Sales Planner (Remote)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); A distancia; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Athletic is seeking a Sales Planner for a remote-based role serving clients in the United States and Canada. You will partner with Advertising Sales & Strategy teams to craft compelling digital and audio media offerings, manage RFP processes, and coordinate with AdOps and internal stakeholders to ensure campaigns run smoothly.

Ideal candidates have 1–2+ years of media experience, strong advertising knowledge, and excellent communication skills.

Formación

• 1-2+ years of media experience required.
• Strong knowledge of advertising and digital media.
• Excellent communication skills with clients and internal teams.
• Attention to detail and highly organized.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace; Salesforce is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Support development of RFPs for digital and audio campaigns.
• Build and revise media plans, check availabilities, and update calendars.
• Coordinate with AdOps, Revenue Analytics, Legal, and Strategy.
• Ensure approvals and documentation are complete and accurate.
• Assist with campaign kickoff and handoff to AdOps for continuity.
• Respond to client requests and provide timely information.

Conocimientos

Media planning

Advertising knowledge

Communication

Detail-oriented

MS Office

Salesforce

Educación

BS/BA degree or related

Herramientas

Salesforce

Descripción del empleo

About The Role

The Sales Planner will act in partnership with our Advertising Sales & Strategy teams to lead and support thoughtful and compelling programs that deliver successful outcomes for our Advertisers. The Sales Planner will be knowledgeable of digital and audio advertising platforms, tools, and products to create compelling media offerings. The Sales Planner will work with The Athletic clients externally and be a partner to sales and other operational teams internally.

Responsibilities

• Support development of RFP (Requests for Proposal) process utilizing the full scope of The Athletic’s ad products that strategically address the advertiser’s needs and campaign objectives for digital and audio business lines.

• Build and revise media plans, check avails, reserve fixed placements and update associated fixed placement calendars, and negotiate Terms & Conditions; Enter final plans into online proposal systems.

• Manage the digital process workflow from RFP to IO and liaise with key approval stakeholders in AdOps, Revenue Analytics, Legal, Ad Product, Research and Strategy.

• Adhere to process controls and ensure all approvals are accurately secured.

• Maintain proper documentation of all IOs, T&Cs and Campaign activities.

• Attend all Product trainings and develop a deep understanding of the full suite of The Athletic’s products across all platforms.

• Assist with campaign kick off management.

• Coordinate handoff of digital campaigns to AdOps to ensure pre and post sales continuity.

• Field customer complaints and work with the appropriate department to resolve them.

• Respond to servicing and information requests from team members and clients: work with various internal teams to gather information for customers and fulfill requests.

• Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external clients.

• Communicate detailed and specific account information to Sales and Operations management as needed.

• When other team members are out of office or low on bandwidth, Planner is responsible for coverage and resourcing assistance to support larger department needs.

• Planner is expected to surf the TA site regularly and frequently to ensure our Client’s ads are delivering as expected.

Requirements

• 1-2+ years media experience

• BS/BA degree or related degree

• Attention to detail and organized

• Excellent knowledge of advertising and digital media

• Proficiency in Microsoft and Google office applications; sales and data management tools such as Salesforce are also desirable

• Motivated self-starter and quick learner

• Collaborative, responsive and accountable

• Excellent communication skills both with external clients as well as internal stakeholders

• Excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Strong ability to communicate end-to-end planning process and share that knowledge with the larger team

• This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada