Account Executive, CNN Mobile

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Reference: JOB11508
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Employer: CNN
Application deadline: CLOSED
Url: http://www.cnn.com/

Qualifications:

  • College Degree and 5+ years selling interactive media required, mobile sales experience a plus       
  • Proven track record of acquiring new business and building and maintaining client relationships
  • Strategic yet creative thinker-able to take concepts to reality       
  • Strong written and verbal communications       
  • Knowledge of Solbright, DART, Nielsen/NetRatings @Plan, Microsoft Excel and Word for Windows, E-mail systems a plus

Duties:    

  • Meet departmental and individual revenue goals
  • Actively prospect new mobile business and help grow existing client base, which will be achieved by pursuing mobile-only agencies, developing relationships with emerging media people at digital agencies and working closely with the digital AE's as they receive mobile RFPs
  • Maintain good working relationships with members of the team, especially pertaining to CNN Integration across all platforms
  • Work with all AEs,both TV and digital, to determine how mobile can be included in big tent pole sponsorships
  • Strengthen and expand relationships with both agency contacts and clients
  • Since mobile media is a nascent industry, mobile specialists should be able to evangelize mobile both externally and internally
  • Increase CNN Mobile's visibility in the marketplace
  • Use consultative approach to help build a new revenue stream for CNN       
  • Create an environment in which people feelcomfortable approaching the Mobile AE for creative ideas and solutions, technical knowledge and also marketplace knowledge Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers.

To Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to salesjobs@turner.com. Reference job number: 116316BR