Account Executive

**Company Description**
Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company - the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want - across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

As an Account Executive you will assist the sales team with quality office support. This will include processing and managing the placement of media bookings, generating reports and other associated administrative work. You will respond to client requests and meet and greet with clients at relevant sales functions.

Our Account Executives are organised, driven and able to work independently to deliver outstanding results and best in market service to our clients. You will work within a fast-paced, high-performing, and energetic sales team who push boundaries and lead the media sales industry.

**Day to day you will**:

- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, agencies, and clients
- Work with Sales Executives to identify opportunities for growth from new clients, as well as from current and lapsed client lists
- Work with Sales Executives to generate effective and compelling advertising proposals
- Accurately set up accounts and process advertising bookings
- Manage and deliver campaigns
- Provide effective, timely and accurate responses to client enquiries

**Qualifications**
You are a self-starter who is organised, driven and committed to delivering outstanding results and best in market service to our clients.

You pride yourself on your positive and professional communication style, and enjoy participating in a collaborative, results-driven team environment. You are supportive of others and always willing and share new information and innovative ideas with the team.

You are eager to learn and have the ambition to build your Media Sales career from the ground up. You will be excited to get your foot in the door of Australia’s largest locally owned media company and motivated by the multitude of opportunities that it presents.

**What we would like to see on your resume**:

- Experience working under pressure and meeting deadlines while maintaining high attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to take steps to solve a problem and resolve issues and complaints
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written
- Advanced skills with Microsoft office and Google Workspace

**Additional Information** Being part of our Nine Sales team means you will benefit from**:

- Opportunity to build your skills by completing Sales Academy - our bespoke training and development program for Sales.
- Every day is flexible - we believe in the future of work where our work is led by task and purpose.
- Complimentary subscriptions to all our platforms including Sydney Morning Herald, AFR, The Age, Brisbane Times and WA today.
- Exclusive invitations to Nine Events - whether you are a fan of The Hundred or the NRL, it could be you sitting in the audience

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**:
At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.