Junior Media Sales Executive

Key Media; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Uncapped commission

Health & dental

Paid time off

Training & development

Career progression

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Key Media is launching a New Business Sales Trainee program based in Kingston, Canada, with a hybrid model (3-4 days in office). You will join a global sales training program designed to fast-track your career in media sales, working with leaders across the globe and gaining hands-on business development experience.

The program offers tailored coaching, ongoing training, and clear progression into global roles, with opportunities to rotate across teams and locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable with a proactive attitude.
• Ambitious mindset and willingness to learn and develop.
• Some previous sales experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Be set up for success through a tailored training program.
• Have a dedicated career coach and a seasoned sales leader as mentor.
• Work on projects with real-time impact that shape business priorities.
• Learn from senior sales leaders with diverse backgrounds.
• Be based at Kingston office with a flexible hybrid arrangement (3-4 days in office).

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Adaptable

Ambitious mindset

Sales experience (preferred)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

New Business Sales Team – Kingston, Canada (Hybrid: 3-4 Days/Week in Office)

There’s no better way to start a career in sales than at Key Media. As one of the world’s leading media and information companies, we offer fast-tracked careers for promising aspiring sales executives.

Our sales training program links junior sales executives with sales leaders across the globe with the common goal to fearlessly grow and transform our business.

You’ll be making tangible impacts on commercial strategies, while being coached and prepared to become a future sales leader.

Location & Work Model (Kingston, Canada)
This role isbased in Kingston, Canada, with ahybrid work model. You will be expected to workfrom our Kingston office 3-4 days per week, with flexibility to work remotely on other days.

Start date: September2026 (TBC)

Benefits at Key Media

At Key Media, we’re committed to supporting you both professionally and personally. Our benefits typically include:

• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission structure
• Hybrid working model
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Clear progression pathways and opportunities to move into global roles
• Supportive, collaborative culture with regular social and team-building activities
• Travel Orange– the opportunity tow ork from another location worldwide for up to 12 weeks per year
  

(Exact benefits will be confirmed in your offer, and may vary slightly by location.)

About the Program:

Key Media's sales training program has been designed to accelerate your career. Our program offers an exceptional foundation, where you will enhance your commercial skills, and gain hands-on sales and business development experience. You will rapidly grow professionally, and immediately experience the impact your work makes on fellow Key Medians and our customers.

The KM training program will propel your career forward, helping you to build the future you want. We’ll challenge you to be curious and innovative, providing you with ongoing training and support to help you shape your career.

When you start, you will:

• be set up for success through a tailored training program
• have a dedicated career coach, a seasoned sales leader within the business, who will support, guide and mentor you in your early career and beyond
• work on projects that have real-time impact and shape our business priorities
• learn from senior sales leaders with diverse backgrounds
• be based at ourKingston officewith aflexible, hybrid working arrangement (3-4 days per week in office)
  

When you finish, the pathways are endless.

You’ll be a well-rounded sales executive and, as a permanent employee from the beginning, you’ll have choice of roles across the business. People who start in the sales team go on to use their skills to lead global teams, run internal start‑ups, manage departments or drive transformation programs.

About You:

We are looking for enthusiastic and collaborative go‑getters. You are passionate, positive, energetic and practical.

• Bachelor’s degree
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ambitious mindset
• Demonstrated capacity and strong willingness to learn and develop
• Some previous sales experience preferred but not essential

We are accepting applications from aspiring media sales executives with Bachelor’s Degrees and up to 2 years of experience. You should bebased in (or willing to relocate to) Kingston, Canada, and able towork in-office 3-4 days per weekas part of our hybrid model.

Vacancy status

We are talent pooling for future vacancies in the Kingston office.

Use of artificial intelligence in hiring

We use automated tools / artificial intelligence to help with note‑taking during interviews. All decisions on candidate progression and hiring are made by human reviewers.

Inclusion, equity & accessibility

We are committed to employment equity and an inclusive, barrier‑free selection process. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, women, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Application updates

Candidates who interview for this role will receive an update on their application status no later than 45 days after their last interview, and in most cases much sooner.

About Key Media:

Key Media is a rapidly growing business media company with offices in Sydney, Toronto, Auckland, Manila, Denver, London and Singapore, serving a range of professional services markets across the Asia‑Pacific, North America and the UK.

In just over 20 years, Key Media has grown from the launch publisher of a single B2B magazine to a global business media company with an ever‑growing portfolio of market‑leading products. Key Media prides itself on its entrepreneurial culture, creating innovative products for the industries in which we operate. Central to our business model is a truly platform‑neutral approach to media communication. Whether audiences wish to communicate through the pages of a magazine, face‑to‑face at events, or online through the latest in cutting‑edge technology, Key Media have a product to suit their needs.

“We believe there are no forms of media too old to thrive or too young to explore. We are always adapting and developing and looking for ways to improve our quality and expand our presence within our markets.”

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