Sales Lead

at  Advance Local

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If you’re a dynamic advertising professional that thrives in a fast paced and highly competitive environment with experience in digital marketing in the travel, health care, education or regional vertical space, then this is your opportunity. We’re looking for a motivated, Sales Lead who has an entrepreneurial mindset for new business development and is excited to build their own business and that of their team.
Come work for MassLive in Massachusetts, joining our dynamic sales team driving advertising revenue for one of the country’s largest privately-owned media companies. Our teams are leading sellers of multimedia campaigns that include digital display, search engine marketing, social media marketing, video, sponsorships, content marketing, and many more.
The candidate for this role will network in the Boston region to open doors with clientele and advertising agencies in specialized verticals (such as travel health care, educational or regional advertising). We need a high-energy leader who knows how to drive results by collaborating and mentoring to others.
Your team will be expected to consistently maintain a healthy sales funnel and work to close business at a high velocity under your leadership.
Compensation for this position is comprised of a base salary plus incentive. The base salary range is $75,000 to $80,000 per year. Additional incentives bring total potential compensation to $112,500 to $120,000.

• Achieve your sales goals by prospecting new business and developing existing accounts to grow our overall brand
• Lead team to exceed established goals, prospect and close new business while continually developing a healthy sales funnel to meet or exceed revenue targets
• Mentor, collaborate and offer feedback to vertical team members to ensure each step of the sales process is followed
• Attain required activity for the team and individually, to include client facing and non-client facing meetings
• Proactively identify and qualify leads through cold calling, networking, marketing, referrals and database leads.
• Develop appropriate proposals that provide customer solutions with optimized campaigns, using all available resources.
• Effectively closes the business
• Review campaign results, learn from data and celebrate your successes
• Work with our advertising fulfillment team to provide accurate information for each client campaign