecting and lead generation, carry out desk research on leads as appropriate

· Analyze campaign success and provide recommendations

· Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in work experience
• The ability to learn new technologies quickly
• A proven interest in b2b media sales and business development
• Ability to communicate effectively with high-level external partners and internal staff
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Highly organized and strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize appropriately, and maintain adherence to demanding deadlines
• Able to work independently and within a team.
• Detail oriented with an ability manage multiple projects at a time.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 0-3 years of professional experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Asana
• Working knowledge and/or experience using CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tools.
• Knowledge of policy and health care issues
• Experience in B2B sales and/or business development.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form

Work environment:

• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.

Project HOPE offers comprehensive benefits as part of the total compensation package including health, dental, vision and life insurance, 403(b), paid leave, and much more. For more information about our benefits please visit our benefits page.

Due to the substantial number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.

However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.

Thank you very much for your interest in Project HOPE.