Associate, Sales Planner

Job Description

Associate, Sales Planner (CNN)

Purpose of the Role:
• The Associate, Sales Planner supports the frontline sales team for CNN International SEA, as well as serves as a key POC to service our clients and agencies. The Singapore market needs to deliver growth through a dual-pronged strategy of growing a new pool of PRTV advertisers and driving new revenue streams across our growing suite of data, content and audience offering.
• To succeed in this, we continually aim to offer our clients greater real time insights into our audiences, content and greater digital expertise across that reflect where we're invested and also where our markets' needs are.
• We are looking for dynamic individual with a passion and aptitude for Content and Brand Marketing to support the SEA Sales Team with pre-sales material and to acts as a contact point in support of the sales team.
• He/she will be responsible for assisting in the full sales cycle from pre-sales through campaign execution and reporting.
• You will be a reliable support resource who can anticipate client and sales team needs. This role includes analysis, planning, research, project management and brainstorming.

Areas of Responsibility:

Supporting Sales (70%)
• Prepares media schedules, presentations and proposals for the SG ad sales team; includes delivery of accurate and complete paperwork for sponsorships, bookings and campaigns
• Liaise with and ensures submission of all required materials for broadcast and/or digital.
• Compiles On-Air Transmission reports, Digital Performance reports, post-campaign Reports, CD-compilations, checking of monthly client invoices, as briefed by the Sales team

Research (10%)
• Monitors competitor channels and provides information to the sales teams on competitor activity
• Administration (20%)
• Regularly update product information (credentials presentation, media kits, programme grids, distribution, sales policy, Ratecard etc.) to maintain alignment with other global offices and deliver consistent messaging
• Submit monthly sales forecast, pipeline and sponsorship information in the standard format

Areas of Accountability:
• Where applicable, provide information about the size of the organization managed, operating budget, revenue responsibility, number of employees, geographical scope or other quantitative data pertinent to this position.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwxoq2-18-219-63-90-42 in your application.