Sales Executive

Paramount Australia & New Zealand is a division of Paramount International Networks, which in turn is a division of Paramount Global. 

Paramount is a global media & entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Peach, 10 Shake, 10 Bold), subscription channels (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central), our digital platform 10 Play and our new subscription video on demand service Paramount+.  

We have a permanent full time Sales role based in ADELAIDE.

The Sales Executive will be primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day running of top-tier clients under the guidance of a Group Sales Manager. 

What you’ll be doing as a Sales Executive:

•    Managing an agency portfolio and responsible for revenue and share targets. 
•    Proactively meeting with agencies/presenting opportunities
•    Working towards and achieving set budgets and reaching revenue targets
•    Negotiating deals and responding to client briefs.
•    Working cohesively with broadcast, digital and integration teams to provide holistic solutions for our clients. 
•    Working in conjunction with Effect Account Manager on developing and selling premium sponsorship opportunities
•    Proactively prospecting and qualifying new business opportunities to deliver on revenue targets and share. 
•    Identify opportunities to streamline process and improve productivity
•    Build strong relationships with clients and agencies. 
•    Embrace new sales initiatives and improvements
•    Managing a Sales Assistant

What are we looking for in a Sales Executive? What’s important?

•    Experience in a similar B2B Media sales/Account Management experience
•    Proactive and service driven
•    Strong Account Management skills and ability to build internal and external relationships.
•    Ability to pull together a business plan and execute strategic priorities to grow revenue and share
•    Ability to work autonomously on key projects and opportunities
•    Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
•    High level of detail, flexibility, time management and accuracy
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•    Professional and confident presentation skills
•    Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt and meet deadlines
•    IBMS and Mediawise software knowledge (not essential)

We have a tight-knit team in Adelaide just waiting to welcome you to the Paramount sales team.

Online applications only.

Why Paramount? 

We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day.  However, for now we’ll just leave you with how our employees feel about us: 

• 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor) 
• We hold a 4.1 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles) 

Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation. 

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures. 

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At Paramount, there is no such thing as the ‘perfect candidate’  

Seeing responsibilities and competencies laid out on paper can be confronting. At this stage of the recruitment process, sometimes imposter syndrome can creep in and mess with our confidence.   Please know that we list these items to give you an opportunity to show us your potential and how you can grow and transform with us. Your ability to demonstrate that you have the real potential to develop the required capabilities, knowledge, and experience to perform in this role is what we would like to hear from you. Where possible, you should support your claims with specific examples of what you have done, and how you did it.