Sales & Marketing Assistant

Meruelo Media is searching for a Sales & Marketing Assistant to support sales management and staff. The Sales Assistant will assist with research, creating digital media plans, management reports and presentations, and sales packages and recaps.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute all sales initiatives and strategies for sales sponsorships and events.
• Manage all production scheduling and calendars.
• Oversee the sales team and support them in meeting their goals and deadlines.
• Provide sales administrative support, generate sales related reports and act as an extension of sales team.
• Direct liaison to traffic manager for all sales elements and manage daily fillers to assure client posting.
• Manage and update all paid programming orders on a weekly basis.
• Enter new orders, cancellations and revisions for the sales team.
• Ability to build strategic media sales plans for sales staff based on RFPs, proposal requests, and research.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations as needed for sales team.
• File, make copies, and answer sales phone calls.
• Update and manage all KWHY/CALI sales media kits.
• Provide assistance to clients as needed (i.e. spot times, invoices, contracts, etc.).
• Capable of analyzing and updating radio/TV sales data and research.
• Actively participate in the stations’ marketing and sales meetings.
• Provide billing and pending reporting as requested.
• Create customized sales rationale and provide research ammunition as needed for Account Executives.
• Manage and create project recaps as assigned by Account Executives.
• Other job-related functions as required.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
• 1-2 years prior experience in sales support/administrative assistant role preferably in radio/media.
• Management experience is preferred.
• Radio/Broadcast knowledge is a plus.
• Familiarity with the Los Angeles market and demographic breakout is a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Self-motivated with strong written and oral communications skills; effectively delivers information clearly.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; good team player; good work ethic.
• Handles difficult situations in person or over phone professionally and in a calm, cool & collected manner.
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Demonstrates good judgment and problem solving skills.
• Detail-oriented and responsible follow through skills with all assigned work.
• Outstanding organization skills, attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-pace environment.
• Strong working knowledge in Microsoft Office applications - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook.
• Fluent in Internet, social and mobile media platforms a plus.
• Keen understanding of all of the available on-air and digital sales assets and have the ability to appropriately include these elements in a sales proposal.