Client Associate

Storyful; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plans

Education Benefits

Commuter Transit Program

Subscription Discounts

Employee Referral Program

Financial Health Programs

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking a Client Associate to support sales efforts across luxury, enterprise, and financial services, helping to prepare proposals and maintain client relations. You will assist with lead generation, meetings, and insights to inform marketing strategies, collaborating with the Integrated Marketing team.

Ideal candidates have 0-2 years in advertising sales support, strong MS Office and Google apps skills, and experience with media solutions both traditional and digital.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years' experience in advertising sales support is required.
• B2B & B2C media sector knowledge is preferred, or understanding is advantageous.
• Proven experience in providing client support and service.
• Proven ability to work well within a team environment while accomplishing individual projects.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft and Google applications.
• Strong familiarity with non-traditional media solutions, including custom content and conferences.
• Strong familiarity with traditional media, print and digital media.

Responsibilities

• Search for contacts based on priorities from the CP/Director and identify decision makers.
• Prepare proposals in collaboration with Client Partner and other teams.
• Support clients by answering questions and handling revisions to proposals.
• Assist with billing RFI, research requests, and data gathering for clients.
• Share WSJ content featuring clients and provide team support.

Skills

Advertising sales support

Team collaboration

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Knowledge of media (digital/print)

LinkedIn

Factiva

CRM systems

Tools

LinkedIn

Factiva

Job description

About Us

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news‑gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role

The Client Associate is a necessary team player, partnering to sell integrated media solutions and partnerships to clients. You will support designated Client Partners to prepare proposals, maintain excellent client relations, produce leads, and sell to clients within the Luxury, Enterprise and Financial services industries industry to achieve quarterly revenue goals. You will be exposed to selling market‑leading solutions and partnerships including product integration across the entire Dow Jones portfolio, custom content, conferences, online and print.

You Will

• New Business Search for contacts based on priorities from the CP/Director
• Search for updates in LinkedIn/Factiva, etc. (promotions, starting new jobs, Thought leadership)
• Meeting Preparation: Identifying the key decision makers for the client lists we are prospecting
• Learn the agenda they share in social media priorities for marketing strategy
• Brief the Integrated Marketing team with insights on the client
• Prepare a few key topics/questions to ask
• Focus time around Contalto & Media Radar to see what they are doing in the space
• Proposals: In collaboration with Client Partner and other teams, preparing and sending proposals to clients
• Answer client's questions regarding the proposal
• Work on revisions to the proposal and setting the deal until the performance stage, and then transfer it to planning to manage Client's support
• Work on several requests from clients including billing RFI, research requests, competitors data, screenshots etc
• Share WSJ published content that features clients
• Team's support
• Cover for Client Partner and Associate Client Partner when needed
• Prospect/research projects for the team
• Upselling - post sale
• Work with planning on the wrap deck/report analysis for clients
• Share the relevant insights with the client and finding a few ideas to upsell the deal based on the performance results

You Have

• 0-2 years' experience in advertising sales support is required
• B2B & B2C media sector knowledge is preferred, or understanding is advantageous
• Proven experience in providing client support and service
• Proven ability to work well within a team environment while accomplishing individual projects
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft and Google applications
• Strong familiarity with non-traditional media solutions, including custom content and conferences
• Strong familiarity with traditional media, print and digital media

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program
• Financial Health Programs
• Cybersecurity Protection
• Equal Opportunity Employer

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Media Sales

Job Category: Sales

Union Status: Union role

Base Pay Range: 55,000 - 75,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions. For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).