Direct Sales Executive

Job Description

This is a permanent full time position based in PERTH.

We're looking for a motivated Sales Executive with experience in the media industry and a hunger to smash sales targets out of the ballpark.

If you play well with others and thrive in a fast-paced environment, there's a place in our Sales team for you now.

Functions will include:
• Assisting in the day-to-day management of top tier clients under the guidance of a Group Sales Manager
• Building and maintaining existing relationships whilst managing client expectations
• Demonstrating the ability to maintain strong professional relationships both internally and externally
• Proactively prospecting and qualifying new business opportunities to develop revenue channels
• Working towards and achieving set budgets and reaching revenue targets
• Working cohesively with broadcast, digital and production teams covering all aspects of the digital business
• Managing and developing the eager Sales Assistants in your care

What are we looking for in this Sales Executive role? What's important?
• A passionate focus and approach to meeting client expectations
• Previous experience within the media or advertising industry
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• High level of detail, flexibility, time management and accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Professional and confident presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt and meet deadlines
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a friendly demeanour

Extra Brownie Points for:
• Exposure to IBMS and/or Salesforce systems

If company culture & values are important to you, you're passionate about TV & media, you have proven Sales results on the board, and you're ready to make a difference at Paramount, let's talk.

Why Paramount?

We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day. However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:
• 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
• We hold a 4.1 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)

Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world's oldest living cultures.

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10 Paramount Australia & New Zealand is a division of Paramount International Networks, which in turn is a division of Paramount Global. 

Paramount is a global media & entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What's more, you'll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Peach, 10 Shake, 10 Bold), subscription channels (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central), our digital platform 10 Play and our new subscription video on demand service Paramount+. 

At 10 Paramount, there is no such thing as the 'perfect candidate'

Seeing responsibilities and competencies laid out on paper can be confronting. At this stage of the recruitment process, sometimes imposter syndrome can creep in and mess with our confidence.

Please know that we list these items to give you an opportunity to show us your potential and how you can grow and transform with us. Your ability to demonstrate that you have the real potential to develop the required capabilities, knowledge, and experience to perform in this role is what we would like to hear from you. Where possible, you should support your claims with specific examples of what you have done, and how you did it.

We embrace difference and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.

10 Paramount recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world's oldest living cultures.

However you identify, and whatever your background may be, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day!

We prioritise the health, safety and welfare of our people. As a result, we currently require all our employees who enter a 10 Paramount premises to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in alignment with our Vaccination Position. Please reach out with any questions or to discuss your personal circumstances.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb2qex-18-227-111-48-42 in your application.