Vice President of Sales

iHeartMedia • Denver, CO

13h • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a sales leader who thrives on building winning teams, driving growth, and owning results in a competitive, fast moving market. As VP of Sales, you’ll lead from the front—translating strategy into action, developing top tier talent, and driving revenue at scale across one of the most powerful media platforms in the country.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of broadcasting, marketing, promotion, and collection standards
• Proven ability to grow new business and find new revenue opportunities
• Ability to create full-funnel marketing plans and strategies.
• Excellent leadership and coaching ability; can successfully coach others in sales practices
• Deep understanding of local markets, customers, and competitors in order to target needs and drive sales
• Ability to create productive, long-term customer relationships
• Scrappiness to be an entrepreneurial self-starter
• Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and multi task
• Leadership to push self and others to achieve and excel in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Excellent business and people decision-making skills
• Model positive energy and handle stress in the face of challenges, deadlines and financial pressures
• Flexibility and creativity
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across multiple groups
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaboration with others
• 3+ years’ experience as an Account Executive or Sales Manager in media industry with proven track record of success
• Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return
• Accountability for sales results
• Understanding of the business and how own area integrates with others to achieve sales goals
• Strong understanding of broadcast, marketing, promotion and collection standards
• Judgement to resolve customer and employee operational problems; critical thinking skills to understand the broader impact across the organization
• Leadership skills to increase performance of the sales organization
• Communication skills to succinctly convey information, set performance expectations and handle sensitive issues
• Active listening skills with the ability to guide and influence others to adopt a broader point of view
• Positive energy and the ability to manage stress and serve as a model for others in the sales practice
• Skills to successfully coach and develop sellers
• Comfort interacting with individuals of all levels

Nice To Haves

• College degree preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Manage local Account Executives with goal of meeting/exceeding station revenue, prospecting and new business targets
• Oversee advertising sales activities in assigned market; is accountable for achieving/ exceeding targeted advertising sales revenues for the market and for controlling sales expenses
• Drive results through others, manage team performance and hold team accountable against business metrics
• Translate market and station business strategies into specific actions to generate sales and revenue
• Direct sales activities and processes that generate new business and deepen existing relationships
• Set sales goals and guide subsequent goal-setting processes
• Prepare budgets and revenue forecasts
• Obtain, allocate and adjust operations resources to achieve sales and service goals
• Oversee management of available advertising inventory to drive most profitable sales
• Meet with key accounts
• Recruit, hire and ensure ongoing training and development of Account Executives
• Go on sales calls and conduct in-field coaching to develop Account Executives
• Review and adjust sales territories, product mix targets and assigned call lists
• Direct other functions such as marketing, advertising, production, traffic and sales operations

Benefits

• Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
• Company provided and supplemental life insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid company holidays
• A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
• A 401K plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
• A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree