Social Media Communications Specialist jobs in Columbia, MD

About Adams Publishing Group:

APG provides complete news & advertising products, driven to provide high-quality services that make a positive difference through 27 dailies, over 90 non-daily, and, collectively, over 220 media-related products and associated websites in 20 states across three regions. APG is a family-owned community newspaper company, growing, not to get bigger, but to get better.

Job Summary 
The Multimedia Account Executive carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas:  Meet or exceed sales objectives in sales are of responsibility by promoting strong customer service skill sets and selling multi-media advertising through professional selling techniques, product service, and maintaining a relationship with both short and long term customers.

Job Functions

The successful candidate must be a flexible, self-starters, attentive to details, diplomatic, able to provide direction, and able to multi-task. This position will work with different personality types and across a number of publications. Candidates for this position should have strong interpersonal skills and client orientation and exhibit an ability to work effectively with internal and external contacts as a team member as well as a team leader.

Essential Functions:

• Perform job duties and conduct self in accordance with company core values. 

• Initiate and nurture effective, professional relationships with internal and external contacts.

• Support and achieve individual, and company goals

• Organized

• Acquire, retain, and up-sell new and existing client base

• Make collection calls

• Attends departmental meetings and company meetings as scheduled

• Maintain daily sales call log submitted to Advertising Manager daily

• Corresponding through email, telephone, and meeting with clients

• Expected to utilize various Social Networking tools for company business

• Learn and sell online products as they are introduced to the company

Minimum Requirements:

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of sales experience in the print and multimedia industry.

Reliable transportation required. Must maintain a current valid drivers license and current proof of vehicle liability insurance.

Technology Skills:     

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is required.

Education:           

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred.

Benefits:

• 6 Paid Holidays

• PTO with rollover per calendar year

• Health Coverage, choice of two plans, employee premium cost-shared by the company, coverage effective on the first of the month after 60 days of employment

• HSA, FSA: medical care, dependent care, and limited purpose

• Dental & Vision coverage

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability, premium paid 100% by the company

• Voluntary Life/AD&D

• $50,000.00 Basic Life/AD&D policy, premium paid 100% by the company

• Pet Insurance

• Legal

• ID Theft Protection