Associate Media Sales Planner

Job Description:

The Associate Media Planner will work with the sales team on RFPs to provide proposal ideas and inventory solutions that best meet the client expectations and proposal objectives by account/campaign (team or category) while maintaining pricing integrity and inventory package strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support the sales team with sale of US print and digital campaigns securing space availabilities and reservations; entering IO to reserve inventory for all incoming accounts
• Prepare reports used by management and sales teams for forecasting, analysis, and budgeting
• Assist with research for proposals and special projects as needed
• Ensure that the sales team has the required sales materials and support information for sales calls and RFP responses
• Act as a liaison between advertisers and agencies to verify insertion dates, rates, and secure ad materials and assets.
• After close of sale, passes along critical information including signed contracts to the post-sales support team, screenshots and e-tearsheets to clients as well as mid campaign digital performance updates.

Skills & Requirements

• Attention to detail and strong written and communication skills
• Proven ability to work well within a team environment while accomplishing individual projects
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft applications
• Strong interpersonal skills
• College degree preferred

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Business Area: MEDIA SALES

Job Category: Sales Group

About Us

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

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Req ID: 23236