Be Part of What's Next
Step into an established East Coast territory and make an immediate impact. Hearst Magazines is seeking an entrepreneurial, relationship-driven Temporary Territory Sales Representative to seamlessly manage existing business while uncovering new opportunities across performance footwear, outdoor, health, and fitness accounts.
This temporary position is expected to run from November 1, 2026 through April 1, 2027 and offers the opportunity to own meaningful client relationships and drive growth from day one.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 30 iconic brands in the U.S. inspires and entertains audiences across all media platforms. We are a global media company that publishes nearly 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the world—and together, we are shaping what’s next.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Manage the day-to-day business and relationships across the assigned East Coast account base, with a priority focus on Boston and New England.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned accounts, building trusted relationships and ensuring continuity throughout the coverage period.
- Drive new business development by proactively identifying, prospecting, and cultivating opportunities across performance footwear, outdoor, health, fitness, and related categories.
- Identify client needs and deliver thoughtful solutions, information, and support that strengthen relationships and create opportunities for growth.
- Develop relationships with qualified prospects and work to convert new opportunities into active advertisers.
- Maintain a consistent pipeline of prospective accounts and outreach activity while researching the market for opportunities to expand the territory.
- Coordinate pre- and post-sale execution with internal teams, maintaining clear, accurate, and timely communication throughout the sales process.
- Travel within the territory as needed for client meetings, appointments, and relationship-building opportunities.
Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)
- 5+ years of sales or account management experience, ideally within performance footwear, health and fitness, outdoor, or related categories.
- Strong understanding of performance footwear and/or outdoor consumers, products, and channels.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong client relationships while identifying and developing new business opportunities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, organization, and follow-through skills.
- A proactive, entrepreneurial approach with the ability to quickly understand an account base and identify opportunities for growth.
- Ability to independently manage multiple accounts, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-moving sales environment.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional internal teams.
- This is a remote, office-optional position. The territory covers the East Coast, with a priority focus on Boston/New England and responsibility for the broader assigned account list.
The hourly rate for this role is $75 per hour. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of sales or account management experience
- Experience ideally within performance footwear, health and fitness, outdoor, or related categories
- Strong understanding of performance footwear and/or outdoor consumers, products, and channels
- Ability to build strong client relationships and develop new business opportunities
- Excellent communication, presentation, organization, and follow-through skills
- Proactive, entrepreneurial approach with ability to quickly understand an account base and identify growth opportunities
- Ability to independently manage multiple accounts, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-moving sales environment
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional internal teams
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.









