Account Executive
Eevd Open · verified Sep 24, 2026 At a glance
Mid-level Account Executive role at Eevd. New Orleans · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Sell advertising across TV, web, and other available platforms to generate revenue
- Find and approach prospective businesses, then present them with advertising opportunities
- Build trusted client relationships that create new revenue and support account growth
- Prepare sales proposals aligned with station strategies and negotiate impressions and rates
- Manage and expand your client list while meeting personal sales goals as part of the team
What you bring
- At least one year in media sales, digital sales, or a comparable sales field
- Experience winning new or non-traditional business and selling directly to business owners
- Strong negotiation ability and a consultative, customer-centered sales approach
- Comfort using qualitative research to support sales efforts in a goal-driven workplace
Who this fits
You’ll suit a mid-level, in-person sales role focused on local businesses, advertising agencies, client development, and account expansion. You’ll report to the Local Sales Manager and need to contribute both independently toward sales targets and as part of a team.
From the employer
WDSU-TV, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, LA is looking for an Account Executive. An Account Executive sells advertising to local businesses and negotiates impressions and rates with ad agencies. You will also solicit new businesses to advertise TV and web. If you are motivated by an excellent product, great compensation, and working with a talented team of professionals, look no further. We will provide the tools for powerful multi-platform marketing solutions to create partnerships to retain and grow our client base. You will report to the Local Sales Manager. If you want to work for the best, we want to hear from you today!
Responsibilities
- Produce revenue across all available platforms
- Prospect, contact and present to developmental businesses
- Develop new revenue through building relationships with clients as their trusted advisor
- Form strategic and market partnerships
- Manage and up-sell account/client list
- Conceptualize, create, and deliver sales proposals that are consistent with station strategies
- Achieve individual sales goals while contributing to WDSU's dynamic sales team
- Have a digital first mindset
Requirements
- 1+ years in media or digital sales, or similar sales field
- Experience with the development of new business/non-traditional business
- Have strong negotiation skills
- Experience in a consultative customer-focused business atmosphere
- Accountability within a goal-structured organization
- Must be a team player
- Experience selling to business owners
- Understand and use qualitative research to further sales effort
- Related military experience will be considered
- In-person attendance is required
Values in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical | Dental | Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
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