Careers

Advertising Manager - Ulster Gazette

Location: Armagh

Closing date: 17 September 2010

Contact: Completed applications with covering letter to:- The Personnel Office Alpha Newspaper Group Unit 179 Moygashel Mills Moygashel Dungannon, BT71 7HB Tel: 028 8772 2274

Contact E-Mail: personnel@alphanewspapers.co.uk

Advertising Manager

  1. Essential Criteria
  2. Previous sales experience
  3. Previous managerial/supervisor experience
  4. Ability to meet targets/deadlines
  5. Ability to manage and motivate staff
  6. Full driving Licence/use of a car
  7. Good spoken and written English

 

Desireable Criteria

  1. Enthusiastic, outgoing personality
  2. Enjoy meeting and working with the public
  3. Good local knowledge of the commercial area covered by The Ulster Gazette
  5. Please note - We reserve the right to enhance criteria at shortlisting
  6. Completed applications must reach us by 4.00pm on the closing date.

 

Advertising Manager - Job Description

As Advertising Manager, the Employee will be required to fulfil all duties commensurate with this position in a professional manner, which duties include but are not limited to the following:

- fulfil the role of Advertising Managing by working on the advertising aspect of the newspaper
- organise and manage the advertising department including reporting to personnel
- responsibility for all selling of advertising in the newspaper, in association with the advertising staff, above the stated minimum rates.
- co-ordination with advertising teams throughout the Group and generation of ideas for all Group publications
- act professionally at all times in dealing with customers/clients of the Company
- comply with all direction from the Group Advertising Manager and/or such persons that may be designated by the Board
- maintaining the ethos and advertising philosophy as directed by the Group Advertising Manager
- responsibility for preparing page plans for advertising within the newspaper layout
- responsibility for achieving and where possible exceeding target sales as set by the Group Advertising Manager and the Board
- Any advertising that has been received must be completed and ready to be handed over to production prior to leaving work.
- organisation and attending at all advertising meetings, as requested
- co-ordination with advertising teams throughout the Alpha Newspaper Group (the 'Group') and generation of ideas for all Group publications
- ensure that The Ulster Gazette advertising team work in a manner that is effective and efficient
- to take photographs for advertising / marketing purposes.
- ensure delivery of advertising to deadline
- abide by the accounts black list policy
- maintain a customer relations database
- complying with all advertising requests of the Group Advertising Manager and/or such persons that may be designated by the Board
- produce weekly lists of contact details for front-office staff to do tele-sales.
- ensure provision of reception/switchboard duties for leave cover
- attend and/or organise promotional/marketing events, as directed by the Group Advertising Manager or the Board including their representatives.
- Organise competitions/promotions at the direction of the Group Advertising Manager.
- make every effort to promote the interests of the Company and the Group
- any other tasks identified by senior management which are conducive to the effective operation of your role