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Clear Channel Outdoor
Job Summary:
The Director, Sales will be an expert in selling Out-Of-Home media and integrated sponsorships directly to new or existing clients, as well as advertising agencies. 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, including NY, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Seattle amongst many others. This is a rare opportunity to join our team as a marketer of not only short-term campaigns, but also exclusive, multi-year partnerships in top B2B and B2C categories. This role will be responsible for driving local/regional sales efforts.
Job Responsibilities
- Exceed revenue goals, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Make 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
- Prepare compelling and competitive proposals and presentations.
- Present ideas and advertising solutions that meet client needs.
- Determine project pricing based on established guidelines.
- Establish, maintain and grow 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 or equivalent combination of education, training, experience, or military experience required.
Work Experience
- Minimum two (2) years of sales experience or other relevant work experience required.
- Five (5) + years of sales experience preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of business-to-business and progressive sales experience preferred.
- Media sales experience is preferred.
Skills
- Strong organizational / time management skills and be detailed oriented.
- Skilled in working closely with customers to develop and cultivate client relationships in order to grow accounts.
- Sales achievement with experience in consultative or “needs” based selling techniques.
- Have a collaborative and professional style with the objective of building strong relationships with diverse customer groups and vendors.
- Be a self-starter with a diligent work ethic and demonstrate flexibility.
- Able to multi-task and stay calm under pressure.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills including delivering effective presentations.
- Able to complete required math calculations (e.g., multiply, divide, rate, ratio, percent, produce / interpret bar graphs).
- Proficient in Microsoft software applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and social media platforms.
Competencies
- Account Management: Building long-term, value-based relationships with accounts, developing business and maximizing the revenue they generate while reducing the time and costs in managing them.
- Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and effectively gets message across.
- Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.
- Managing the Sales Process: Following the organization’s sales methodology in applying skills and resources to achieve sales targets.
- Negotiating: Seeking to resolve different perspectives or matters of dispute by discovering shared interests and finding mutually acceptable solutions.
- Networking: Establishing, sustaining, and fostering professional contacts to build, enhance, and connect networks for work purposes.
- Presentation: Preparing and delivering presentations in a variety of formal and informal settings, engaging the audience and managing the logistical components of the presentation such as the location and technology.
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. Attendance is an essential function of the job. Attendance in weekly/monthly meetings is required.
- This position primarily involves working both in an office environment and in the field, making sales calls, and servicing existing accounts.
- 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.
Other Requirements
- Able to travel outside of the office at least 50% of the time for meetings and industry events.
- Has a valid driver’s license.
- Access to a reliable vehicle.
The Targeted Salary Range for this California, Colorado, or Washington State position is $50,000 + Commission 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
VIRTUAL, CA
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.
