Account Manager, Local Paramount Advertising

Overview and Responsibilities:

Are you passionate about digital business development? Do you possess a straight-forward get-it-done positive outlook with strong presentation and interpersonal skills? Then come grow with our phenomenal team.

As our Account Manager you will work with a designated sales team to ensure perfect campaign planning as well as provide proficient client service support for assigned advertisers and agencies. If you are organized and thrive in serving clients with their inquiries as well as requests pertaining to their digital programs including, preparing proposals, client presentations, as well as pricing and inventory availability, then we are looking for you.

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with sales to build client relationships while helping the Digital Sales team upsell & renew business
• Work with marketing, pricing, and sales to build thoughtful media plans and proposals; facilitate any additional media plan needs internally
• Develop client research/decks to promote new business development and growth
• Manage collection of creative assets, tracking and ad verification from clients / agency contacts and coordinate with Ad Operations (AdOps)
• Project manage and coordinate with internal teams to gather necessary elements for campaign execution. Reaches out for missing assets, tags and any needed approvals for custom assets
• Work with AdOps & Campaign Strategists to monitor and optimize campaigns
• Conduct revenue reconciliation on a monthly/quarterly basis with Finance team
• Use Salesforce to build campaign management cases and to review customer information
• Ensure continuity and success across pre-and post-sale activities - own the entire deal flow & manage its success

Basic Qualification

• 2+ years of diligent digital advertising experience

Additional Qualifications:

• BS / BA degree preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
• High proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience working with Salesforce, Operative and/or FreeWheel a plus
• An entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in a team, goal-oriented environment
• A strong desire to win and grow as a digital ad sales professional
• Phenomenal communication and organizational skills
• Strong written communication skills and ability to think creatively
• Ability to prioritize & multi-task in a dynamic sales environment
• Extremely detail oriented approach
• Dedicated and driven work ethic
• Background in building and booking media plans

This role is eligible to participate in the company’s sales incentive bonus plan

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation’s #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News’ streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today’s digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

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