Account Relationship Specialist

The Chattanooga Times Free Press seeks an Account Relationship Specialist to join and support our dynamic Advertising Team of sales professionals. 

Job Summary:
This is a support position to the Advertising Sales Team of Multimedia Sales Consultants and as customer service to advertisers and prospects. This is an inside role with the goal of supporting the Team by leading all support preparation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns, creating proposals, developing creative concepts for digital and print advertising, and leading the fulfillment interaction with advertising clients.

Company- Benefits and Compensation: Excellent benefits and salary compensation, aligned with industry structure and applicant experience.  As a media company that has been informing Chattanooga's readers, leaders and businesses the past 150+ years, we are well-known in the community and offer an extensive advertising portfolio of digital and traditional product platforms for our clients. We work in a fun environment of team productivity, in a fast-paced atmosphere.

Interested persons connect via "Apply" button below.  Include your complete contact information including phone number, email and work experience. Applicants will be subject to a background and drug screening.

Job Responsibilities and Skill Set:

• Must be highly detail oriented. 
• Self-motivation is required. 
• Must have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Must have accurate spelling and grammatical skills. 
• Must be highly computer literate and have an understanding of and navigational knowledge of PC and Windows operating systems, including use of Google Workspace and Google Drive, Microsoft Word for Windows, Excel and PowerPoint.  
• This individual will work to support the advertising process within deadlines and maintain records, contracts and accounting information.
• Must demonstrate the ability to work quickly and accurately to meet daily media production deadlines. 
• Must use a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all related production activities. 
• Must have the ability to visualize the advertiser's concepts and bring them to successful completion. 
• Must be able to produce professional letters and sales presentations that are factually correct, grammatically correct and spelled properly.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly motivated team-centric environment. 
• Must have good layout/design sense. 
• Must be able to operate general office equipment such as desktop computer, laptop and copy machines. Knowledge of iPad use is a plus.
• Performance will be measured on ability to maintain excellent team and customer service, and to help support the Multimedia Advertising Sales Consultants to secure, maintain and increase revenue and market share. 

Education and Experience:  High school diploma or GED equivalent. Media industry experience is preferred but not required.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual assigned to this position.  Job results and criteria are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job.  It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.  All requirements, however, are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.  Employees have the responsibility of notifying their Supervisor and Human Resources of any disability that may require their position or responsibilities to be modified.

Chattanooga Publishing Company/Chattanooga Times Free Press is an Equal Opportunity Employer.