BIRN Job Opportunities

Online Advertising Sales at  BIRN / BalkanInsight.com

Experience: Entry-level or higher
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Application Deadline: January 1, 2012

Job Summary

 BIRN is looking for a web advertising sales person for their flagship publication BalkaInsight.com. Experience in international sales or regional selling to international clients is an asset.

Responsibilities

 Complete Account Management:

• initiating contact with potential advertisers and sponsors
• maintaining relationships with existing customers
• explaining the advertising and sponsorship opportunities offered by Balkan Insight / BIRN
• drafting and modifying sales contracts, sales pitches, promotional brochures
• Ability to cold call, that is, in order to increase advertising sales, place phone calls or visit offices of potential clients unannounced in order to establish new business relationships

Networking and Sales:

• Liase and maintain regular contact with BIRN regional offices, partners and associates to build an internal lead generating netwrok
• Liaise and maintain regular contact with Media Buying Agencies in South East Europe and beyond to arrange lead creation and conversion
• Use the full potential of and expand the organisation's social media presence for identifying and generating leads, as well as creating visibility and a reputation for BalkanInsight.com as quality niche advertising platform

Technical Skills:

• Operative knowledge of Google DFP, Google Analytics, 37 Signals Highrise or ability to quickly learn using these and similar web analytics, client management and sales tools
• Proficiency in the use of office and internet communications tools in a Windows 7 / Mac OS X environment

Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in Sales/Marketing, Business Management, PR and Communications or related field
• Minimum 2 years experience in web advertising sales with letters of recommendation from employers and a success portfolio to show
• Excellent command of spoken and written English, good communication, presentation and reporting skills
• Ability to work under pressure, provide creative input for producing new packages and services with supervisor, possess an inner drive and responsibility towards daily, weekly, monthly and long-term goals and milestones

Contact

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV with a cover letter to office@birn.eu.com