Business360 T.V Zambia is hiring advertising sales representatives to help grow our client base and keep our existing clients happy. Working in advertising sales requires a go-getter attitude, excellent communication skills, and the ability to research demographics to understand a target audience. You will be responsible for identifying potential clients, explaining how advertisements can benefit a client, and answering any questions they may have.

Duties and responsibilities

• Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services
• Develop professional relationships and business networks
• Explain specific details about how different ad placements and options can benefit a client
• Seek out and network with new potential prospects
• Attend sales meetings, industry trade shows, and training seminars to gather information, promote products, expand network of contacts, and increase knowledge.
• Explain to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
• Obtain and study information about clients’ products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance
• Give sales presentations
• Deliver proofs of advertisements to clients
• Identify new advertising markets and propose products to serve them

Education and experience

• Grade 12 certificate
• Diploma/Certificate in advertising, marketing, business administration or any other business related

Required skills

• Written and verbal communication skills, including relationship-building and influencing
• Expertise in negotiation skills
• Ability to interpret market and demographic research data and create reports for clients
• Strong sense of organization and time management
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with emphasis on engagement and persuasion
• Ability to manage deadlines and to operate with a sense of urgency