Advertising Sales Executive

About the Job

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Advertising Sales Executive to join our Dublin team for ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, Europe’s industry magazine for the grocery retail sector.

What will you be doing?

As an Advertising Sales Executive, your role is to seek out and engage good-fit companies through strategic prospecting. To do this you will leverage European Supermarket Magazine’s existing leads as well as researching new opportunities to generate interest through calls, emails, and social.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Familiarise yourself with our publication and understand our product offerings.
• Perform high volume outbound prospecting through email campaigns, calls and platforms such as Sales Navigator and Salesforce.
• Respond promptly to inquiries by communicating with customers through various channels (phone, chat, email, video call).
• Consistently track and report on your work and opportunities.
• Schedule and proactively set-up meetings with qualified leads
• Maintain a positive, friendly and professional attitude towards prospective clients at all times.
• Connect and develop a strong, personable rapport with prospects.
• Work closely with the prospect to understand their needs.
• Implement and create outreach strategies for new lead generation methods.

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You may be a fit if you have:

• Strong organisation and time management
• Some previous sales experience, including in the area of sales prospecting
• Possess a strong work ethic and eagerness to learn.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Self-starter with a can-do attitude.
• Target-driven and determined to exceed goals on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Generally, have internship experience or 1 year of professional work experience, ideally in marketing or sales.

Experience comes in many forms, and skills have many use cases, so if you think you could be the right fit for this role and are excited by it, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all of our ideal requirements. There is no one “perfect” candidate, and our assessment is based not only on experience but on culture fit and enthusiasm.

If you find this role interesting or it is the thing you are looking for as the next step in your career please send us your CV and get in touch with us today!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term

Additional pay:

• Commission pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dun Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire, CO. Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Sales: 2 years (preferred)
• Salesforce: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person