Looking to kick start your career in Media Sales?

Great opportunity for growth and development

SBS Melbourne - CBD location at Federation Square

The world is not mono. Look around, it’s not monochrome or monotone. The world is marvellously multi. When you look at the world this way, it makes a difference. We are inspired by this difference to create extraordinary experiences; this is why we strive to be the most loved and trusted media team. Our purpose of giving a voice to brands in our diverse world is built on this difference. We are looking for people who want to come on this journey somewhere different.

At SBS, we embrace difference and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds including Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. We want your vibrancy, language, culture, experiences, and abilities to brighten our halls, light up our screens and strengthen our team.

SBS also recognises that everyone is unique and you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply and put your skills forward for consideration. If we can make some adjustments to the SBS recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact careers@sbs.com.au and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to; alternative application methods, interview setup, physical requirements, guidance for trans or gender diverse applicants, specific interview availability times and more

About the role

Suitable for a candidate that would like a career in Media Sales, the successful candidate will provide sales, administrative support and campaign coordination for the media sales team.

The duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide general support to the sales team: this goes from basic administrative duties to creating sales schedules for TV and Digital; assisting in putting together sales proposals, presentations and documents for clients or preparing weekly revenue reports.
• Manage TV and Online sales bookings, liaise with clients and media agencies regarding bookings, schedule times and maintain appropriate files/records.
• Monitor digital inventory, develop media schedules, respond to client briefs in consultation with the Sales Executive, online campaign reporting and sourcing online creative.
• Provide sales support to the general sales team when required including attending meetings, maintaining client databases, identifying revenue opportunities within the advertising schedules.

SBS is a flexible workplace, if you are interested in workplace flexibility, we encourage you to have a conversation with us.

About you 

We are looking for proactive candidates with a collaborative mindset, capable of working autonomously as well as in a team. Ideally, you would have:

• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and be keen to learn new software packages.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite to prepare general correspondence, sales presentations, reports and spreadsheets.
• Ability to build strong professional relationships
• Well organised and detail oriented
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities to meet set targets/outcomes.
• Well-developed customer service skills, with the ability to be flexible and uphold these in a demanding deadline driven environment.
• It is a requirement of this role that incumbents are fully vaccinated with an approved Covid-19 vaccination in line with the ATAGI guidelines which include booster shots. We do however have a medical exemption process and we would be happy to discuss your application should this be applicable to you.

Feel like you meet most but perhaps not all of the above criteria? We encourage you to apply for the position and let us know in your cover letter where there may be some areas for development.

The Benefits 

On offer is an agile and flexible workspace and onsite health and well-being programs. We want you to love your place of work, so not only are you part of an organisation focused on making a positive social difference, but there’s also a free gym membership.

What you’ll find here is a supportive and friendly team of people from diverse backgrounds who are all as focused on making work fun and satisfying as they are on achieving our goals. SBS believe that professional growth is a fundamental necessity for people to be engaged and happy. We are heavily investing in continually improvement of our Learning and Development capabilities across the organisation. We are dedicated to helping our people grow, not just our organisation.