Account Executive
Hearst
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Job summary
Midland Reporter Telegram, part of Hearst Newspapers, is seeking an Account Executive to drive local advertising revenue. You will manage the sales pipeline, prospect new clients, and tailor digital and print solutions to client needs, with strong training and support to grow quickly.
Join a dynamic team that leverages advanced AI tools and OpenAI partnerships to optimize prospecting, presentations, and closing deals while delivering exceptional customer service in the Midland area.
Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in Advertising, Marketing, or Communications or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of B2B outside sales in advertising or media with a proven revenue track.
- Superior presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills; tech savvy with Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Drive success with AI-powered tools to streamline the sales cycle from prospecting to closing.
- Lead generation: call on local businesses and manage the full sales cycle with support from the account management team.
- Develop product expertise in digital and print offerings and complete global/local training.
- Execute sales tactics with compelling presentations to earn, retain, and grow revenue.
- Create advertising solutions tailored to client needs across digital and print channels.
- Nurture client relationships, cross-sell opportunities, and manage revenue forecasts in Salesforce.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Join Midland Reporter Telegram to help deliver impactful media campaigns for our customers, leveraging our rich history, extensive audience reach, best-in-class advertising solutions, and the power of cutting-edge AI tools!
Hearst Newspapers is investing in its sales force, and we want you to be a part of it! We are looking for a digitally savvy, highly motivated Account Executive to join our advertising team at Midland Reporter Telegram. As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for developing and managing a sales pipeline and building new business relationships with local advertisers throughout the Midland area. You will work with your customers to promote compelling solutions that best fit their marketing needs. As an advocate for the customer within the Midland Reporter Telegram, the role works in cooperation with other departments to ensure we can meet and exceed customer expectations both in performance and process.
Our people make the difference! Our diverse team is filled with passionate individuals who want to win. We offer an upbeat and collaborative working environment where challenging the norm is encouraged. With ample opportunities to learn new skills and advance within the organization, our team members are given the tools to learn and grow their careers.
Imagine having a personal assistant that never sleeps. Our state-of-the-art AI tools, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Gong.io, streamline your workflow, enabling you to close deals faster and manage your pipeline more effectively.
Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license, we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology.
This partnership provides us—and you—with a massive competitive edge in the market, ensuring you have the most powerful tools at your disposal to drive sales and exceed targets.
Your success starts from day one. With our personalized AI tutors, every question you have, and every training need you encounter is met with instant, tailored support.
These AI-driven mentors ensure you learn and sell as quickly and efficiently as possible, empowering you to hit the ground running and achieve your goals faster.
Drive Success with Innovative Tools: Utilize our AI-powered software to enhance every stage of the sales cycle, from prospecting and planning to presenting and closing deals.
- Lead Generation: Call on local small to medium sized businesses to show the value of our suite of digital media advertising products from social media, display, video, programmatic, SEO/SEM to traditional advertisements. You will generate new leads through cold calling, networking, and prospecting, as well as staying aware of any new businesses opening in the area. You will own the sales cycle and will have the support of your local account management team to aid in continued support after the sale!
- Product Expertise: Become an expert on our digital and print products/services. The first three weeks of hire, you will be provided with both global and local training to be fully educated before even going out on your own! You will also have full support throughout your career which includes continual learning and training to grow and achieves success as an Account Executive.
- Execute sales tactics: Implementing marketing strategies, delivering effective sales presentations with passion to consistently earn, retain and increase revenue.
- Advertising Solutions: Create engaging advertising solutions to solve clients’ business needs.
- Client Solutions: Recommend new products and promotional opportunities to current clients and handle objections efficiently. Be a large part of the local business community and boosting your clients’ businesses through multiple digital media channels.
- Forecasting: Manage client pipeline and monthly revenue forecast in Salesforce.com.
- Purposeful: You are direct and get things done quickly, with confidence, integrity, and determination.
- Adaptable: You react and adjust to changing conditions and come up with practical ideas to deal with them.
- Driven: You have self-assurance and competitive drive, delivering high-quality, organized, and repeatable results.
- Communicator: You are a lively and intelligent person with a stimulating influence on others.
- Trend-Savvy: you will keep informed of industry developments to ensure our digital advertising strategies remain cutting-edge and effective.
- Education: BA/BS degree in Advertising, Marketing, or Communications a plus or equivalent experience.
- Experience: 2+ years of business-to-business outside sales in advertising or media, with a proven success in new business acquisition and exceeding revenue goals.
- Skills: Superior presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills. Technically savvy with experience in Salesforce, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Mindset: Goal-oriented, competitive, and forward-thinking with strong business and financial acumen.
- Dynamic Environment: A great work environment where it's never boring.
- Comprehensive Training: Paid in-depth sales and product training.
- Competitive Compensation: Competitive base salary with uncapped commissions for unlimited earning potential.
- Collaborative Culture: Ideas and input are always welcome.
- Learn more about Hearst Newspapers at www.joinhnp.com
At Hearst Newspapers we not only support our employees through personal and professional development, but we also believe in promoting each individual’s physical, financial and emotional wellbeing (and that of their family). Our industry-leading benefits include:
- Physical Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage to keep you and your family healthy.
- Invest for the Future: Competitive retirement plan with matching program in most markets.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge with ample time off, including holidays and vacation.
- Paid Parental Leave: Support for growing families, with paid leave for new parents.
- Monthly Child & Dependent Care Reimbursement: Financial support for the care of your loved ones.
- Emotional Wellbeing: Be your best self with our mental wellness benefits.
- LGBTQ+ & Inclusive Health Services: Inclusive healthcare designed for every individual’s unique needs.
- Fertility Coverage & Menopause Support: Helping you along every step of your family journey.
- Pet Wellness Reimbursement & Rover Credits: We care about your pets, too – helping you keep them happy and healthy.
- And more, click here for additional benefits and details.
Join us at The Midland Reporter Telegram and become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and customer success.
The Midland Reporter-Telegram, acquired by Hearst in 1979, is located in the heart of the vast 54-county Permian Basin of West Texas, a geological region producing 70 percent of the oil in Texas. The newspaper’s special coverage includes the Permian Basin Oil Report, a weekly section devoted to news of the gas and oil industry, and the mywesttexas.com website which serves the entire Permian Basin with local news and information.
With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate. At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories–growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms–to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.
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