Regional Sales Assistant

Sinclair Broadcast Group; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Sick leave

Vacation and personal time

Parental leave

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Sinclair Broadcast Group's WBFF/WNUV is seeking a Regional National Sales Assistant to support national TV sales operations. The role centers on accurate data entry of national sales orders, maintaining schedules, and ensuring campaign success.

You will work with internal and external contacts, generate and maintain reports in Excel and Office, and help uphold the national sales process. The position is full-time in Baltimore with benefits and opportunities to learn the TV advertising business.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years’ experience of administrative support preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks under a deadline.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Adherence to organizational directives and national SOPs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interaction with internal and external team members.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.
• Broadcast Sales, media buying, or agency experience is a plus.
• Maintain a positive demeanor and customer service focus.

Responsibilities

• Primary function is data entry of national sales orders from national advertisers.
• Daily entry of National Sales orders into the traffic system with accuracy and compliance to contracts, inventory, and scheduling constraints.
• Daily maintenance and research on national sales orders to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Regular communication with internal and external contacts to ensure campaign success.
• Develop understanding of the National sales process and SOPs.
• Prioritize and organize workload with urgency and balance.
• Complete assigned tasks within deadlines.
• Generate, manipulate, and maintain reports from internal systems and Excel.

Skills

Administrative support

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Tools

Outlook

Teams

Excel

Word

Job description

WBFF/WNUV has an exciting opportunity for a Regional National Sales Assistant. If you would like to work in the exciting business of television sales, this could be the job for you!

Responsibilities include:

• Primary function is data entry of national sales orders from national advertisers
• Daily entry of National Sales orders into the traffic system with accuracy and complying to order contract, inventory, and scheduling constraints.
• Daily maintenance and research on national sales orders to troubleshoot and resolve order-related issues and discrepancies
• Regular communication and collaboration with both internal and external contacts to ensure campaign success.
• Develop a strong understanding and adherence to the National sales process and nuances, systems, and SOPs
• Consistent independent prioritizing and organizing of workload with a sense of urgency and balance.
• Completion of assigned tasks within the given deadline.
• Regular generation, manipulation, and maintenance of reports both from internal systems and Excel spreadsheets.
• Daily use of Windows PC including Office programs such as Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word.

• Other duties as assigned

Skills and Qualifications:

• At least 1-2 years’ experience of administrative support preferred
• A high level of organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple tasks under a deadline
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Consistently comply with organizational directives and national standard operating procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for effective interaction with internal and external team members
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
• Broadcast Sales, media buying, or agency experience is a plus
• Maintain a positive demeanor and customer service focus

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

The base hourly compensation range for this role is $18.00 to $19.23 per hour. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.