Albany, NY based advertising agency is seeking a Sales Assistant. The successful candidate will work with a Senior Account Executive and support the company’s sales goals by developing professional long-term relationships, discovering the needs of clients, and delivering innovative products with the highest level of quality, service, and integrity to exceed those needs.

Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned):

• Responsible for assisting with the sale and servicing of advertising accounts across multiple platforms including web, mobile, broadcast and print
• Must be able to build and maintain quality relations with existing assigned accounts
• Assist in managing a portfolio of accounts
• Contact customers via telephone, email or in person by meeting as necessary
• Direct project management activity
• Partner with account team to prepare for and execute the client project kickoff meeting
• Deal with all aspects of a campaign
• Prepare sales presentations, proposals, and contracts
• Help to develop new creative campaigns and adhere to brand standards
• Accountable for tracking and reporting of budgets throughout the lifecycle of each project
• Completing administrative work, as required

Requirements:

• 2-year degree and at least 1-3 years sales and/or assistant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably at an advertising agency or media
• Great time management skills
• Outstanding attention to detail a must
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word and Powerpoint)
• Ability to write reports and develop proposals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Other Desired Skills: Customer Relations; Customer Service; Professionalism; Time Management; Diplomacy; Presentation