Advertising Sales Executive (Food & Drink Magazine)

Choice Consultants are Scotland’s leading specialist advertising and media sales recruitment consultancy.
The Company Our client is a well established and highly respected publisher with a range of media tools including a range of glossy lifestyle magazines, a glossy entertainment guide, consumer websites and an innovative national exhibition. They provide advertising and sponsorship solutions in business to consumer titles to a range of SMEs, blue chips and advertising agencies throughout the UK and abroad.
The Role
They currently require an Advertising Sales Executive to grow their advertising revenues. Based from their office in Edinburgh you will be responsible for selling a range of advertising products including classified advertising, display advertising, sponsorship and advertorials on a quality Food and Drink magazine. Working within a dedicated Media sales team this is a creative role where you will be contacting existing customers from an already established warm database of clients as well as sourcing leads and generating new business over the telephone via cold call telemarketing. Clients will include food and drink manufacturers restaurants, style bars and associated lifestyle companies ect. This is a structured sale where you will identify the business needs then create, design and present innovative advertising solutions tailored to the client to ensure results. This will involve negotiating and presenting bespoke print and digital advertising solutions to key decision makers over the phone and occasionally face to face. Working to revenue targets and deadlines, you will be responsible for dealing with a range of customers from SME’s to corporate clients on a national basis.

The Candidate
To apply you will ideally require a minimum of 6months experience in advertising sales (any medium ie. newspaper, radio, directory, etc). Alternatively you will have business to business, tele or field sales experience from any sector with a desire to pursue a career in the magazine industry in the lucrative world of media sales. You will be commercially aware with a professional and articulate manner necessary to deal with clients. You will be enthusiastic and have the drive, motivation and determination to continue this organisation’s success.
The Package
In return you will receive a fantastic opportunity to work in a friendly team orientated environment of a well known Publishing House where opportunities exist for development. Basic salary to £18K + bonus (OTE £25K) + benefits.

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About Choice Consultants

Choice Consultants are a specialist Media Sales Recruitment Consultancy established in 1999, we now hold preferred supplier status for the majority of media players in Scotland. As Scotland’s leading Advertising and Media Sales Recruitment Consultancy we recruit for advertising and media sales personnel at all levels for a range of international, national and local media organisations.

Our clients include top, – Radio stations – Magazine publishers – Internet Marketing & Website design companies – Online/Digital Media brands – New Media companies – Experiential/Guerrilla Marketing companies – Outdoor Advertising organisations – Directory publishers – Newspaper publishers – Exhibition and Events companies – Media brokers – Television broadcasters – Contract publishing houses

Whether you are looking to break into a rewarding career in Media sales, looking for a move into Management, or simply a new challenge we offer opportunities throughout Scotland through our unique and unrivalled network of Advertising contacts.

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