• Account Executive

    AudacyGainesville, FL 32612

    Job #2688382876

  • Overview

    Job Title: Account Executive

    Department: Sales

    Reporting To:Sales Manager

    Employment Type:Full-Time

    Work Arrangement:Hybrid

    Job Description

    Audacy Gainesville seeks an experienced self-motivated sales professional to develop and sell Broadcast and Podcast Audio and Digital advertising and marketing campaigns to new and existing clients. With an emphasis on new business development, and digital sales. The Account Executive will use a wide variety of Audacy's products in their portfolio to solicit businesses for advertising among their on-air, non-traditional, digital and Podcast platforms. The ideal candidate must possess a hunter mentality with cold calling/prospecting experience, a proven ability to negotiate and close with a high level of success, and must easily build relationships as if it's an art form. Consistently driving game-changing results, this individual knows how to identify, develop, and present customized solutions to clients using non-traditional and digital concepts. With excellent written and oral communication skills, this individual easily commands the room during presentations. Able to multi-task with a high degree of time management and organizational skills, this individual is capable of looking ahead and managing client needs with precision planning and anticipation.

    Note

    We are always searching for talented individuals who are passionate about joining our dynamic team. This is an evergreen job posting for an Account Executive, which we refresh approximately every 90 days to maintain an active pool of candidates. While we may not have an immediate opening, we continuously build connections with professionals interested in future opportunities. By submitting your application, you'll become part of our talent community. We will reach out directly to explore the fit. We appreciate your interest and look forward to reviewing your application!

    Responsibilities

    What You'll Do:

    • Proactively develop new business, includes cold calling, prospecting, and face to face meetings.

    • Creating marketing solutions/campaigns and strategically presenting to local and regional decision makers. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with advertisers to ensure their success and repeat business.

    • Communicating with other departments to assure quality service and arranging promotional events.

    • Providing exceptional customer service for your clients.

    • Achieve sales objectives and goals, attending meetings and training sessions.

    Qualifications

    More About You:

    Required:

    • Experience in selling media, marketing, or digital platforms, preferred but not required.

    • Strong consultative sales skills, relationship building and customer service skills.

    • Solid negotiation, time management, and organization skills.

    • A positive and infectious outlook and attitude.

    • Works well with a team and individually.

    • Working knowledge of Google Workspace, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point) required..

    • High school graduate required.

    • A valid driver's license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant's own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

    • Self-motivated, goal driven confident and creative.

    Preferred:

    • 2+ years of local sales related experience - outside and media sales experience preferred.

    Important Notes:

    Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @~~~ . If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

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    About Us

    Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country's two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country's largest markets, as well as one of the country's largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at ~~~ , Facebook (~~~) , X (~~~) , LinkedIn (~~~/) and Instagram (~~~/) .

    EEO

    Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call ~~~. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

    Job Locations USA-FL-Gainesville

    ID 2024-6699

    Category Business Dev / Sales

    Type Full Time Employee

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