Sales Assistant

Sales Assistant:

Townsquare Media - Cedar Rapids is looking for a sales assistant for Senior Account Executives. Candidate will support Account Executives in securing revenue and providing superior customer service. This candidate also needs to be an organized self-starter who can talk to clients and help develop successful marketing strategies.

The successful candidate should have strong communication skills. This person is eager to build relationships and value in our community and is an excellent communicator within the building and with clients. This position requires someone who will collaborate extensively with the other members of Townsquare Media and our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Administrative

• Ticket distribution

• Collecting client payment (checks, sending credit card forms, etc.)

• Review Accounts Receivable and contact clients when needed for payment

• Preparing registration boxes/prizes for our live remote broadcasts

• Assisting with station/client events as needed

• Creative

• Support completing information required for creative briefs

• Obtain information required for creating scripts, and write scripts as needed

• Submitting creative tickets & creative revision tickets to Creative Service team

• Helping with missing client ad copy

• Campaign Launches

• Being the liaison to get items needed for campaign launches:

• Social: connecting to client social pages/accounts. Sending instructions to client and confirming with Digital Campaign Manager (DCM) when completed to get client connected

• Creative: requesting and gathering images/video from client so we have all items needed for submitting creative ticket

• Pixels: sending client pixels and/or pixel instructions and confirming pixel placement once completed

• Sending SEM builds to clients for approval. Sending back to DCM for revisions or approval

• Dstillery Pixels - being proactive in sending pixels to clients so we can track client website visitors for best audience segments/behaviors to target

• Connecting clients to our TownSquare Analytics (TSA) platform

• Reporting

• Pulling monthly digital client reports (TSA, TapClicks, etc.)

• Pulling Wrap Reports (3-month, 6-month, 1-year)

• Providing insights on all reports

• Research

• Pulling Dstillery Reports for Account Executive prospecting

• Pulling Dstillery Data for Account Executive upsell opportunities

• Requesting LAM numbers on our behalf for LEADME as-needed

• Preparing Proposals

• Pulling SEM Matchcraft data for Budget Potential

• Putting together client proposals once provided direction on which tactics, budget, etc. to include

• Completing and submitting trade agreement paperwork

• Updating sales staff collateral as needed, having printed copies of commonly-used paperwork ready in-office, etc.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 4-year college degree preferred or equivalent education

• Valid driver's license with clean driving record

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and social media platforms

• Excellent customer service skills

• Proficient in writing

• Problem-solving and decision-making

Benefits:

• 3 weeks of PTO (+ 9 paid holidays)

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Casual, high-energy work environment

• Opportunity for upward mobility

• Company provided laptop

• Competitive salary + bonus program

• Company discounts

• Pet Insurance

• Time off for volunteering

• And much more…

About Us:

Townsquare is a community-focused digital media, digital marketing solutions and radio company focused outside the Top 50 markets in the U.S. Our assets include Townsquare Interactive, a digital marketing services subscription business providing web sites, search engine optimization, social platforms and online reputation management for approximately 21,900 SMBs; Townsquare IGNITE, a proprietary digital programmatic advertising technology with an in-house demand and data management platform; and Townsquare Media, our portfolio of 322 local terrestrial radio stations in 67 cities with corresponding local news and entertainment websites and apps including legendary brands such as WYRK.com, WJON.com, and NJ101.5.com, along with a network of national music brands including XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, UltimateClassicRock.com and Loudwire.com.

TOWNSQUARE MEDIA BROADCASTING, LLC MAINTAINS A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE AND IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. APPLICANTS MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE U.S.

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