Account Manager

**Division**: Media

**Department**: Media Sales

**Reports to**: Director, Media Sales

**Location**: Toronto, Ontario

**Status**: Full-Time

Meet SJC. We create, publish and print best-in-class content. As Canada’s largest privately owned communications company, we partner with our clients to provide marketing solutions that inform, inspire and empower audiences across every platform. Owner and publisher of Canada’s most iconic portfolio of media brands (_Toronto Life, Chatelaine_ and _Maclean’s_ to name a few), we provide incredible reach to an influential audience. SJC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the last 18 years.

Are you ready to join a forward-thinking, creative and collaborative team? Then come join us at SJC Media in the role of Account Manager.

SJC Media is the largest producer of magazines in Canada, with award-winning titles such as _FASHION, Chatelaine, HELLO Canada, Maclean’s, Today’s Parent, Toronto Life, Ottawa Magazine _and_ Canadian Business._

**Summary**:
St. Joseph Communications is Canada’s largest privately owned communications company with three integrated platforms in Content, Print and Media. SCL’s Media Sales team manages a variety of portfolios such as, CAA, and Canadian Geographic that include traditional media, integrated content, digital, social, sponsorships, experiential, and more. We work in a fast paced environment that offers many opportunities to create bespoke programs with various touch points and distribution channels, making us unique and unmatched in our offering.

**In this role you will**:

- Work towards achieving targets by actively selling within your territory and secure new media sales by creating and presenting media plans to new and existing clients
- Take full ownership and responsibility for assigned territory and budget, while continually looking for creative and innovative ways to create new opportunities
- Build great relationships with advertisers, providing status updates, end of campaign reports and after care
- Demonstrated success building strong client relationships with contacts at top-tier agencies and advertisers
- Partner with internal teams to build new programs relevant to territory with sales tools including presentations, kits, sponsorship outlines and contract strategy
- Be a self starter and take initiative to learn the portfolios, featured sections, online channels and more to create desirable placements and new bookings

**And a bit about yourself**:

- Post-secondary education within Advertising, Media or a related field, and/or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience specializing in categories that include automotive, CPG, real estate, electronics and retail; custom content is considered an asset
- Experience selling integrated marketing strategy and solutions including Print, Social, Digital, Experiential, as well as implementation
- Experience creating written business cases, proposals, and marketing materials
- Experience working client-direct, Agency of Record (AOR’s), or with a production house
- Proven ability to drive the sales process from strategy to close with a track record of closing new business to meet revenue targets within assigned territory
- Proficient in Indesign, Powerpoint, and CRM software
- Polished presentation, communication, and listening skills
- Superior customer service skills
- Flexible, adaptable, and nimble attitude to excel in a fast changing and growing sales environment
- Able to work autonomously under mínimal supervision
- Highly motivated self-starter driven by incentives and results
- Passion for media sales and a desire to keep up with the latest trends
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**SJC Values**
- **Amaze our customers**: We put our customers’ evolving needs at the heart of the business and inspire through our ideas, quality and service.
- **Be relentlessly curious**: We take the initiative to learn, try new things and brainstorm the next big idea.
- **Respect every individual as equal**: We value diversity as the means to creativity and cultivate a collaborative environment where everyone belongs.
- **Innovate and adapt with urgency**: Forward-thinking and flexible, we react quickly and boldly to change.

**SJC Perks**
- Health and Dental Benefits
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and online health & wellness resources with Homewood Health
- Scholarship program for employees’ children
- Exclusive employee magazine subscription rates
- 1-year complimentary _Toronto Life_ Insider membership
- Discounted annual GoodLife membership
- Perkopolis Perk Program and employee pricing at major retailers

**Accommodations at SJC**
- SJC is an equal opportunity employer. SJC is committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise the Human Resources department if any accommodations are needed to ensure you have access to