Now Hiring - DSPORT Magazine / Hard Media Inc. - Professional Services Advertising Sales Representative in Fountain Valley, CA

Full description of the position

Full-time, hourly or salary depending on schedule, experience and amount of project and task ownership. The SALES/MARKETING candidate will be responsible for maintaining sales, handling client accounts, and other marketing related activities for print, online and social media. The candidate must be able to meet sales goals and work with the editorial and creative teams.

Job Description:

• Meet and/or exceed monthly/ annual sales revenue target
• Maintain relations with key accounts
• Understanding of automotive performance, tuning, and car culture
• Identify new opportunities and develop a mutually beneficial product package for magazine and client
• Open new accounts
• Constantly looking for new opportunities with the many resources available
• Promote and market all facets of the business operations to expand business opportunities
• Able to work with a team, but also excel on their own
• The ability to negotiate and close the most complex advertising sales deals.
• Research and develop new customer lists/ cold calling.
• Participate in trade shows, special events and other promotional programs as required
• Other duties and tasks as assigned

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (marketing/business/advertising preferred)
• Experience in advertising sales (print, events & online), experience in publishing/automotive industry a plus
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• A deep knowledge and understanding of the online market, advertising community, customer requirements and how media is bought and sold.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Well developed presentation skills
• Excellent customer relations skills
• Proven ability to ‘close’ a sale at both the clients and agency level
• Demonstrated accomplishments through consultative selling in developing new business and expansion within key verticals.
• Reliable – sets & meets specific performance goals, sales targets, priorities and deadlines.

Equipment/Software Used:
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $40,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Fountain Valley, CA 92708: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Language:

• Japanese (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person