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Advertising Sports Sales Specialist
Cumulus Media
Chicago, IL, United States
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Cumulus Media: Chicago – WLS-AM is looking to add an experienced sports marketing seller to be an Account Executive of Play-by-Play Partnerships to represent the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox broadcast assets to advertisers in the Greater Chicago & NW Indiana market area.
About us
Cumulus Chicago currently features 4 stations in the Chicagoland area. WLS-AM, WLS-FM, WLUP-FM and WKQX-FM we reach well over a million listeners on a daily basis. WLS-AM carries the White Sox and Bulls radio broadcasts. At Cumulus Chicago we strive to hire passionate, driven, resourceful, problem solvers who have the ability to drive the evolving, diverse culture of the Power of Radio to success.
Cumulus owns and operates 460 radio stations in 94 U.S. markets, as well as Westwood One Networks, serving over 10,000 stations worldwide. Over 225 million people per week engage with a Cumulus or Westwood One asset making it an exciting and unique career opportunity! We are constantly creating new windows for success and strive to provide world class tools to help you succeed and reach your full potential as an employee. More recently, Cumulus is the proud creator of NASH- an exciting new lifestyle and entertainment brand targeting over 90 million country music fans nationwide.
Our ideal candidate should possess the following skills:
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with companies
• Build play-by-play sponsorship solutions focused against the advertisers brand/business goals
• Leverage the on-air and digital assets of both play-by-play and the Cumulus Chicago cluster
• Minimum of two (2) year sports sponsorship sales experience
• Successful track record of new business development
• Ability to create unique advertising programs for advertisers utilizing the station’s assets and beyond
• Desire to perform in an extremely high-energy and highly competitive environment
• Thrives in achieving goals/targets in a fast moving environment
• Ability, and high level of comfort, to cold call prospects on a daily basis and develop a robust pipeline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including MS Office proficiency
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred from an accredited university
What we offer:
• Recognition and reward for outstanding performance
• Competitive pay without a ceiling, and ability to incrementally increase income year over year
• Career advancement
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance package
• 401K with company match
• Vacation and Holidays
Cumulus is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
For immediate consideration, please complete the application process at http://www.cumulus.com/careers.