Account Executive

Help St. Louis businesses grow through one of the region’s most trusted media brands.

SLM Media Group is looking for a driven, curious, and commercially minded Account Executive to help local businesses reach the St. Louis audiences that matter most.

This is a sales role for someone who enjoys building relationships, identifying opportunities, pitching ideas, and closing business. The right candidate does not need decades of media experience. They do need energy, confidence, discipline, and a genuine interest in helping businesses grow.

At SLM, you will represent a locally owned media company with deep credibility, a large and engaged audience, and a growing portfolio across print, digital, newsletters, events, branded content, and community experiences.

This is not just an advertising sales role. It is a growth role. You will help businesses tell their story, reach the right customers, build trust, and connect with St. Louis in a more meaningful way.

Build and grow a book of business: Identify new prospects, develop relationships with local business owners and marketers, and create long-term partnerships across the St. Louis region.

Sell integrated marketing solutions: Pitch campaigns that combine SLM’s trusted brands, engaged audiences, newsletters, digital platforms, events, print, sponsored content, and custom opportunities.

Hunt, pitch, and close: Own the sales process from prospecting to proposal to close. This role is best for someone who likes the challenge of creating opportunity, not waiting for it.

Become a trusted local partner: Understand each client’s business, goals, audience, and challenges, then recommend smart ways SLM can help them grow.

Collaborate across the company: Work closely with editorial, events, design, marketing, and operations teams to deliver campaigns that are creative, credible, and effective.

Stay close to the St. Louis market: Pay attention to what is happening across the region, including business openings, growth companies, restaurants, neighborhoods, cultural institutions, professional services, and civic life.

We are open to candidates with different backgrounds. The right person may come from media, marketing, events, hospitality, nonprofit advancement, business development, sponsorship sales, agency work, or another relationship-driven sales environment.

The strongest candidates will bring:

• A genuine enjoyment of sales, including prospecting, pitching, negotiating, and closing
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to earn trust quickly
• Curiosity about local businesses and what drives their growth
• Confidence presenting ideas to business owners, executives, and marketing leaders
• Discipline around follow-up, pipeline management, and revenue goals
• A creative mindset and ability to connect client needs with smart solutions
• Comfort with digital media, newsletters, events, content, and modern marketing tools
• A strong connection to St. Louis or a desire to become deeply plugged into the region

Prior media sales experience is helpful, but not required. Sales aptitude, drive, and coachability matter more.

You will likely do well in this role if you:

• Like meeting new people and opening doors
• Enjoy the satisfaction of closing business
• Are comfortable hearing “no” and staying persistent
• Want to build something over time, not just manage a list
• Care about St. Louis and want your work to be visible in the community
• Can balance relationship-building with clear revenue accountability
• Are motivated by both individual success and being part of a growing local company

This is not an order-taking role. It is a role for someone who wants to build a strong book of business and become a trusted partner to St. Louis companies.

SLM Media Group is locally owned, deeply rooted in St. Louis, and actively building the next generation of local media.

Our brands reach engaged, affluent, and influential audiences across the region. Our work spans journalism, newsletters, events, dining, business, family, home, arts, culture, and community life. We help people understand, experience, and connect with St. Louis.

For advertisers, that creates a powerful opportunity. For the right salesperson, it creates a strong platform to build relationships, grow revenue, and make a visible impact.

This role offers meaningful upside for someone who is motivated by growth, enjoys closing business, and wants to build a strong book of local client relationships.

You will join a team that values initiative, creativity, accountability, and local relationships. Your success will directly support both St. Louis businesses and the future of locally owned media.

• If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! Send a note and your resume to careers@stlmag.com.