Advertising Sales Consultant Job at Times Media Group California in Fontana

Times Media Group, one of the fastest growing and dynamic community news organizations in the country, will open its doors to hiring a few advertising sales executives who have a reputation for closing business in its Fontana market.

About Times Media Group

We sell digital and community news advertising alongside the reputational equity of the most recognized local news publications in Phoenix, Tucson and Southern California. Advertisers love that we can offer them an extensive suite of digital ad solutions, stories on their businesses and much, much more. It's working, big time. Basically once they're a client, they don't need an agency because they have us.

About the Role

As an Advertising Sales Consultant for The Fontana Herald you'll join our advertising sales team in our Yucaipa Office. As a key part of the team, you'll manage an assigned account list, work to identify additional sales opportunities for those accounts and identify, contact and close local businesses in the communities we serve. The primary focus will be to offer our tailored multimedia campaign to local businesses using bespoke sales tools including our digital sales platform and dedicated CRM. Our team is laying the foundation for what will be the single biggest competitive advantage for Times Media Group for our clients — a partnership that will help them reach their local communities.

Why you should be excited about working with us…

• Opportunity to work with leaders who have a genuine passion for what they do
• Industry leading digital sales room platform
• Identify, contact and qualify a wide variety of businesses
• Work with closely with our in house production team
• Conduct cold calling and emailing to access and qualify decision makers
• Refine sales messaging, prospecting and qualifying techniques
• Be solution minded and process driven to achieve your objectives
• Report to sales leaders who will directly support your growth in your role and career

Why we are excited about working with you…

• You are eager to be coached and willing to learn and apply those skills
• You enjoy working as a part of a team but also able to work independently
• Appreciate straight talk with a desire to provide solutions and not just sell ads
• You have a passion for being the best you can be every day
• You’re naturally curious & like to ask questions, and we have the answers
• You have the ability to communicate the value of our solutions to prospects
• You pride yourself on your excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You can navigate sales tools quickly (CRM, Digital Sales Room, Google Apps)

Qualifications:

• Strong phone and personal skills
• Detail-oriented and extremely organized
• Able to take an assigned task and run with it
• Ability to build rapport with clients
• A desire to grow professionally
• Minimum of three years of print/digital advertising and/or media sales experience

What We Offer

• Competitive pay and the opportunity to make real money
• Company sponsored health insurance plans (Health, Vision, Dental)
• 401k

About Times Media Group

Times Media Group is a digital and print media company that operates in the Phoenix, Tucson, and Los Angeles metro markets. It serves a wide variety of demographic audiences and communities with more than 1.1 million printed copies and millions of online readers each month.

Central to our mission is a commitment to universal and timeless principles fostered within our culture: integrity, excellence, value creation, principled entrepreneurship, a focus on the customer, ever-increasing knowledge, humility, respect and predictable results.