Advertising Sales and Marketing
BACKBONE MAGAZINE - A DIVISION OF PUBLIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Job Type: full-time
Location: North Vancouver, BC, CANADA;
Job Category: Advertising, Marketing, Publishing, Sales
Company URL: http://ping.fm/L17CS
Contact Email: sdietrich@backbonemag.com
Description:
Backbone is Canada's most recognized business/technology/lifestyle print magazine (distributed through The Globe and Mail) and we are looking for an Advertising Sales and Marketing Representative in our Vancouver head office to work closely with the Publisher on special magazine ad supplement sales, online ads and marketing initiatives. We are going into our ninth year of publishing and are looking to take the publication to new levels. We have a small but very comfortable management and sales office here in North Vancouver while most other operations (editing, writing, printing, agency sales and design) are based mostly in Toronto.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate should have the following qualifications:
A minimum of 1-3 years of advertising sales experience
Sales experience in the computer technology IT industry an asset
Is enthusiastic, well-educated and has excellent communication skills
Has experience preparing written sales proposals and creative presentations
Experience in client prospecting/cold calling
Able to meet sales quotas and targets
Marketing experience, initiative and follow through
Has excellent sales and negotiating skills
Post-secondary degree or diploma
Familiar with Maximizer or Act, sales and CRM data base software
Work with minimal supervision
Provide detailed sales reports on a regular basis
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