Client Associate

Job Description:About Us:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role:

The Client Associate is a necessary team player, partnering to sell integrated media solutions and partnerships to clients. You will support designated Client Partners to prepare proposals, maintain excellent client relations, produce leads, and sell to clients within the Luxury, Enterprise and Financial services industries industry to achieve quarterly revenue goals.

You will be exposed to selling market-leading solutions and partnerships including product integration across the entire Dow Jones portfolio, custom content, conferences, online and print.

You Will:

New Business

• Search for contacts based on priorities from the CP/Director

• Search for updates in LinkedIn/Factiva, etc. (promotions, starting new jobs, Thought leadership)

Meeting Preparation

• Identifying the key decision makers for the client lists we are prospecting.

• Learn the agenda they share in social media priorities for marketing strategy.

• Brief the Integrated Marketing team with insights on the client

• Prepare a few key topics/questions to ask

• Focus time around Contalto & Media Radar to see what they are doing in the space

Proposals

• In collaboration with Client Partner and other teams, preparing and sending proposals to clients

• Answer client's questions regarding the proposal

• Work on revisions to the proposal and setting the deal until the performance stage, and then transfer it to planning to manage

Client's support

• Work on several requests from clients including billing RFI, research requests, competitors data, screenshots etc

• Share WSJ published content that features clients

Team's support

• Cover for Client Partner and Associate Client Partner when needed

• Prospect/research projects for the team

Upselling - post sale

• Work with planning on the wrap deck/report analysis for clients.

• Share the relevant insights with the client and finding a few ideas to upsell the deal based on the performance results

You Have:

• 0-2 years' experience in advertising sales support is required

• B2B & B2C media sector knowledge is preferred, or understanding is advantageous

• Proven experience in providing client support and service

• Proven ability to work well within a team environment while accomplishing individual projects

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft and Google applications

• Strong familiarity with non-traditional media solutions, including custom content and conferences

• Strong familiarity with traditional media, print and digital media

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Media Sales

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $55,000 - $70,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..