Sales Coordinator
The Gazette is looking for talented professionals to join our team as Sales Coordinators. This essential position provides quality customer service and sales support to promote efficient and timely ad coordination and flow.
Job Responsibilities
- Coordinates advertising and customer services to ensure proper flow of information and preparation of advertising orders. Maintains knowledge of contract levels, goals, and needs of accounts.
- Enter and verify accurate data entry into CRM, advertising, billing and production systems.
- Provides assistance in coordinating ads by setting appointments, proof ads with clients and submit markup corrections as necessary. Will prepare and organize presentations as needed.
- Maintain client accounts and provide options in effective ad design and services.
- Provides account information in assistance to coordinate advertising; rate information, basic market research and circulation data.
- Evaluates production needs and schedules with internal work groups.
- Coordinates ad processing and billing of customer credit application forms and customer credit review.
- Maintains records, files and generates reports.
- Attends and participates in department meetings and training sessions.
- Maintains confidentiality of information.
- Performs duties as assigned/needed.
Job Skills & Attributes
Ability to type 40-50 WPM accurately. Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Strong English language skills (grammar, spelling, punctuation.) Strong organizational, initiative and time management skills, conscientious and attentive to detail. Project pleasant voice, positive manner and professional attitude. Strong customer orientation. Ability to work within specified timetables and deadlines and to multi-task and prioritize.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision insurance
- 401k with company match
- Wellness program
Minimum Requirements
High school graduate or equivalent and minimum of two years clerical office and/or advertising sales/production experience.
About The Gazette
At The Gazette, we are passionately independent champions of connecting, informing, and enriching our communities.
Our employee-owned newspaper and online news delivers the relevant news of the day to communities in Eastern Iowa – and has for over 135 years. We care deeply about our community and its well-being. To that end, we engage with our readers to better understand their stories and connect our communities to the information and issues that matter most to them.
Our news team reaches audiences across a variety of print and digital platforms and through a variety of in-person events. Our company has a strong tradition of being independent and is owned by a trust for the benefit of its employees. The Gazette is delivered to 16 Eastern Iowa counties each morning.