Job Description
Are you an entrepreneurial student, graduate or young person, looking for the opportunity to build your own business with the support of a National Business?
We are looking to recruit a Sales Consultant to work for a growing National Student Newspaper in Preston. The purpose of this role is to build relationships with local businesses and enable them to target the student market. Selling advertising space and informing your clients of the other marketing mediums the newspaper has to offer will be your ultimate goal, however you may also choose to get involved in other areas of the business such as distribution.
The role will involve:
- Advising businesses on the local student market
- Highlighting the benefits and matching the ideal marketing mediums to your customers
- Being the main point of contact for local businesses wishing to target students via marketing
- Selling advertising to clients
- Expanding client base and Management of current clients
- Involvement with distribution if you wish
The ideal candidate:
- Will be highly entrepreneurial
- Have evidence of being self-motivated & excellent time management skills
- Have a confident & tenacious attitude
- Will be friendly & approachable
- Able to communicate effectively and get along with a diverse range of people
- Willingness to learn and adapt
- Presentable
Qualifications
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- No experience is necessary as all training will be provided
- Basic Word & Excel understanding
- Maths & English GCSE A-C minimum