# Account Executive

**Company**: TEGNA Inc.
**Location**: New Orleans, LA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive base + commission
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and results-driven technology or digital media sales account executive to join our team at WWL WUPL-TV New Orleans. This role is responsible for driving revenue growth through the sale of digital and television media solutions.

### Key Responsibilities:

- Identify and secure new business opportunities across multiple digital channels, including streaming, online video and display, and content marketing solutions.

- Develop and nurture long-term relationships with clients, ensuring their marketing needs are met and identifying areas for upselling and cross-selling additional services.

- Provide consultative solutions to clients by understanding their business goals, analyzing market trends, and recommending tailored marketing strategies that drive results.

- Research industry trends and competitor offerings to develop a robust pipeline of prospective clients and stay ahead of market shifts.

- Craft compelling sales presentations and proposals that showcase the value of our media offerings, using data and insights to communicate potential ROI.

- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure successful campaign execution, monitoring performance, and optimizing for maximum effectiveness and client satisfaction.

- Regularly review and report on sales targets, campaign performance, and key metrics to clients and internal stakeholders.

- Work closely with the account management, and product teams to align on campaign strategies, creative assets, and ad placements that meet clients’ needs.

- Strategically use CRM and prospecting tools to manage and achieve quotas as it pertains to activity metrics and revenue goals.

### Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in digital media sales, advertising, or a related industry.

- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets in a competitive environment.

- Strong understanding of digital marketing channels and industry trends, including programmatic, streaming media, display, video, social, and content marketing.

- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

- Ability to interpret data and analytics to provide actionable insights.

- Self-motivated, with a passion for sales and digital media.

- Proficient in CRM software and Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with ad management tools a plus.

### Preferred Skills:

- Experience in working with business owners and/or agency clients.

- Knowledge of streaming and digital media.

- Familiarity with tools like Google Analytics, DSPs, and SSPs.

### Benefits:

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

## Skills

### Required
- digital media sales
- advertising
- CRM software
- Microsoft Office Suite

### Nice to have
- Google Analytics
- DSPs
- SSPs
- streaming and digital media

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