Account Manager Organic Gardening

Rodale Inc. is currently seeking an Account Manager for their Organic Gardening magazine/OrganicGardening.com, located in New York City. This position will report to the Advertising Director and will cover all endemic and non-endemic accounts on the east coast. Categories include Natural Products, Health and Beauty, Food and packaged goods, Vitamins/Supplements, Pharmaceutical, Financial and Gardening. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of advertising sales experience. Proficiency in digital sales as well as traditional print media sales is preferred.

Responsibilities include: * Manage an account list to sell print and on-line advertising space and meet established goals

* Separate accounts into high/medium/low opportunities through an account planning process

* Establish strong relationships with clients and advertising agency personnel

* Provide brief weekly updates, monthly status checks on progress against account plan objectives (pages, revenues, account plans).

* Provide accurate sales forecasts for every issue throughout the year

Ideal candidate will possess:

* Must demonstrate a professional presence, highly developed presentation and interpersonal skills

* Ability to interact and to communicate effectively and persuasively in a sales environment and at all levels

* Self-motivated/self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit

* Strong personal writing skills required for use in sales correspondence

* Outstanding selling skills

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

Please refer to job code 11429 when responding to this ad.

Category:	Sales
	> Account Management
Location:	New York, NY
County:	New York County
ZIP Code:	10001
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Rodale Inc
Phone:	email only please
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