Sales Executive - KWPZ

CRISTA Ministries - Bellingham, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Bellingham, WA

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

About the position

The KWPZ Account Executive will sell advertising on KWPZ FM, KWPZ Stream, and praise1065.com at established rates, following station guidelines for negotiations with the purpose of growing the advertisers' business and generating revenue for CRISTA Broadcasting. This position is developmental and generates new clients, which will normally and recurrently be at the clients' place of business.

Responsibilities

• Creatively solve clients' marketing problems with effective solutions.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of individual clients' needs and goals and service clients' needs while balancing the station objectives.
• Accurately follow through on all orders, including: input and order reconciliation, furnishing ready-to-air copy, sending clients' invoices and securing accurate run times as ordered.
• Collect client and agency payments following station credit and cash parameters.
• Meet standards for number of active accounts and percentage of new business each year.
• Participate in selling non-traditional revenue streams as a part of integrated marketing plans for advertisers.
• Develop, write and lead sales packages for the team as needed.
• Submit pending reports, promotional requests, broadcast orders, and traffic/production orders in a timely manner.
• Attend and work station promotions for customers.
• Participate in all required meetings.
• Work collaboratively with supervisor, coworkers and customers.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
• Is a committed Christian who is dedicated to continued spiritual growth and development.
• Affirms, aligns with and supports CRISTA's Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Statement (CCC).
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years in sales.
• WA State Driver's License.

Nice-to-haves

• Degree in Communications or Marketing from an accredited college or university.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in advertising sales.
• Experience with software such as Tapscan, Maximizer, Qualitap, Adobe, X-Ray, Wide Orbit and Internet Services.

Benefits

• Competitive package including Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Health Savings Account.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• 403(b) matching.
• Life and Disability benefits.
• PTO.
• Holiday Pay.
• Parental Leave.
• Up to 85% King's school tuition discount for dependent child(ren) K-12.
• $500 New Hire Incentive Bonus.