Advertising Sales Rep – Commission Only, Work Your Own Hours

The Local Publishing Group Pty Ltd; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 28,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The Local Publishing Group Pty Ltd is seeking a friendly, self-motivated part-time sales person to help local businesses get seen by their community in The Local NGC. The role offers hourly pay plus commission or commission-only, with flexibility on arrangement.

Work from Helensvale to Main Beach, chatting with cafés, restaurants, health and wellbeing providers, and other local businesses about advertising. Familiarity with AI or design programs to create adverts is a plus.

Qualifications

• Sales or advertising experience is essential but attitude matters more.
• Own car, phone and ABN.
• Familiar with or able to quickly learn advert creation using AI or design programs.
• Local knowledge of the Northern Gold Coast is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Chat with local businesses about advertising in The Local NGC.
• Strategically show how we can help grow their business.
• Build relationships with existing advertisers and find new ones.
• Work from Helensvale to Main Beach.

Skills

Sales experience

Advertising

Communication

Self-motivation

Tools

AI design tools

Job description

The Local Publishing Group Pty Ltd - Runaway Bay QLD

The Local NGC is the Northern Gold Coast's free monthly community magazine, covering everywhere from Sanctuary Cove to Main Beach. We launched in August 2026, and all 15,000 copies are picked up from shopping centres and cafés every month. Each copy is read by around 2.5 people, and it sits on coffee tables for weeks, not seconds like a social media post. We're also digital and growing fast, and we're looking for someone to work part-time and be friendly, self-motivated sales person to help local businesses get seen by their community. The position is a hourly wage plus commision contract or commision only depending on the applicant.

Key responsibilities

Chat with local businesses (cafés, restaurants, health and wellbeing, trades, retail, services) about advertising in The Local NGC

Strategically work with bussinesess to show how we can help grow thier bussiness

Forget thinking outside the box. Flatten it, sit on it, and slide down the hill.

Build relationships with existing advertisers and find new ones

Work from Helensvale to Main Beach

About you

Someone who loves people, happily picks up the phone or walks in the door, and knows when to make themselves scarce because the owner's got more on their plate than a Christmas buffet.

You must be familiar with or can quickly learn how to make an advert, using AI or other design programs.

A free thinker who can create strategies for businesses so as our magazine works for them.

Local knowledge and business connections on the Northern Gold Coast are a big plus.

Sales or advertising experience is essential but attitude matters more.

Your own car, phone and an ABN.

About us

The Local NGC is the Northern Gold Coast's free monthly community news magazine, covering everywhere from Sanctuary Cove to Main Beach. We're a small, creative and inclusive team that works hard, has fun doing it and always backs our people.