VP/Market Manager
Cumulus Media Inc.

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CUMULUS MEDIA | Shreveport/Bossier City, LA is searching for an exceptional individual to join us as our VP/Market Manager due to an internal promotion. Our market leaders have the support of great products and assets, tremendous training tools, and a team that supports business development and rewards performance.

Cumulus Media of Shreveport/Bossier City currently features 5 stations in the metro area and surrounding counties. With a diverse group of stations we hyper-sever the marketplace with top rated mainstream urban, KMJJ-FM and urban AC, KVMA-FM. In addition to those great brands our cluster is also home to legendary country station, KRMD-FM. We also serve the local community with our hot AC KQHN-FM and Lite-Rock KRMD-AM. In addition we have a robust digital sales portfolio and strong events calendar. At Cumulus Shreveport/Bossier City we strive to hire passionate, driven, resourceful, problem solvers who have the ability to drive the evolving, diverse culture of the Power of Radio to success.

Competency:

• Approaches role as a coach would

• Continually raises standard of performance

• Invests resources in actions to reach long-term goals

• Empowers team and allows them to own their work

• Sees more opportunities and fewer obstacles

• Type of person talented professionals naturally follow

• Makes sound business decisions in alignment with leadership objectives

Focus:

• Identify, recruit and develop high-performance sales talent and build a successful team to ensure continued top-line growth

• Lead the local and regional sales effort and focus on diversifying the broadcast sales portfolio and penetrate growth business categories

• Drive sales, deliver growth, exceed goals and live in the details of the business

• Work across departments to optimize execution

• Contribute your talents and time to meeting challenges, solving problems and rising to the opportunities before us

• Ensure every decision has a thoughtful game plan to tactfully execute

• Takes responsibility for our teams' efforts and outcomes, celebrating successes

Job Requirements:

• Qualifications:
  
  • Steady career progression as a top performer
  
  • Ideal background a successful track record and reputation as one of the "best" in the advertising sales solutions including integrated, idea-based programs utilizing on-air, on-site, and digital
  
  • Strong business acumen and understanding of lead generation, CRM, account/business development
  
  • Strong goal orientation and ability to coach and lead the sales team
  
  • 7-8 years of steady progression as a sales leader
  
  • 2-3 years' experience as a sales manager or higher
  
  • Responsible for budgeting, strategic account planning and basic understanding of financial statements
  
  • 5 years' experience managing an outside b2b sales force
  
  • Strong understanding of lead generation, CRM/SFA and account mgmt.
  
  • Must be a recognized top-performer, high-energy/hard charging personality with strong goal-orientation and ability to coach and mentor
  
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  
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  What We Offer:
  
  • Competitive pay with performance incentives
  
  • Focused, responsible and collaborative work environment with the ability, to ask "what if" and try innovative solutions
  
  • Supportive Leadership
  
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance coverage
  
  • 401K with company match to plan for the long-term
  
  • Paid Vacation & Holidays
  

For immediate consideration, please visit

https://cumulusmedia.jobs.net/

For more information about CUMULUS MEDIA, visit our website at:

https://www.cumulusmedia.com/

CUMULUS MEDIA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

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Job Snapshot

Employee Type
Full-Time

Location
Shreveport, LA (Onsite)

Job Type
Media - Journalism - Newspaper

Experience
Not Specified

Date Posted
09/03/2024

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