Job Description
Hearst Luxury Collection (Elle, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country) are seeking an energetic, poised, hardworking, confident go-getter Sales Assistant to support Sales Executives. Guaranteed to gain valuable hands-on experience in sales, marketing and business skills at cutting-edge magazines & digital sites that offers advertisers true cross-platform media opportunities. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to take initiative, multi-task, and prioritize with a can-do attitude in an extremely fast-paced environment.
What You'll Do
• Support the VP of Sales as well as four sales representatives in NYC, Chicago and LA
• Learn the overall sales process for completing RFPs (Request for Proposals), processing Insertion Orders and sales follow-up
• Perform monthly competitive analysis by tracking magazine paging and research missed business
• Assist in preparation for sales calls
• Proactively create ways to streamline account managers' efforts and create a better internal and external information flow
• Opportunity to think strategically about clients' business from a marketing perspective, assisting in writing PPT decks as well as client communication
• Research, plan and execute client entertaining and food focused events
• Research and stay up to date with the latest trends in luxury
• Oversee general office tasks: filing, expenses, data entry, and travel/restaurant arrangements
• Submit weekly expense reports
• Monthly Issue Mailings (hard copy & digital) + Starch Reports
• Maintain and update all office contacts
• Maintain inventory of client entertainment event premiums, supplies and materials
Who You Are
• Bachelor's Degree or higher
• Outstanding professional communication skills and ability to work well with others
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to keep all work and information confidential
• Superior organization skills and keen attention to detail
• Administrative office experience desired.
• Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) & Salesforce (preferably)
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb8006-18-227-48-131-42 in your application.