Associate Client Partner

Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role

The Associate Client Partner is a developmental-level sales position focused on the Luxury Lifestyle Consumer category, which will focus on the prospecting of new and lapsed clients. Through industry and sector research, you will create sales pitches for potential new advertising partners to grow accounts while managing an existing book of business with a focus on revenue growth and retention. The Associate Client Partner will help grow these accounts into larger, more frequent advertisers. Once developed into larger, more strategic accounts to be managed by Client Partners.

You Will:

• Compile research on new business opportunities, including lapsed accounts and inbound business
• Identify and develop new advertisers
• Build relationships and develop a significant account list of advertisers and agencies through cold calls, trade networking events, and leads generated by associates, trade marketing, and the media kit.
• Develop and manage sales pipeline
• Maintain an active schedule of face-to-face appointments and prospecting calls
• Maintain a spreadsheet of active accounts and revenue forecasts.
• Develop industry expertise and provide the larger team with updates on current trends, news, competitive analysis, and advertising opportunities.
• Achieve revenue targets for your territory

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience in a media or sales role
• Luxury/lifestyle sector experience preferred
• Strong prospecting, presentation, and selling skills.
• A consultative approach and the ability to comfortably liaise both internally and externally
• Previous experience supporting sales representatives with a large book of business or personally maintaining accounts.
• A demonstrated ability to grow new and more transactional accounts
• Proven ability to assist in the development of complex print and digital campaigns
• Demonstrated success in exceeding sales quotas and goals.
• Prior Media Sales experience
• Superior verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Knowledge of Google Suite Products.
• A demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective business relationships is essential.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Media Sales

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Union rolePay Range: $70,000 - $85,000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..