Associate Account Executive

TEGNA Inc. • Seattle, WA

18h • $85,000 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This 12-month accelerated development role is designed to build the next generation of multiplatform media sales professionals through hands-on experience, mentorship, structured training, and progressive selling responsibility across television, streaming, sports sponsorships, and digital advertising solutions. Participants will gain experience across Seahawks programming, Kraken partnerships, Mariners broadcasts, NBC Sports, Olympics coverage, K5+, Premion, NBC Peacock, and other multiplatform advertising solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• 1–3 years of sales, marketing, sports, hospitality, customer service, or client-facing experience preferred
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Competitive mindset with a desire to grow professionally
• Interest in sports, media, streaming, advertising, and marketing
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a pipeline of prospective advertisers and business opportunities
• Conduct outbound prospecting through calls, email, networking, and in-person meetings
• Participate in client discovery meetings and needs analysis
• Assist in creating integrated marketing recommendations across television, streaming, digital, and sports platforms
• Develop strong presentation and storytelling skills
• Learn to position and sell sports sponsorships, streaming, OTT/CTV, and branded content solutions
• Shadow and co-sell with Account Executives and sales leadership during the onboarding phase
• Assist with proposal development and campaign execution
• Accurately track activity, meetings, proposals, pipeline development, and opportunity progression within CRM systems
• Participate in weekly pipeline, activity, and forecasting review meetings
• Complete structured training across TV, streaming, digital advertising, CRM systems, inventory management, and sales strategy
• Independently managing assigned accounts and revenue opportunities
• Developing and maintaining long-term client relationships
• Closing new business and renewal business across television, streaming, sports, and digital platforms
• Demonstrating strong follow-through, communication, and account stewardship
• Managing business with professionalism, urgency, and accountability
• Maintaining accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and CRM documentation
• Consistently achieving defined activity, pipeline, and revenue expectations
• Demonstrating readiness to manage a full book of business as an Account Executive

Benefits

• Two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
• Access to dental and eye care coverage
• Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) program with company match
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc
• 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Nine paid holidays per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level