Account Executive

News-Press & Gazette Company•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•$55,000•Onsite

About The Position

KRDO 13 in Colorado Springs is looking for an ambitious, driven Account Executive to join our team and help local businesses grow. This is an exciting opportunity for a results-oriented sales professional who enjoys building relationships, uncovering business challenges, and creating marketing solutions that deliver measurable results. As an Account Executive, you’ll serve as a trusted marketing partner to businesses throughout the Colorado Springs market. You’ll work closely with clients to understand their goals, develop strategic advertising campaigns, and connect them with audiences across the full spectrum of today’s media landscape, including broadcast television, CTV/OTT, streaming, and digital advertising. This is more than selling advertising. You’ll help businesses identify opportunities, reach the right audiences, strengthen their brands, increase market share, and ultimately grow their bottom line. You’ll have the opportunity to leverage the power and reach of KRDO 13 along with a broad portfolio of digital and connected-TV solutions to create customized campaigns for each client. The ideal candidate is a relationship builder, creative problem-solver, and goal-driven professional who is energized by prospecting for new business while growing and retaining existing accounts. If you’re competitive, curious, entrepreneurial, and excited about helping businesses succeed through smarter marketing, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Relationship builder
Creative problem-solver
Goal-driven professional
Competitive
Curious
Entrepreneurial

Responsibilities

Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with local business owners and decision-makers
Prospect for new business and identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships.
Learn each client’s business, goals, challenges, and target audience
Develop customized advertising and marketing strategies across broadcast TV, CTV/OTT, streaming, and digital platforms
Present compelling solutions that demonstrate how KRDO’s media products can help clients grow revenue, increase market share, and achieve their business objectives
Manage the full sales process, from prospecting and needs analysis through proposal, closing, campaign execution, and ongoing account management
Partner with internal teams to ensure campaigns are effectively planned, scheduled, executed, and optimized
Stay current on evolving media trends, audience behaviors, and digital advertising opportunities.
Consistently work toward and exceed revenue and performance goals