Sales Planner

Company:	Thomson Reuters Company Profile \| Current Opportunities (42)
Job Location(s):	Chicago
Employment Term:	Regular
Employment Type	Full Time
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Starting Salary Range:	Not Provided
Required Education:	Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience:	Open
Related Categories:	Communications, Sales - Management

Position Description

Sales Planner-ADM00003389

Description

Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com <http://www.thomsonreuters.com/>

Overview:

Thomson Reuters has an opening for Sales Planner in the Chicago sales office. The Sales Planner will help advance the overall goals of the Advertising Sales Department by assisting with pre-sales activity, campaign stewardship and new revenue generation.

Responsibilities:

Pre-Sales:

Provide sales support to the Midwest sales team

Analyze research data and develop consumer insights for customers

Create multi-media sales presentations and provide promotional materials for sales presentations

Internal liaison to the marketing, finance and operations teams

Assist with creation of customer proposals

Campaign Stewardship:

Review agency IO's and contract terms in order to get management signature/approval

Communicate and secure inventory for new programs with ad operations group

Process insertion orders and revisions

Communicate with Marketing and Design teams regarding program elements requiring product/design development

Work with ad operations to ensure delivery of campaigns

Work with ad operations and sales executives to optimize media campaigns

Post Sales:

Reconcile billing issues with clients and the Accounting team

Maintain third-party reports on all campaigns to ensure accurate billing for customers

Develop summary reports that reflect performance of the campaign with screenshots and final campaign tracking reports

Qualifications

Required Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Previous experience in online advertising required (3 years preferred)

Previous experience in a Sales Planner or Coordinator role is preferred

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Excellent time management skills

Self-starter; capable of delivering on goals with minimal supervision

Bachelor's Degree

Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Job Administration

Primary Location US-IL-Chicago

Organization Markets Consumer Media

Schedule Full-time

Job Type Standard

Shift Day Job

Travel No