**Position** : Account Executive - Travel and Tourism

**Location** : Cleveland, OH

**_Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are at the core of our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve._**

As an **Advance Local Account Executive with Cleveland.com** , you will be part of a dynamic sales team driving advertising revenue for one of the country's largest privately-owned media companies. Your sales success will come from new business development efforts, as well as client growth, through our industry-leading digital and print advertising products. You'll be supported by our leadership team, our interactive sales and product training program, and our commitment to provide resources for your successful sales career.

**In this role, you will:**

Achieve your sales goals by prospecting new business and developing existing accounts to grow our overall brand

Meet with local business owners and decision-makers to uncover and understand their business needs and goals so that you can advise clients on our comprehensive product mix including print, digital, search, video and mobile solutions

Work with colleagues to design custom advertising and marketing solutions that fit your clients' needs

Present solutions to clients, working collaboratively to achieve the product mix aligned to their goals

Further your client relationships through retention and upselling

Review campaign results, learn from data and celebrate your successes

Work with our advertising fulfillment team to provide accurate information for each client campaign

**For this position we're looking for candidates with:**

Proven success of increasing sales in a competitive marketplace, using a needs-based selling approach ideally in travel and tourism

Experience in digital advertising would give you a head start

Skills build on to effectively negotiate and close sales with our products

Ability to build rapport and confidence with clients

Excellent communication skills - to write, create and deliver effective presentations

Self-motivation and resilience

Ability to effectively organize your day, multi-task by pivoting to various sales activities to build your pipeline, and work under deadlines

Familiarity with CRM sales management software experience, ideally SalesForce (we'll provide training)

Solid skills in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Power Point & Excel to create presentations and review data.

Bachelor's degree or a combination of education with related experience

This job requires reliable transportation to meet with customers.

Advance Ohio is a digitally focused company that operates cleveland.com and Sun News and is responsible for multimedia ad sales, marketing and content for The Plain Dealer, Sun News, and cleveland.com.

Advance Ohio is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 58 million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit www.advancelocal.com .

Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a substantial 401k plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

_Advance Local Media is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law._

Advance Local does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.