Account Executive

Job Description

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - WCJB (Gainesville)

About WCJB:

WCJB TV20 ABC Affiliate - #1 rated legacy broadcast TV station located in beautiful North Central Florida has a proud heritage and an energetic newsroom. WCJB TV20 is the market leader, with viewers relying on us for news, weather, and sports coverage from Your Local Station. Along with the market's strongest news ratings and ever-expanding digital platforms, we deliver results for our advertisers. woodlands, rolling hills, and nature parks. Clean water, clear air, eco-friendly environment and safe, local communities make Gainesville and Alachua County one of the best places to live in America.

Marion County is the largest of the counties that we cover with our television signal. We recently moved into a newly renovated office in the heart of Ocala. This office is home to two news reporters and two Account Executives

Job Summary/Description:

WCJB-TV is legendary for taking care of our team members. Around here, we're into diversity and creativity, not the cookie-cutter corporate attitude. We feel strongly about a healthy work-life balance-we want you to enjoy a full, meaningful life and stick around for the long haul. And once we have good people here, we strive to keep them, investing in their future and promoting from within. We're known for supporting our teammates' careers. So no matter how the market shifts and evolves-we're keeping an eye on the future. That's one of the luxuries of being with a strong, historically stable company.. We offer extensive training and fantastic benefits as we are part of the Gray Television family of stations. Join this fun and dynamic sales team today!

Primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Generate sales leads and close new business
• Sell products and services across all platforms (broadcast TV, digital, and social media)
• Provide input on sales promotion ideas
• Retain current clients and develop new business contacts
• Attain budgeted revenue goals through effective solicitations, promotions and service
• Understand the business objectives and advertising strategies of clients and find ways to help them achieve their objectives through effective advertising
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Sales experience preferred
• Proven track record of closing new business and/or building customer relationships
• Great communication and people skills
• Strong organizational and written skills
• Competitive, energetic and self-starter
• Professional appearance a must

Are you energetic, positive and goal-oriented? Please join our team, send your cover letter and resume, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r074ej-3-137-170-183-42 in your application.