iHeartMedia

Vice President of Sales

iHeartMedia$120K — $150K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of sales leadership experience in a competitive environment
  • Deep understanding of broadcasting, marketing, and sales metrics
  • Proven track record in finding new business opportunities and driving revenue growth
  • Demonstrated ability to coach and develop sales teams effectively
  • Strong organizational, multitasking, and prioritization skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to challenges

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor local Account Executives to achieve revenue goals
  • Oversee and enhance advertising sales activities in the local market
  • Drive team performance and accountabilities for business metrics
  • Translate strategic goals into actionable sales initiatives
  • Direct sales processes to nurture and expand client relationships
  • Set and implement realistic sales goals and budgets
  • Allocate resources effectively to meet sales objectives

Benefits

  • Flexible benefits package including varied medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance options and supplemental coverage
  • Generous paid time off including vacation and sick leave
  • Paid holidays and a designated Spirit day for community service
  • 401K retirement savings plan
  • Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal support
  • Additional voluntary programs such as financial counseling and insurance options
Full Job Description
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What We Need:
This role is for a sales leader who thrives on building winning teams, driving growth, and owning results in a competitive, fast moving market. As VP of Sales, you'll lead from the front-translating strategy into action, developing top tier talent, and driving revenue at scale across one of the most powerful media platforms in the country.

What You'll Do:
  • Manage local Account Executives with goal of meeting/exceeding station revenue, prospecting and new business targets
  • Oversee advertising sales activities in assigned market; is accountable for achieving/ exceeding targeted advertising sales revenues for the market and for controlling sales expenses
  • Drive results through others, manage team performance and hold team accountable against business metrics
  • Translate market and station business strategies into specific actions to generate sales and revenue
  • Direct sales activities and processes that generate new business and deepen existing relationships
  • Set sales goals and guide subsequent goal-setting processes
  • Prepare budgets and revenue forecasts
  • Obtain, allocate and adjust operations resources to achieve sales and service goals
  • Oversee management of available advertising inventory to drive most profitable sales
  • Meet with key accounts
  • Recruit, hire and ensure ongoing training and development of Account Executives
  • Go on sales calls and conduct in-field coaching to develop Account Executives
  • Review and adjust sales territories, product mix targets and assigned call lists
  • Direct other functions such as marketing, advertising, production, traffic and sales operations


What You'll Need:
  • Strong understanding of broadcasting, marketing, promotion, and collection standards
  • Proven ability to grow new business and find new revenue opportunities
  • Ability to create full-funnel marketing plans and strategies.
  • Excellent leadership and coaching ability; can successfully coach others in sales practices
  • Deep understanding of local markets, customers, and competitors in order to target needs and drive sales
  • Ability to create productive, long-term customer relationships
  • Scrappiness to be an entrepreneurial self-starter
  • Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and multi task
  • Leadership to push self and others to achieve and excel in a fast-paced dynamic environment
  • Excellent business and people decision-making skills
  • Model positive energy and handle stress in the face of challenges, deadlines and financial pressures
  • Flexibility and creativity
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills across multiple groups
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and collaboration with others
  • 3+ years' experience as an Account Executive or Sales Manager in media industry with proven track record of success
  • College degree preferred, but not required


What You'll Bring:
  • Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return
  • Accountability for sales results
  • Understanding of the business and how own area integrates with others to achieve sales goals
  • Strong understanding of broadcast, marketing, promotion and collection standards
  • Judgement to resolve customer and employee operational problems; critical thinking skills to understand the broader impact across the organization
  • Leadership skills to increase performance of the sales organization
  • Communication skills to succinctly convey information, set performance expectations and handle sensitive issues
  • Active listening skills with the ability to guide and influence others to adopt a broader point of view
  • Positive energy and the ability to manage stress and serve as a model for others in the sales practice
  • Skills to successfully coach and develop sellers
  • Comfort interacting with individuals of all levels


Compensation:

Salary to be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data.

$120,000 - $150,000

Location:
Denver, CO: 4695 S. Monaco Street, 80237

Position Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Pay Type:
Salaried

Benefits:

iHeartMedia's benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:
  • Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
  • Company provided and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • Paid company holidays
  • A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
  • A 401K plan
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost - services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
  • A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!


We are accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

About iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc.
Learn more about iHeartMedia
Size
4,600 employees
Market Cap
$912.4 million
Industry
Net Income
-$1.9 billion
Founded
1972
5 Year Trend
-10.7%
Revenue
$2.9 billion
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