Sales Assistant

Profile

Leaf Group is a diversified consumer internet company that builds enduring, creator-driven brands that reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories, including fitness and wellness (Well Good and Livestrong), and art and design (Saatchi Art, Society6, and Hunker).  Our mission is to build platforms across our media and marketplace properties to enable communities of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories, while also helping advertisers find innovative ways to engage with their customers.

Leaf Group’s Media Division is looking for a

Sales Assistant

to support the Senior Vice President of Revenue and the sales team, from our New York office.

You’ll Report To: Senior Vice President of Revenue

A big vision calls for a big job.  As we grow, our need for a

Sales Assistant

grows with us.

A typical day as a Sales Assistant might include:

Assist the SVP of Revenue with including but not limited to:

Weekly Sales Meeting deck prep

Organizing and scheduling client meetings

Calendar management

Contact management

Sales event planning

Assist the sales team with including but not limited to:

Meeting prep such as client facing meeting decks and brand materials as well as assisting with pre-calls

Organizing lunch and learns with clients

Trade Show prep and outreach

Organizing sales-focused events and gifting

Prospecting for key accounts

Engaging in client-follow-ups and maintaining relationships

Conducting audience research via comScore

Use of SellerCrowd, MoatPro, MediaRadar for pulling marketplace intelligence

Develop relationships with each Account Executive to learn key accounts and seller strategy

Take the lead on inbound advertising process and handle new client inquiries

Competitive Analysis and Marketplace Trend-Spotting:

Report and deliver a bi-weekly analysis of live campaigns in the marketplace to be shared team-wide

Conduct on-going competitive analysis reporting on category content and spend

Conduct quarterly marketplace analysis on brand tentpole alignment

Desired Skills:

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

You’ll be successful if you are a hard worker with a positive attitude and can provide excellent proactive, detailed, and comprehensive support to the sales team with a desire to grow within the department. An interest in wellness is a plus.

What You Have:

2 years of experience assisting a VP and above as well as a team

Attention to detail

A can-do attitude

Superior organization skills

Ability to be a smart and quick thinker

Excellent verbal and written communication

Not afraid to wear multiple hats - no job being too small or too large

We're casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly. A pleasant and supportive demeanor goes a long way

Who We Are:

We create experiences that celebrate the best of art, design, and technology. We want smart, curious people committed to putting people first, having fun while they work, a commitment to high quality service to make things better and a desire for constant growth. We work in a fun, hard-working collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. Check us out here: https://www.leafgroup.com/brands/

What We Have:

Competitive compensation and benefits packages

Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably

Well Good is the 2018 winner of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company Award

MyPlate is the 2018 winner of the Webby Award for Best Design

Cool office environment and culture

Discounted gym memberships

Paid-to-play vacation rewards

Discretionary unlimited vacation time

Employee discounts for Saatchi Art, Society6, and Deny Designs

401K

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible Spending Accounts

Agency Disclosure:

If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.

Company info

Demand Media, Inc.
Website : http://www.demandmedia.com