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Sales Assistant, Lifestyle Group

Hearst

New York, NY 09-09-2021
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
Your impact:

We are seeking an energetic, poised, hardworking, confident go-getter Sales Assistant to support up to six 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. A love of food, chef culture, home and design is a plus!

What you'll do:
• 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 food, home, restaurants/chefs, home design/designers, pop culture + Food Network & HGTV Stars/shows.
• 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:
• 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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g33mx5-3-144-151-106-42 in your application.

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Hearst Magazines isone of the largest publishers in the world, with more than25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and O the Oprah Magazine. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.