Account Executive sought for Bozeman magazine

Wednesday Oct. 10th, 2012

Bozeman magazine is looking for a motivated sales person in the Bozeman area.

Territories include: Bozeman, Belgrade, Big Sky, Livingston, Manhattan, Four Corners, Amsterdam/Churchill and Three Forks.

Job Description
Full Time Professional Sales Manager. Duties include traveling to businesses or other organizations in order to sell advertising. Attracting new customers and maintaining contact with current ones. Routinely make presentations to buyers and management. Pay is commission based as an independent contractor, but should be between $2000-$3000 per month after training. Bonuses are available depending on performance.

Job Duties
• Locate and contact potential clients in order to offer advertising services
• Generate new sales leads
• Persuading clients to buy advertising space
• Finding out who controls the advertising budget in target organizations and contacting them
• Explaining the benefits of your medium, (print/web) using statistics and figures
• Offering a price and negotiating around it
• Closing the deal and recording the details
• Maintain relationships with prospects and/or clients
• Gather all relevant material for, and coordinate contract approval
• Ability to cold call (either on the phone or in person)

Additional Duties
• Consult with company officials, sales departments, and advertising agencies in order to develop sales plans
• Assist in preparing promotional plans, sales literature, media kits, and sales contracts
• Identify new advertising markets, and propose ways to serve them

Qualifications and Skills – The Ideal candidate for this position would:
• Be a Self-Starter
• Have the ability to work independently
• Be organized and detail-oriented
• Have excellent communication skills communication, listening and selling skills are a must for this job
• Be persuasive, outgoing and goal-oriented
• Be able to manage your time well
• Have good telephone manner
• Have the ability to build relationships with customers
• Have diplomacy and patience
• Have the ability to work under pressure and meet targets

Contact: Angie or Brian Ripple, 406-219-3223 or info@bozemanmagazine.com