Strategic Solutions Specialist

Torstar; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization based in Toronto seeks a motivated professional to join their Strategic Solutions team. The role involves creating strategic sales solutions, collaborating with sales and editorial teams, and developing revenue opportunities. Ideal candidates are team players with superior communication skills, driven to succeed, and capable of building lasting relationships. This unionized position offers the chance to contribute to impactful projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• The candidate must be driven to succeed.
• They should be a team player.
• Effective communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with sales and editorial teams to develop proposals.
• Attend client meetings to understand customer needs.
• Lead brainstorms to create client solutions.

Skills

Driven to succeed

Team player

Superior service delivery

Effective communication

Creative problem solver

Technically savvy

Job description

Company Description

The Toronto Star is a progressive media organization with a long, proud history in newspapers and a passion for capitalizing on the fluid world of digital and mobile media. Our vision for success is driven by a deep customer-centric obsession, continued journalistic excellence, advanced data-driven competency and a culture that is selfless, focused, agile, collaborative and results driven. The successful candidate will be a champion of those priorities while keeping the customer at the heart of all of the creative work that s/he will be doing.

Our Commitment To Diversity

We strive to be a leader in building and cultivating an employee community framed around fairness, support and opportunity. We believe thatwhat makes us different, makes a difference. And as a team, the diversity of our backgrounds, interests and experiences is what enriches our work, and our workplaces. We welcome all, and we strive for an inclusive culture that allows individual growth and shared success.

Job Description

As a member of the Strategic Solutions (SS) team, you will play a key role in positioning Torstar to compete effectively in the marketplace.

This is a unionized position.

Partnering with our sales team, you will create strategic sales solutions and new revenue opportunities for select clients. Partnering with our editorial teams, you will develop new client revenue opportunities.

You will respond to proposal requests and develop proactive strategies and recommendations for clients with significant media budgets.

General Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Sales, Sales Support, Data, Marketing, Promotions & Editorial teams to develop proposals that deliver on client KPIs and contribute towards achieving Torstar revenue target
• Attend client meetings (as necessary) with sales team members to better understand customer needs
• Lead brainstorms for creative solutions to client proposals and assigned vertical strategies
• Proactively develop new opportunities to gain new revenue streams
• Collaborate with Sales to ensure a smooth hand-off of sold campaigns to thePost-Saleteam andmaintainknowledge of campaign performancein order toassistwith renewal conversations after the campaign has finished
• Remainup-to-datewith all new Torstar product developments in commercial and editorial products
• Stay current with innovations in the media industry and share with relevant internal stakeholder

Qualifications

• Is driven to succeed
• Is a team player
• Delivers superior service
• Builds andmaintainsrelationships
• Is an effective communicator, oral and written
• Demonstrates accountability
• Is an creative problem solver
• Technically savvy

Additional Information

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario Human Rights Code we will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling the interview of your requirements.