Nine
Account Executive - Sports
We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.
Sales and customer success
Full-time
Hybrid | Brisbane, QLD, AU
Visa sponsorship · No
Entry Level · A role for someone with underlying potential, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically no direct experience is required.
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Why Nine
Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.
Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.
We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.
About the role
We are currently seeking an Account Executive to join the Sport Sales Team within the Brisbane office.
Our Sport Account Executives are natural organisers who underpin a team of high functioning Executives with first class internal support. Reporting to the Sport Sales Manager, your primary focus will be to service the administrative needs of the team, whilst ensuring the delivery of superior operational service in a timely manner.
Day to day you will:
- Manage a pipeline of sales support within the internal booking system with a high degree of attention to detail & punctuality
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across several internal departments & external clients alike
- Work closely with the Sport Sales team to create and deliver market leading responses and solutions for clients
- Proactively identify opportunities for revenue and business growth
Qualifications
Experience is preferred, but not essential. You will enjoy working within a close-knit, high performing team. You will quickly become a critical support role – aiding a team of sales professionals as they generate proposals, negotiate bookings, deliver effective campaigns and then report on the success.
What we would like to see on your resume:
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Prior experience and a strong level of understanding of a business’s internal software systems (for example, Salesforce, Google suite incl. Gmail etc.)
- Ability to operate collaboratively as part of a team, or autonomously in a fast-paced, deadline driven, dynamic environment
What you'll be responsible for
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Account Retention and Expansion
Proactively identify opportunities for expansion and limit risk of churn by collaborating with clients to deliver on actions
Skills you'll need
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Results orientation
Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them
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Written communication
Writes in a clear and structured format to convey information and ideas effectively to a target audience
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Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
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