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Current INM vacancies

Published: 09 November 2006

Current vacancies for INM are as follows:

Please @ to apply for any vacancy, submitting a covering letter (including the name of the position for which you are applying), current salary and CV.

Contract Sales Manager

Reporting to: Commercial Manager - New Ventures

Area: Syndication

Main purpose of job: Managing and selling content contracts to international media clients, developing new revenue streams for 'content' related business.

Duties/Responsibilities:

* Overseeing and growing current portfolio of international newspaper clients

* Manage complete sales cycle from inception to completion of contracts to new clients

* Work on developing new content products and services to market to a range of traditional and new media (text, pictures and graphics)

* Negotiate terms and fees, draw up contracts

* Work closely and manage sales team in generating new leads and new revenue streams

* Develop, where necessary, oversees agencies to sell content on The Independents behalf where geographical or language differences dictate

* Develop database of potential clients for all content sales

* Work with Contract Sales Executive (CSE) to formalise strategy to monetise the 'aggregator' marketplace

* Work closely with CSE to develop, expand and manage 'Events' related business

* Manage and grow existing database contracts (Lexis Nexis, Factiva etc)

* Prepared to travel overseas to visit existing client base and sell content solutions to new clients

Skills/Experience

* Business to business sales experience

* Syndication of content

* Strategic, overseas sales experience

* Appreciation of the value of content to business

* Newspaper experience - preferably having worked with Editorial

* 4+ years management/sales/account management experience

* Educated to degree level

* Effective communicator

Closing date: 31 January 2006

Please @ to apply for any vacancy, submitting a covering letter (including the name of the position for which you are applying), current salary and CV.

Advertising Account Executive

Reporting to: Group Head

Area: Classified Advertising Department

Main purpose of job: To maximise advertising revenue for an allocated product range from a specified set of clients via the telephone

Duties/Responsibilities:

* 1½ hours of calls per day

* Managing and developing existing client accounts

* Identifying potential growth areas and lead sourcing

* Generating new business

* Using research tools such as NRS and TGI to assist in achieving revenue targets

* Keeping records up to date and accurately using the Adtaker booking system

Training:

* Induction Course - including newspaper history, competitor analysis, glosssary of terms, Adtaker system

* Basic sales skills

* Objection Handling

* Negotiation

* Product training

No agencies please.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Please @ to apply for any vacancy, submitting a covering letter (including the name of the position for which you are applying), current salary and CV.