Description
Here at LOCALiQ, we have a great opportunity for a full-time Sales Consultant to join our advertising team based in Kendal. Our well-known media brands include The Westmorland Gazette, In-Cumbria, and News & Star which offer great advertising platforms for the local business community.
As a Media Sales Consultant, you'll be telephoning existing, lapsed and new customers regarding their advertising and marketing needs. Once trained and using great questions you will easily be able to explain the benefits of our advertising products and how they work to promote events & brands and provide a greater online presence.
The key products you will be trained to sell include print and online display adverts, Facebook advertising, and video services. The calls are unscripted, allowing you to reach out with your personality and style.
Key Responsibilities
Ideally, you will have a background in sales or customer services, you'll be someone who enjoys speaking with people who easily build rapport. You must be able to thrive in a busy, target-focused sales environment.
We offer full training and ongoing development so this is a great chance to step into the world of media and expand your knowledge of advertising and digital marketing while earning a good basic salary with an additional monthly commission.
Benefits
* No weekends or evening work
* Uncapped Commission Scheme
* Workplace Pension
* Perks & Discounts via “Newsquest Benefits”
* Opportunities for team building and training days
* Full 25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off!
* Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
* Discount Vouchers
* Discounted Gym membership
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Mental Health Support via Lifeworks
* Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses
* Annual volunteer charity day
LOCALiQ is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Our recruitment process will consist of various stages and activities, as part of our commitment to fairness to all applicants, we will consider any adjustments that could help you.
A name you can trust - we’ve been a part of your community for generations.
LOCALiQ is the name for all that Newsquest Media Group does today, from trusted local newspapers and websites to digital marketing services that can help you reach new customers as you’ve never been able to before.
LOCALiQ is the name that combines your trusted local news brand with digital marketing.
It hasn’t replaced the name of your local Newsquest newspaper and its website, but it encompasses everything we can offer.
Those services include online advertising and best-in-class digital marketing, backed by data gathered from our 1.5 million local campaigns and 45 million monthly users.
Put our experts to work for you, and we believe you’re hiring the best marketing partner a business can have.