Job: Classified Sales Executive, Haymarket Media Group

FourFourTwo, the UK's leading football media brand, is looking for a Classified Sales Executive to join our talented, dynamic and innovative sales team. 

The classified role is responsible for maximising cross-platform revenues from an assigned client base across FourFourTwo magazine, Inside United magazine and our digital portfolio of www.fourfourtwo.com, www.footballtalentspotter.com and www.weekendwonders.co.uk.

You will be reporting into the Magazine and Online Sales Managers, working across a diverse portfolio of clients across a number of sectors. Using your prospecting and analytical skills you will be dedicated to developing and closing new business and growing existing business within both magazines and across our digital portfolio. The ability to work effectively as part of a team and communicate successfully with other departments is essential in achieving your sales objectives within this role. You will be responsible for the entire classified section within FourFourTwo and Inside United and will be specifically targeted with educating our retail clients on our digital portfolio and growing online revenues from your client base.We are looking for a creative and tenacious individual with a go-get attitude and a desire to work within a fast and demanding environment. The role will require strong problem-solving, negotiation and relationship management skills. 

This will provide an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity for the right candidate with the right skills set.
Responsibilities:
-Generate, sell, negotiate, close and secure new business opportunities and achieve the monthly revenue target across both press and digital as set by the Sales Managers and Commercial Director.
-Account manage, maintain and develop an existing client base in order to achieve revenue in line with expectations set by the Sales Managers.
-Achieve agreed levels of productivity eg. phone calls, meetings
-Working closely with the production department, you will be expected to manage the classified section flat-plan Requirements:
-Proactive attitude with a proven ability to work to a high standard with a high degree of self-motivation as well as being a team player.
-Excellent communication, negotiation and organisation skills-Print and online advertising sales experience is preferable-Proven track record in working to targets.

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