General Manager –Media Sales - Latham / Albany, NY

Time Warner Cable Media Salescurrently seeks aGeneral Manager for our Mediamarket in Latham / Albany, NY.

Below please find a brief description of the essential duties and responsibilities required to function successfully in this position.

The General Manager will be responsible for staffing, developing, and managing several teams of Advertising Account Executives directly reporting to their Sales Managers, and meeting the office revenue goals for the market.

Time Warner Cable Media Sales (TWCMS) is the advertising sales division of Time Warner Cable providing marketers and agencies with innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable. Together we work with our partners to customize an advertising schedule that works for their unique business to help achieve their marketing goals. TWCMS provides innovative opportunities to showcase partner commercials on a variety of world-class cable brands and help them stand out in the crowded advertising space. If you like to brainstorm ideas on how to maximize sales and are an innovative leader, TWCMS is the place for you.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for the daily management of account executives, Local sales managers, and administrative support personnel

• Supervise, interview/hire, train, schedule, motivate, evaluate and conduct disciplinary actions

• Prepare budgets, re-estimates and long-range plans

• Responsible for the maximization of cash flow through aggressive revenue production and cost efficient expense management

• Develop advertising policies, pricing and promotions consistent with TWC policies and procedures and National/Local laws and regulations

• Oversee the preparation of research and demographic analysis used to maximize local, regional and national sales efforts

• Develop and maintain positive, productive working relationship with Marketing, Community Relations, and Master Control departments

• Develop and maintain positive, productive working relationship with Finance and Operations.

• Develop and maintain positive, productive working relationship with Division Cable partners.

• Maintain high level of visibility and professionalism in the community and with clients

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of advertising, marketing, promotion, production and traffic is required

• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, writing and presenting skills

• Working knowledge of cable industry and National/Local regulations as they relate to areas of responsibility required

• Must possess excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills

• Must be highly motivated, enthusiastic, possess desire to win and ability to be a self-starter

• Must possess proficiency in interpersonal and coaching skills including the ability to lead and inspire personnel to achieve goals

• Requires ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing

• Requires ability to be watchful, anticipate and act quickly with good judgment

• Requires ability to think through a problem, analyze and break it down into parts to resolve or come up with a logical solutions

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis in Marketing, Communications or other related field is required; minimum of three to five years of related Media work and supervisory experience in a similar role.
Driving is a requirement for this position. Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License and safe driving record.

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