Sales Account Executive

Dayton is a friendly, affordable midwestern city with much to offer, known as the birthplace of aviation, featuring restaurants, festivals, museums, sports, and entertainment. Forbes named it one of the top 20 best cities for career professionals, and Trulia ranked it the #2 least expensive city to live in. As a Local Account Executive, you will drive growth for local businesses by offering targeted screen-based advertising solutions, including digital platforms, CTV/OTT, video, search, social, digital display, and broadcast television.

Must Have

• Meet financial budget goals using Nexstar advertising products to prospect, develop, maintain, and grow account/revenue base
• Cultivate new and strengthen current relationships with local direct clients, promoting company image
• Identify advertiser needs and prepare customized sales presentations
• Consult with sales management on opportunities and client needs
• Curate new programs to maximize revenue from existing clients with a heavy focus on business development
• Maintain a customer-friendly attitude, dedicated to company requirements and customer needs
• Be a results-driven, customer-focused, solution-oriented, aggressive self-starter
• Proficient in computer applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to multi-task and operate with a sense of urgency
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational and presentation skills
• Confidence to speak with decision makers

A friendly, affordable midwestern city with so much to offer. Work, play, and enjoy life in the “Gem City.” Dayton is known as the birthplace of aviation, and features a mecca of restaurants, festivals, museums, sports teams, and entertainment. Forbes named Dayton one of the top 20 best cities to live in as a career professional. Trulia ranked Dayton the #2 least expensive city to live in out of the top 100 metropolitan areas in the country. Come join a growing team and affordable midwestern city.

As a Local Account Executive, you will help local businesses realize growth opportunities by introducing them to compelling targeted messaging through customized screen-based advertising solutions. Our cross-screen marketing approach includes digital platforms, CTV/OTT, video, search, social, digital display as well as broadcast television.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring all financial budget goals are met by using WDTN/WBDT/Nexstar advertising products to prospect, develop, maintain, and grow your account/revenue base
• Cultivating new relationships and strengthening current relationships with local direct clients while promoting station/company image and perception
• Identifying needs of advertisers and preparing customized sales presentations
• Consulting with sales management on opportunities and specific needs of clients
• Curating new programs to maximize revenue from existing clients with a heavy focus on business development
• Maintaining a customer friendly attitude while being dedicated to company requirements and customer needs
• Being a results-driven, customer focused, solution oriented, aggressive self-starter

Job Requirements:

• Proficient in computer applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc.
• Ability to multi-task & operate with a sense of urgency
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational & presentation skills
• Confidence to speak with decision makers

About Us

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.