Sales Assistant

Job Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media is a leading media company that owns and operates high-quality stations in 113 television markets that collectively reach 36 percent of US television households.

We constantly strive for excellence. Through upgrading to the latest technology and seeking new ways to stay on top in our markets, we focus on training and development of the best and brightest employees in the business.

About WLOX:

WLOX News Now has the #1 and #2 stations in the Biloxi - Gulfport DMA. We are focused on producing award-winning news and telling local stories that matter. We also have a dominant digital presence, using WLOX.com, the WLOX News app, the WLOX Weather app, Gulf Coast Weekend, and social media platforms to connect to a worldwide audience. Coastal Mississippi offers affordability, tasty cuisine, and top-tier arts and entertainment around just about every corner. We blend that with our own rich history to make WLOX the station for South Mississippi.

Job Summary/Description:

The WLOX sales department is seeking a friendly, positive, self-motivated individual to join our team! The primary responsibility of this role is to provide a variety of administrative support to our media executives. The assistant will coordinate digital orders, broadcast orders, submission, and execution, as well as assist with reporting and campaign building. Your role is to be an asset throughout the overall sales process, from the beginning to end stages. Candidates must be organized, and able to prioritize and multi-task. This person must be an excellent communicator, technologically savvy, manage multiple projects simultaneously, possess strong organizational skills, and be able to perform well under pressure.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Order entry/maintenance including avails, proposals, pre/post logs
• Create PowerPoint sales presentations for clients as well as station initiatives
• Daily management of inventory changes/program changes
• Pull and provide detailed reports for management as well as sales staff and clients
• Create, prepare, and maintain sales collateral and packages for sales staff and other projects assigned by management
• Assist traffic department with order entry and copy
• Coordinate with other departments on projects as needed
• Assist with research, traffic, and programming functions within the sales department
• Digital order entry with a high level of accuracy
• Request, update, and monitor digital creative scheduling on all campaigns while meeting all deadlines
• Fulfill and monitor all digital campaigns with appropriate follow-up
• Organize and deliver campaign reports on deadline
• Research clients and industries, digital trends and strategies, and other categories as needed

Qualifications:
• Assistant must have good communication skills and be able to work well with the sales team
• Must demonstrate the ability to prioritize, multi-task, and perform at a high level in a fast-paced environment
• The ideal applicant must be very organized with a high attention to detail. Strong data entry skills are essential
• Experience in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and design software a plus, social media, paid digital ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, a plus

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

WLOX-TV/Gray Media, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Media encourages all new employees to vaccinate against the coronavirus before the first workday fully.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkj15p-3-14-244-85-42 in your application.