Telephone Directory Sales Assistant
- Employer
- The Villages
- Location
- The Villages, Florida
- Salary
- Open
- Posted
- Feb 03, 2025
- Closes
- Apr 04, 2025
- Ref
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- Industry
- Entertainment / Leisure
- Category
- Sales, Technician / Mechanic
- Workplace
- In-Office
Within the spirit of “Making People's Dreams Come True”, this position is responsible for assisting telephone directory sales and management staff in performing various duties. These duties are accomplished while delivering Raving Fans customer service to both internal and external customers.
Part Time, Onsite Position
Responsibilities:
- Write insertion tickets, cancellations, telephone messages, etc. as required. Pull duplicate tear sheets as needed.
- Call customers for proof of changes as requested.
- Act as a liaison with ad services, accounting, and the printing plant as needed.
- Enter ad sales orders into the system in an accurate and efficient manner.
- Communicate with directory sales representatives about ticket content and layout issues in a timely manner.
- Create publication templates and import ads for special sections of the directory, newspaper, magazines, and various publications.
- Create and ensure dummy pages are correct, print order sheets and color sheets. Send correct and approved sheets to editorial, pre-press and the printing plant for production.
- Communicate changes to editorial, pre-press and the printing plant in a timely and effective manner.
- Calculate total advertising cost for customer.
- Place advertisements within a set deadline time
- Collect payments for advertisements.
- Cold call advertisers by telephone and face-to-face.
- Email or send sales materials and ad proofs to customers.
- Record sales calls indicated on call reports against the master account list.
- Track competitive media as requested.
- Check digital cameras in and out with sales staff.
- Keep history of contracts, rotation of wheels advertisers, and other weekly tracking as requested.
- All other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience Requirements:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three (3) months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and Entourage (or equivalent).