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Clear Channel Outdoor
Job Summary:
The Director, Sales will be an expert in selling traditional media and integrated sponsorships directly to advertising agencies as well direct new or existing clients. This is a virtual position requesting residence in Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC or hybrid position in Chicago, IL; Allentown/Philadelphia, PA. Your work will encompass selling the Clear Channel Airports and Outdoor industry-leading portfolio of assets and capabilities. You will have the unique position of representing the largest suite of Airport assets in North America. This is a rare opportunity to join our Sales team as a marketer of not only short term campaigns, but also exclusive, multi-year partnerships in top B2B and B2C categories.
Job Responsibilities:
- Exceed revenue goals, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Makes cold calls and connects with “C” Level clients through phone, email and networking strategies.
- Generate sufficient outreach to obtain meetings with existing and new clients every week
- Conduct Customer Needs Assessments (CNAs) resulting in insights and opportunities that lead to proposal submission
- Prepares compelling and competitive proposals and presentations.
- Presents ideas and advertising solutions that meet client needs.
- Determines project pricing based on established guidelines.
- Establishes, maintains and grows relationships with existing and new clients and their agencies.
- Ensure customer satisfaction by facilitating all aspects of the customer's account in cooperation with Creative, Operations, Marketing and Finance staff
- Manage a pipeline in order to understand business in a data-driven way and effectively self-manage.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required
Job Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education,
training, experience, or military experience.
Work Experience
- 5+ years of progressive media/sponsorship sales experience and success using consultative, customer needs analysis methods
- Demonstrated track record of business-to-business (B2B) sales success
- Media sales experience preferred
Skills
- Strategic, disciplined Sales & Marketing Business Professional who focuses their time on prioritized tasks.
- Possess extensive knowledge of sales principles and practices.
- Has deep knowledge of media and advertising industry, business cycles, key revenue and expense drivers
- Possess deep and broad business acumen with strong analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills
- Has excellent verbal and written communications skills including delivering effective presentations and leading meetings
Competencies
- Strategic Thinker: Be a problem solver and creative thinker able to develop solutions based on customer needs
- Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Action Oriented: Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others
- Digital/Business Savvy: Working knowledge of the digital media landscape and interested in how technology is transforming business
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people; builds appropriate rapport
- Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities
- Focus on the Bottom Line: Attacks everything with drive and energy with an eye on the bottom line; not afraid to initiate action before all facts are known
Physical Demands
The demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Employee must have the ability to sit and/or stand at a desk for a minimum of 8 hours a day and complete tasks requiring repetitive use of hands.
- Employee must have the ability to lift and move items up to 15 pounds.
- Employee must have the ability to see written documents and computer screens, and to adjust focus.
- This job is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
Other Requirements
- Able to travel outside of the office at least 25% of the time
- Ideally located in Boston, MA; Allentown/Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC
- Access to a reliable vehicle
- Has a valid driver's License
The Targeted Salary Range for this Illinois position is $40,000 to $50,000 annually.
Hourly roles are overtime eligible; Operations roles are Productivity Pay eligible.
Bonus Eligible
Comprehensive Benefits package offerings, which includes:
- Multiple Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans to choose from
- Health Care Spending Accounts (HSA and FSA Options)
- Medicare Assistance
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Optional Short Term and Long Term Disability Plans
- Company Paid Employee Life and AD&D Insurance
- Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Voluntary Benefits: Critical Illness, Accident, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Assistance, and Pet Insurance
- Pre-Tax Commuter Spending Account
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access to the Calm app
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
- Paid Time Off (Accrued Vacation and Sick Plans)
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Employee Resource Groups
Ultimate compensation will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, skills, scope and responsibility of the position, as well as pursuant to salary market benchmarks. This salary range is a good-faith estimate of the salary for this position.
EEOC statement
As an equal opportunity workplace, we believe that being your authentic self enables us to deliver innovative advertising solutions while enhancing our communities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive environment where we celebrate you as you are, and value your growth and passion.
Location
Chicago, IL: 222 Merchandise Mart, Suite 440, 60654
Position Type
Regular
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.
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What We Do
Clear Channel Outdoor is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, reaching people in more than 31 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. This includes 44 of the 50 largest markets in the United States and a growing digital platform that now offers over 1,400 digital billboards across 28 U.S. markets.
Clear Channel Airports is the premier innovator of contemporary display concepts. The Company, a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (NYSE: CCO), one of the world's largest outdoor advertising companies, currently operates more than 260 airport programs across the globe and has a presence in 28 of the top 50 U.S. markets with major airports.
We help advertisers create inspiring out-of-home campaigns via traditional and digital formats in roadside, urban, transit and airport environments, on street furniture and at retail near point of sale. We enable brands to engage with people on the move, and are pioneering the integration of out-of-home with mobile and social media to turn awareness and inspiration into engagement and purchase.
