Sales Manager, Travel and Tourism

Job Description

Sales Manager, Travel and Tourism

This is a remote-based position

If you are a dynamic advertising sales leader that thrives in a fast paced and highly competitive environment with experience in digital marketing strategies and tourism/hospitality marketing, this is your opportunity.

Come work for Advance Travel and Tourism, part of AMG and Advance Local, a top 10 news and entertainment media network. We are industry experts in developing custom, multimedia campaigns that include all types of digital marketing strategies including programmatic audio, video and display programs, custom social media marketing strategies, content marketing and SEM and so much more.

We are looking for amotivated leader--someone with an entrepreneurial mindsetfor new business development and partnership retention. Someone whois excited to build their own business and team. The ideal candidate has experience leading with collaboration, accountability, and trust.

The candidate for this role will lead a regional team of experienced account executives, spanning over multiple states. Your primary responsibilities will be to help guide and grow the sales team through a consultative and strategic sales approach. The ideal person is curious by nature, and loves helping to solve for problems both our clients and teammates. A creative mindset will also be hugely beneficial. A strong knowledge of the tourism will be crucial in this role to develop and grow relationships. We are looking for a high-energy leader who knows how to drive results by coaching, training, and mentoring to others.

Your team will be expected to consistently maintain a healthy sales funnel and work to close business at a high velocity under your leadership.

These words describe the ideal candidate:

• Inspiring
• Excellent Work Ethic
• Incredible Collaborator
• Strong Communicator
• Accountable Leader
• Achiever, Coach

Requirements:

• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook
• Five years or more of experience in advertising
• Five years or more of experience in people leadership
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience
• Proven success exceeding new business team revenue goals and growing teams account base.

Great Benefits Package:

• Competitive Base + Incentive Earning Potential
• Full Health/Dental/Vision Benefits Offered
• Generous PTO
• 401K with Employer Match

At Advance Travel and Tourism (AMG) we are looking for exceptional top leaders. If inspiring the extraordinary describes your skillset, let's talk.

Additional Information

Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a substantial 401k plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

Alabama Media Group (AMG) is one of the country's most innovative local media companies. In 2021, it won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and was a finalist for commentary, won six regional Emmys for documentary work, and earned a Webby Award for short-form comedy.

AMG includes AL.com, the state's largest news brand; a digital marketing operation serving clients in 13 states; Red Clay Media, a network of social media brands; Alabama's three most prominent newspapers: The Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register; the Mississippi Press Register; and Reckon, a news brand for diverse, younger Southerners.

Alabama Media Group is part of Advance Local, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 24 cities, reaching 50+ million people a month www.advancelocal.com.

Advance Local Media is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other category protected under federal, state or local law.