Local Sales Assistant

Job Description

We work with highly creativity people and the most advanced technologies to make the most impactful advertising on TV and online. From modern studios in Salt Lake City we operate local TV stations KTVX, KUCW and METV and offer a full range of mobile and digital media solutions. This is your opportunity to join a growing company as a key member supporting our successful sales team to help deliver the highest impact advertising for thousands of clients throughout Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming.

This position works as an integral member of our sales team with responsibilities including organizing work flow, onboarding new clients, ordering advertising contracts, fulfilling administrative duties and maintaining a high level of stakeholder and public relations. We provide training on industry-standard data management and measurement platforms such as Wide Orbit, comScore, Nielsen and more.

The Sales Assistant works within established Sales Department guidelines to maximize station revenue opportunities from an order entry, traffic and accounting perspective. The Sales assistant is also responsible for performing all clerical functions required by department personnel as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Coordinating with account executives (AE's) and sales managers to gather requirements of television and digital advertising campaigns
• Organize and maintain an efficient workflow
• Assist sales management to facilitate internal and offsite meetings, client presentations, trainings, recruitment and interdepartmental communications
• Routinely update orders and systems data entry
• Assist AE's to prepare presentations using comScore, Kantar, and Strata data
• Back-up and cross-train with other members of our sales and administrative teams
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements and Skills:
• Good written literacy skills. A college degree is not required but certainly helps.
• Fast, error-free typing skills
• Fluency in English with excellent writing and interpersonal communications skills.
• Experience or accredited training with digital video and/or television broadcasting administration
• Competency with the full range of MS office tools.
• Capable of maintaining high levels of support to sales management and AE's as required

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Must be able to sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, work near others in defined workspaces and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. In addition, must be able to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls. Repetitive movements are required. Work may be conducted in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9x86z-3-17-5-68-42 in your application.