CBS Television Stations group seeks an Account Executive with experience in broadcast or OTT sales!

This position is hybrid-remote in our St. Petersburg, Florida sales office. Candidate will represent Independent WTOG locally, in addition to Paramount+ and Pluto TV streaming assets with reach across 210 DMAs nationwide.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain and develop a portfolio of clients, representing WTOG, Paramount+ and Pluto TV streaming assets.

• Collaborate with centers of excellence in developing strategic roadmaps to generate revenue across the portfolio.Maintain a business development pipeline; reporting, navigating, and prioritizing a prospect list to increase client participation across the portfolio.

• Maintain a business development pipeline; reporting, navigating, and prioritizing a prospect list to increase client participation across the portfolio.

• Establish oneself as an inspiring leader within the linear and streaming community, while evangelizing Paramounts unique position within the OTT streaming marketplace.

• Achieve sales goals across the portfolio.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Two-three years experience in broadcast (linear) sales with an emphasis in OTT streaming products among direct publishers or re-sellers.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in the business development arena.

• Depth in structuring and owning the sales cycle to closing business.

• Eye for business with a competitive, purposeful spirit.

• Applications including Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Nielsen, Comscore and WideOrbit

• Willingness to learn and adjust in a rapidly advancing workspace driven by local-market attribution and advanced targeting in both linear and streaming platforms.

EDUCATION LEVEL:

• Minimum : Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

• Major: Marketing/ Advertising/ Sales

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nations #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH ODONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in todays digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.

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