Account Executive - Nine Plus

  • Full-time

Company Description

Nine’s strategy is to create great content, distribute it broadly and engage audiences and advertisers. We are 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. 

Nine’s assets include the Nine Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investments in Domain Group and CarAdvice.

Job Description

Nine Plus is a national sales team within Nine. The Nine Plus team connect the country’s 40,000 small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with:

  • Nine Television (9HD, 9Gem, 9Go, 9Life, 9Rush, 9Now)
  • Nine Radio (2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR)
  • Nine Publishing (The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, The Sun Herald, Domain, Good Weekend, Sunday Life, Traveller and many more)
  • Nine Digital (9news.com.au, nine.com.au, smh.com.au, afr.com.au, caradvice.com.au, 9Honey.com.au and many more)

With access to the highest rating television and radio assets, the only automated television ad buying platform (9Voyager), the largest digital network and Australia’s best print and data offerings, Nine Plus is a one stop shop for SMEs.  The team is growing rapidly and we are searching for three (3) Account Executives to join our Sydney office, based in Australia Square.

Two roles will support our national television sales team, and the third role will support the national Nine Radio team.

To be considered for one of these positions, first and foremost, you will need to love Nine! You will be a regular viewer of Nine's free to air programming and a subscriber to 9Now, a listener to our radio network, and a reader of our newspapers and digital news platforms.

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.

Qualifications

You will need to have an understanding of the Australian media industry, and some other basic qualifications as follows:

  • Excellent customer service and communication skills
  • Professional personal presentation
  • 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, Saturn or Fusion).
  • Ability to operate collaboratively as part of a team, or autonomously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, dynamic environment.

The successful applicants will receive a generous salary and an opportunity to earn commission, based on the success of the team that they support. Your Group Business Director will work on a bespoke development plan with you, to upskill you and prepare you for career progression within the company.

Additional Information

Being part of our Nine Sales team means you will benefit from:

  • Participating in our Sales Academy to further your skills in both digital and broadcast sales
  • Our fun vibrant culture and large recognition program where we reward outstanding performance quarterly
  • Being rewarded through our highly competitive commission structure

All application must include CV and Cover Letter. 

 

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