What We Need:

Manages campaigns which typically cross-business segments, cross-technology solutions and highlight and enhance the customer’s brands. Proposes and creates innovative advertising campaigns for new or current major customers to increase advertising sales revenue. Creates sites and campaigns for large brands or large national or corporate accounts. Develops strong relationships with customer partners to maximize the mutual benefits and enhance brand imaging. Works with sales team to understand customer’s priorities and ensures that campaigns are aligned with those priorities. Develops customized campaigns.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as a liaison between client stations and their customers; the advertising agencies spot media departments and/or media buying services.
• Build and maintain close relationships with all key agencies and direct clients.
• Utilize and position qualitative data, market data and competitive information to grow market share.
• Successfully negotiate business on behalf of stations, know the competition and maintain control of negotiations.
• Develop integrated media programs utilizing on-air, digital/mobile and on-site assets.
• Research and develop new revenue for client stations.
• Effectively communicate all components of sales to internal management and to clients.
• Analyze potential problems and recommend solutions to management team.

What You’ll Need:

• Need to be confident, creative and a proactive thinker.
• Problem solver with the ability to ‘think outside the box’.
• Strong work ethic with a strong desire and passion for excellence.
• Prioritizing workload and multitasking are essential to be successful.
• Need to be an articulate, strong communicator with effective presentation skills.

What You’ll Bring:

• Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return
• In-Depth knowledge of the media industry and related sales processes
• Ability to apply expertise in a complex sales environment to service large accounts and/or complicated business segments
• Confidence to prospect and quickly build rapport with customers, adapting messaging and style based on customer needs
• Ease working with senior level executives and using influencing skills to negotiations and drive sales
• Desire to stay abreast of emerging market trends and customer needs to expand relationships and trust
• Confidence to solve complex problems using analysis, judgement and multiple sources of information
• Accountability for your own work and a desire to provide guidance to new team members
• Business development experience with new and existing customers                                                                             

Location:

Chicago, IL: 233 N. Michigan Avenue, 30th Floor, 60601

Position Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Type:

Salaried

Benefits:

iHeartMedia’s benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:

• Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
• Company provided and supplemental life insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing
• A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
• A 401K plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
• ​A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!                                                                            

We are accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

Non-Compete will be required for certain positions and as allowed by law.

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