Regional Sales Assistant

Sinclair Broadcast Group•Buffalo, NY

6h•Onsite

About The Position

WUTV has an exciting opportunity for a Regional National Sales Assistant. This role primarily involves the data entry of national sales orders from national advertisers into the traffic system, ensuring accuracy and compliance with order contracts, inventory, and scheduling constraints. The assistant will also be responsible for daily maintenance and research on national sales orders to troubleshoot and resolve order-related issues and discrepancies. Regular communication and collaboration with both internal and external contacts are essential to ensure campaign success. The position requires developing a strong understanding and adherence to the National sales process, nuances, systems, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The successful candidate will consistently prioritize and organize their workload independently with a sense of urgency and balance, completing assigned tasks within given deadlines. The role also involves regular generation, manipulation, and maintenance of reports from internal systems and Excel spreadsheets, and daily use of a Windows PC including Office programs such as Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word.

Requirements

A high level of organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple tasks under a deadline
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Consistently comply with organizational directives and national standard operating procedures.
Excellent interpersonal skills for effective interaction with internal and external team members
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
Maintain a positive demeanor and customer service focus

Nice To Haves

At least 1-2 years’ experience of administrative support preferred
Broadcast Sales, media buying, or agency experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Primary function is data entry of national sales orders from national advertisers
Daily entry of National Sales orders into the traffic system with accuracy and complying to order contract, inventory, and scheduling constraints.
Daily maintenance and research on national sales orders to troubleshoot and resolve order-related issues and discrepancies
Regular communication and collaboration with both internal and external contacts to ensure campaign success.
Develop a strong understanding and adherence to the National sales process and nuances, systems, and SOPs
Consistent independent prioritizing and organizing of workload with a sense of urgency and balance.
Completion of assigned tasks within the given deadline.
Regular generation, manipulation, and maintenance of reports both from internal systems and Excel spreadsheets.
Daily use of Windows PC including Office programs such as Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word.
Other duties as assigned