Trainee Media Sales Executive

Role Overview & Responsibilities

About the Company

Discover Magazines Ltd is a well established publisher of local magazines for South Hampshire offering its advertisers a range of marketing support services including design, print, leaflet distribution, websites and other marketing related services to help promote their business. Based in a bright and spacious office in Chandler’s Ford, Discover Magazine is busy publishing 8 publications, 6 times a year, letterbox delivered to 172,000 homes across South Hampshire. Discover Magazines is published by Langdon Scott Ltd which offers a range of marketing services to its advertisers. The company is successful, profitable and well established. We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Aim of the Role

To generate revenue through selling Discover products; predominantly media sales in Discover Magazines. Approach local businesses via social media to sell advertising - print and social media packages. To re-engage with lapsed advertisers and make them “live” again. To capitalise on the data and facilities within Hubspot CRM to generate sales enquiries for the team.

What you will be Doing

• Making outgoing sales calls to potential advertisers for your own pipeline and sales target.
• Generating your own inbound enquiries through e-marketing, postal campaigns and social media.
• Accurately and efficiently entering customer information into our CRM system.
• Booking a set number telephone appointments for Managing Director per months
• Administrative duties associated with the role

Role Information

• Salary: £19,000pa with OTE £26,000
• Hours/Days of Work: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week 9-5 Monday to Thursday & 9-4 Friday
• Reporting to: Business Development Director & Managing Director
• Annual Leave: 34 days including bank holidays and your birthday.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £19,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Eastleigh: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person