Media Jobs in Newcastle; Group Media Sales Director

Job Title:    Group Media Sales Director
Job Ref:    917129
Location:    Newcastle, NSW
Employer:    Fairfax Community Media, Newcastle
Category:    Sales
Work type:    Full time
About Us:
Fairfax Media is the leading independent multi-platform media company in Australia and New Zealand.
Its trusted voice informs, engages and entertains our audiences and communities.
Fairfax Media is looking for talented editorial trainees to join the newsrooms of The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review - part of the Australian Publishing Media division.
The traineeship program runs for 12 months and offers a supported learning environment focused on developing world-class journalists.
If you are serious about a design career in the exciting world of media, then this is your opportunity to work for the Hunter's leading media group.
A position exists for an experienced graphic designer to join the New Media & Client Services division of The Newcastle Herald.
The Newcastle Herald and theherald requires a highly motivated, experienced and professional Sales Director to lead our portfolio and grow our revenues in our Newcastle division. This role is a pivotal one in the company and accounts for a substantial sum of overall revenues across a wide range of categories.

JobRequirement:
• A high level of strategic thinking, sales management and sales skills, will be required to lead this diverse sales team.
• Working with a team of sales professionals across 4 sites in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens council areas will require a varying degree of product offers with a view to maximising both our revenues and bottom line.
• You will have a diversified skill set including a strong knowledge of regional media, with an intimate knowledge of print and digital sales platforms.
• You will need to demonstrate a proven track record in building strong and successful sales teams, and retain a hands-on style.
• The ideal candidate will be a strategic individual who is proactive, energetic and possesses a real hunger to grow not only your personal strengths, but the strengths of The Newcastle Newspapers group.

Job Duties
• You will focus on growing our existing businesses' while also developing new revenue streams to achieve and exceed agreed revenue targets, goals and objectives.
• will develop and implement a range of sales strategies, both proactive and responsive, utilising our respected and trusted brands across our print & digital platforms.
• You will need to be able to develop localised strategies while building broad ranging business plans for implementation across the division

Reporting Line:
The position will be based in Newcastle, NSW and will report directly to the General Manager, Fairfax Regional Media Newcastle. In exchange for your talents, we will offer you a full time position with an attractive package including salary, commission, car allowance, car parking and a great career path with Fairfax Media.


Deadline Date: 14/02/2014

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