Regional Sales Assistant

Sinclair Inc.; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinclair is seeking a Regional National Sales Assistant in Cedar Rapids to support the national sales workflow. You will enter national advertiser orders, maintain accuracy, and troubleshoot order issues within the traffic system while coordinating with internal and external contacts to keep campaigns on track.

The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and proficiency with Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of administrative support experience.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Attention to detail with deadline-driven work.
• Independent work style as well as team collaboration.
• Adherence to SOPs and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal communication.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel.
• Experience in Broadcast sales or media environment is a plus.
• Customer-focused with positive demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Data entry of national sales orders from national advertisers.
• Daily entry of orders into traffic system with accuracy.
• Maintain and troubleshoot order issues and discrepancies.
• Communicate with internal and external contacts to ensure campaigns succeed.
• Develop understanding of National sales processes, systems, and SOPs.
• Prioritize workload with urgency and balance.
• Complete tasks within deadlines.
• Generate, manipulate, and maintain reports from internal systems and Excel.
• Daily use of Windows PC and Office suite.

Skills

Administrative support

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Team player

SOP compliance

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Broadcast sales

Customer service

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Teams

Word

Excel

Job description

KGAN 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.