Exciting Opportunity at WGAL: Drive
Sales Success as Our Local Sales Manager!
WGAL,
the renowned Hearst-owned, NBC affiliate in the
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA market, is on the hunt for a visionary
Local Sales Manager. If you're a sales and marketing enthusiast with a flair
for leadership and innovation, this is your stage. As the market leader
for 75 years, WGAL has a unique opportunity to spearhead a best of class
local sales team within a dynamic, diverse, and thriving market. We are
looking for a sales leader who creates a positive culture for success through
strategic leadership, clear direction, teaching, motivating, evaluating sales
efforts, and guiding the local team in exceeding revenue targets across a
robust portfolio of marketing platforms. This critical sales leadership
position reports to the WGAL General Sales Manager.
Join
WGAL and elevate your career in sales leadership. Apply now to lead an
exceptional sales team and craft incredible success stories for WGAL and
Hearst Television.
Why WGAL?
- Lead with Purpose:
Cultivate a culture of achievement and curiosity. Empower a spirited
local team to build smart campaigns and successful outcomes for our
valued business partners.
- Ignite Passion:
Be the coach who inspires success. Guide and energize a driven team to
surpass expectations across multiple platforms.
- Shape Success:
Collaborate with the management team in pricing and inventory
management, transforming opportunities into revenues.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategize for Success:
Work with the General Sales Manager to set ambitious, clear sales
strategies.
- Empower Your Team:
Conduct impactful one-on-one meetings and quarterly strategy sessions.
Help account executives exceed potential through focused efforts.
- Cultivate Connections: Build lasting relationships and engage in the sales process. Join calls, entertain, and boost client satisfaction. Client engagement is more than a priority - it's your mission!
- Forecast &
Maximize: Determine revenue
forecasts and exceed benchmarks. Team up with managers to optimize
inventory, pricing, and digital sales efforts.
- Champion On-Going
Learning: Organize regular training
and development sessions for your team, fostering growth and personal
development.
- Evaluate &
Innovate: Provide constructive
feedback and work alongside digital and national sales managers to
achieve station goals.
Diversity Statement
At
Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all
cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the
scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the
audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate,
and more representative of 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