iHeartMedia

Vice President of Sales, Louisville

iHeartMedia • $150K — $180K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of broadcasting, marketing, and promotion standards
  • Proven ability to identify and pursue new revenue opportunities
  • Excellent leadership and coaching skills in sales practices
  • Deep knowledge of local markets and competition
  • Ability to build productive, long-term customer relationships
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach
  • 3+ years of experience as an Account Executive or Sales Manager in media
  • Preferred college degree, but not mandatory

Responsibilities

  • Manage and motivate local Account Executives to meet revenue targets
  • Oversee advertising sales activities and control expenses
  • Drive performance and accountability within the sales team
  • Implement market strategies to boost sales and revenue
  • Cultivate new business and enhance existing client relationships
  • Establish sales goals and guide team in achieving them
  • Prepare budgets and forecast revenues

Benefits

  • Flexible employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision options
  • Company-provided and supplemental life insurance
  • Generous paid vacation and sick leave
  • Paid company holidays
  • Spirit day to facilitate community volunteering
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional support
  • Additional voluntary programs including spending accounts and student loan refinancing options
Full Job Description
iHeartMedia is looking for a Vice President of Sales

                                                                             

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

  • 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

                                                                             

Location:

Louisville, KY: 428 S 4th St, Suite 252, 40202

                                                                             

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
NASDAQ

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