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Radio Sales Account Executive
Great Plains Media, Bloomington-Normal, IL

Are you ready to build relationships, solve problems and help businesses grow? Great Plains Media has an opening for a Radio Sales Account Executive with our station group in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. If you want to sell for a company that has a true entrepreneurial spirit and not be bogged down by corporate bureaucracy, you may be the right fit for our sales organization. We believe in giving our salespeople the resources and the freedom to solve our clients marketing needs. Using marketing creativity and multi-media platforms to sell, you can make a difference for your clients. And, as entrepreneurs we believe in rewarding success, not putting limits on your potential.

Major Responsibilities of This Position:

  • Excel at prospecting and seeking new advertising clients through networking, cold calling, referral and other means
  • Hold face to face meetings with prospective clients to identify business needs and proactively develop a customized advertising solution to meet marketing needs and growing their business
  • Have strong listening, developing strong relationships and earning trust with clients to ensure success and repeat business
  • Closing business and executing the client campaign as agreed upon
  • Coordinating all aspects of an advertising and digital campaign including writing scripts, coordinating digital and commercial ad production, billing, collections, promotions, and events
  • Involvement in the local business community, developing relationships with business owners and decision makers

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Ability to present ideas with passion
  • An understanding of marketing principles
  • Have a creative mind to put together unique ideas and solutions for our clients
  • Comfortable in asking for the customer’s business
  • Outside sales experience
  • Successfully prospect and develop new business
  • Computer literacy and proficiency in multiple software applications
  • Internet, social media, and digital marketing savvy
  • Excellent listening skills and strong curiosity to learn about your clients’ businesses
  • Problem solving ability – someone who sees a problem as an opportunity to develop business
  • A belief in your ability to sell and no fear of being on commission because you know the harder you work the more you make
  • College degree

What We Offer:

  • Competitive pay with uncapped earning potential
  • Products that you can be passionate about selling
  • Training from GPM Sales Consultant
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Vacation Days & Holidays

Our station group includes 107.7 & 92.1The Bull (Country), Cities 92.9 FM News-Talk, and The New Magic 99.5- 80s to Now.
Great Plains Media holdings include stations in Lawrence, Kansas and Cookeville, Tennessee.

If this position sounds like a good fit for you and your sales talents, please email your resume to management at
resumes@gpmbloomington.com

 

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