Sales Support Specialist

KMBC-TV/KCWE-TV, the ABC/CW affiliates in Kansas City, is looking for a Sales Support Specialist who is an organized, detail-oriented team player with exceptional written and verbal skills to join our amazing team!  We’re looking for someone with a positive “can do attitude” to take advantage of this career opportunity to get your foot in the door of a highly respected TV station, owned by Hearst Television, an industry-leading television station group.  You will report to the Research Director.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide administrative support to the account executives, sales managers, and research director.
• Order entry for both Local and National business.
• Assist account executives with prepping orders, emailing invoices, and handling sponsorship trackers. 
• Help prepare sales presentations, programming “one-sheets,” and other sales pieces.
• Create monthly reports and handle special requests in various media monitoring systems.
• Effectively and professionally communicate and interact with internal teams from all departments and external clients both on the phone, via email and in person.
• Maintain organized filing systems and shared drive maintenance.
• Back-up other sales support positions.

Requirements: 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Windows, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment and manage multiple projects.
• Manage tight deadlines effectively.
• Capable of learning new systems promptly and thoroughly.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Highly focused and organized with extreme attention to detail.
• This position is fully onsite at the television station.
• Relevant work experience will be considered.
• Hearst Television is a proud supporter of military veterans. Related military training and experience will be considered.

Diversity Statement:
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits:
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.

Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.