Advertising Telesales Executive

Placed: 29/11/17
Region: Cheshire
Location: Warrington
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

We currently have a great opportunity for you to join our team as a Advertising Sales Executive, based in our Warrington office, home of the Warrington Guardian! Newsquest is one of the largest regional media companies in the UK. We employ over 3,500 staff with 1,600 experienced media sales people that help local businesses generate awareness and promote their products and services to local audiences. Our parent company is Gannett Inc, the largest news publisher in the US, with titles including USA Today.

The Role
As a Telesales Executive, you will be part of a busy and vibrant Advertising Sales team whereby you will play a fundamental role in ensuring the continued success and reputation that we pride ourselves on.
The role is predominantly B2B business development whereby you will be responsible for generating new leads, conducting research and pitching to a variety of local business across the Lancashire region, selling classified advertising space in our local digital and print publications.
Account management plays an essential part in this role, whereby you will be liaising with new and existing clients managing their expectations and accounts to ensure that a positive relationship is maintained at all contact points. This will involve accurately reporting data, generating repeat custom/upselling along with supporting the clients on their advertisement campaign; from design and formatting to ad placement.

We need you to have.

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Good time management & attention to detail - being able adapt and prioritise is essential
strong personal resilience, negotiation & objection handling skills
an outgoing personality, strong self-motivation with a proactive mentality and a will to succeed
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook) experience

We would like you to have.

Previous b2b sales/business development experience
Experience of a Sales CRM System. Gemstone or Futureproof
Multimedia experience with both print and digital preferred

We'll look after you with.

A fun and lively work environment, with huge potential for personal and career development
A competitive base salary package along with commission structure
Pension scheme
Childcare vouchers
Various sales incentives
Extensive and continuous sales development training through our accredited Sales Excellence Academy