Integrated Sales Planner_

New Orleans

**Overview**

We are looking for an experienced media professional for a key role in a pre-sales department. The primary responsibilities of this role will be to provide strategic planning, pricing and inventory management. This position also provides support for sales teams incorporating all Digital media tactics Audacy has to offer. The Audacy portfolio consists of streaming, podcast, social, video, OTT, email, search, display and more.

This role will work hand-in-hand with Audacy's Account Executives in designated markets to understand customer objectives and design programs that deliver results. Integrated Sales Planners are pillars to success; acting as internal and external product experts for all of our digital solutions.

Candidates should be proficient in strategy, media planning, and understand how to price media elements that maximize value and profit for the business’s needs while achieving the customer’s budget requirements. This role requires someone who can seamlessly interact cross-departmentally and with sellers and customers. This is a remote position however an ideal candidate would be located in **Dallas, New Orleans, Houston or Austin metro areas.**

**Responsibilities**

**What You'll Do:**

+ Proactively create strategic recommendations to develop best-in-class media campaigns leveraging any/all of Audacy's digital advertising portfolio.

+ Proficiency in pulling inventory reports and pricing from internal and external systems for all media tactics

+ Possess the ability to understand customers and their needs, identify the best solutions to solve business objectives, and build a media plan that is in the best interest of the client, Audacy and our internal teams.

+ Collaborate with internal and external clients on media strategy and targeting recommendations.

+ Achieve a thorough understanding of internal systems so as to effectively and efficiently respond to sales requests in a timely fashion.

+ Ensure campaigns are being executed as planned by providing accurate documentation and working closely with campaign managers and ad operations. Provide input on inventory optimizations when necessary.

+ Immerse yourself in Audacy's media tactics and capabilities. Understand how Audacy’s media tactics will achieve the client's marketing goals

+ Obtain research and case studies for sales presentations as needed

**Qualifications**

**Required:**

+ BS/BA degree

+ Digital Marketing experience

+ Proficient understanding of media math

+ Strong attention to detail, organizational and analytical skills

+ Proficient in Microsoft office suite with Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite.

+ Ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment with revolving deadlines

+ Ability to identify and solve problems with innovative solutions.

+ Comfortable working independently across multiple systems to build media plans and monitor inventory availability

+ Working with internal and external clients with a positive customer service forward attitude.

**Preferred:**

+ 2+ years of media experience at a media company, publisher and/or ad agency

+ Strong digital marketing experience

+ Audio experience a bonus

+ Experience with DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) a plus

+ Experience with Email Marketing a plus

+ Radio background a plus

**About Us**

_Audacy, Inc. is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country’s best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at_ _www.audacyinc.com_ _, Facebook (Audacy Corp), X (@AudacyCorp), LinkedIn (@Audacy-Inc), Instagram (@lifeataudacy) and Threads (@Audacy_Corp)._

**EEO**

_Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis._

**Job Locations** _USA-TX-Dallas | USA-LA-New Orleans | USA-TX-Houston | USA-TX-Austin_

**ID** _2024-6793_

**Category** _Business Dev / Sales_

**Type** _Regular_