Time Inc. Lifestyle Digital Group – RealSimple.com
Description:
The Time Inc Lifestyle Digital Group is looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, focused individual to assist with all aspects of our online sales and marketing efforts. The Sales Development Manager will be responsible for generating ideas and responses to digital and integrated RFPs for the RS brand specifically. They will work on sales and marketing materials and provide overall support for the online advertising efforts within the team. We are looking for a self-starter, who can think creatively and strategically, can work collaboratively as a team player, and has very strong presentation and interpersonal skills. We are looking for someone who is highly detail oriented, can thrive in a deadline-driven environment and has familiarity with online advertising platforms and executions. This is an ideal position for a candidate with strong online marketing/advertising experience to grow within an exciting and dynamic organization. This position is based in New York.

Specific Responsibilities:
• Develop compelling sales proposals and presentations for rapidly growing digital business. Work closely with the digital sales and product teams to develop new and creative programs that deliver on client objectives for all online RFPs – Including brainstorm participation, working with edit/product teams to assess program feasibility and delivery of digital portion of proposals.
• Work closely with both the RealSimple Sales Team and digital product team to develop new and creative programs that deliver on client objectives for all online RFPs.
• Collaborate with the RealSimple Magazine’s Integrated Marketing team to create compelling integrated programs (print, digital, and TV) and to integrate online components into all client proposals.
• Attend and present at digital agency clients where appropriate
• Create and oversee production of all online ad sales materials and collateral, incorporating research data where necessary.
• Lend direction with regard to development of rich media, contests and sweepstakes, and other non-standard advertising programs for clients. Be able to bid these projects out to external vendors for both creative and/or production.
• Work with RealSimple.com management to develop efficient and effective pricing models, and assist in maintaining the rate card, including production costs, for all inventory across the site.
• Manage and update performance and pipeline reports.

Candidate Attributes:
• Candidates must have at least 2-3+ years of successful sales, or account planning/management or marketing experience within the digital media space- preferably on the display side of the business. Experience with a digital agency or media content site and the selling of cross-platform programs desirable.
• Must have strong creative marketing & ‘story-telling’ skills.
• Must have strong client-facing presentation skills.
• Must have excellent communications and interpersonal skills, and be an enthusiastic team player.
• A solid grasp of online inventory management and ad serving processes is required.
• Must have strong knowledge of various online advertising platforms, ad serving technologies and creative executions (Rich Media, DART, Atlas, etc)
• Desire to work in fast-growth, entrepreneurial environment
• Must possess a working knowledge of the online metrics and research tools used in the marketplace (i.e. MediaMetrix, Nielsen NetRatings, Omniture). Quantitative skills for analysis of this data also a plus.
• Strong time management and organizational skills are essential.
• Must be proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Photoshop skills are a plus

Please apply by using the following link;
Http://jobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_home.asp?partnerid=391&siteid=5161&Codes=NWOM,119290BR