LOCALiQ are a digital media and advertising agency within the Newsquest media group. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Field Sales Consultant in our commercial team, and it’s never been a better time to join us on the next chapter of our journey. Average yearly bonus across the group is £8000 however the scheme is uncapped so sky’s the limit with earning potential and we have great company benefits too.
A day in the life at LOCALiQ. You will be a natural communicator and spend your days developing new business relationships and account management of the existing business, advising on the best solutions, and increasing customer spend. You should be happy to communicate over phone, email, face to face at client meetings and video calling with your clients. You will showcase our products and digital-led solutions best suited to the needs of the client. You will be hunting for new business opportunities through a sourcing strategy. We are all about bespoke solutions and will give you the freedom to manage your clients effectively.
What does success in this role looks like? To be successful in this role, you must be driven by targets and KPIs and thrive on exceptional customer service. You will be goal orientated and driven to succeed. You should enjoy a reward culture and have plans to grow your career in media, by taking on continuous self-learning projects. We want to support and help our employees to evolve in their career and aspirations and will support you in your growth plans. You would require access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence for this role, a background in advertising sales or from a digital marketing agency would be an advantage but not essential. The role will include business to business sales via telephone, video and face to face meetings to prospective clients for digitally-led solutions best suited to the customer’s needs, established by effective questioning and information gathering with the client, alongside efficient research into the customers’ business or vertical. You will be selling and maximising marketing spend from a given category and/or territory by continuous sourcing of new or lapsed business. You will develop multimedia led revenues through self-generated calls utilising lapsed customer reports and new business lead lists. You will have the autonomy of growing unique customer counts through effective territory management and competitor management (with minimal supervision/direction from management)
Benefits
1. No weekends or evening work
2. A competitive basic salary
3. Uncapped Commission Scheme
4. Workplace Pension
5. Perks & Discounts
6. Opportunities for team building and training days
7. Full 25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off!
8. Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
9. Discount Vouchers
10. Discounted Gym membership
11. Cycle to Work scheme
12. Mental Health Support via Lifeworks
13. Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses.
14. Annual Volunteer Charity day