Account Executive

CBS Atlanta, WUPA-TV is searching for an energetic and extremely motivated multi-platform sales professional. Ideal candidate will possess strong presentation and communication skills, experience working with advertising agencies and clients directly, growing market share, and closing new business and digital. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive linear and digital advertising sales for WUPA-TV
• Establish linear and digital agency and direct client relationships in the Atlanta market and surrounding territories.
• Develop plans, quarterly & annually, to drive revenue and market share across all station platforms.
• Desire and ability to prospect & close new business across the full Paramount Global portfolio.
• Continually prospect, develop and maintain new, non-traditional linear and digital revenue opportunities.
• Understand client needs and then collaborate with internal teams to build customized, coordinated solutions.
• Collaborate and relationship-build across various internal departments including: sales, marketing, traffic, finance as well as external (3rd party) vendors.
• Manage execution, both traditional and non-traditional, from pre-sell through post-recap.
• Market knowledge and ability to adapt as the linear/streaming business evolves.
• Other duties assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidate must be self-motivated, detail oriented and able to handle more than one project at once in a fast-paced environment.
• Persuasiveness, sales skills, ability to demonstrate leadership and teamwork.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, computer proficiency required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Three to five years of multi-platform sales experience preferred.
• Previous media/sponsorship sales experience preferred.
• Wide Orbit, Strata and Excel proficiency preferred.

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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Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. 

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