Sales Assistant

Job Description

BET Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global, is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news, and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture and news; BET HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.

The BET Ad Sales team is looking for a Sales Assistant to join their team.

Responsibilities:
• Assist Account Executives (AEs) in preparing sales orders and monitoring client accounts
• Maintain operational efficiency of agency orders through approvals, tracking of linear commercial inventory, movement requests, allocations and ADUs (audience deficiency units) within the sales system Wide Orbit
• Makegood any commercials that did not air into future weeks
• Daily contact with Traffic and Pricing & Inventory to ensure flawless execution and delivery of agency orders
• Ensure client restrictions are upheld by confirming client DNA (Do Not Air) lists are being followed by Traffic as well as commercial separation
• Coordinate with Brand Solutions team to carry out advertiser's creative tag tune-ins and any other specific requests
• Monitor/track and regularly report on client impressions working with multiple departments to make any adjustments needed to ensure orders deliver and bill in full
• Generate reports to troubleshoot and resolve order discrepancies
• Work directly with Finance to help clear billing issues and ensure revenue reconciliation at the end of each billing cycle
• Maintain client database and account list

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in a customer service setting
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational and presentation skills
• Strong math aptitude and time management skills
• A proficiency with multi-tasking and be detail and results oriented
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel
• WideOrbit experience preferred, but not necessary

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g4zjkz-18-216-121-55-42 in your application.