Advertising Sales Agents

Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.

On the job, you would:

• Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing customers to sell new advertising programs and to protect and increase existing advertising.
• Maintain assigned account bases while developing new accounts.
• Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• high school diploma/GED

Business

• sales and marketing
• customer service

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Communications

• multimedia

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

• talking to others
• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

• talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
• looking for ways to help people

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

• Attention to Detail
• Initiative
• Persistence
• Integrity
• Achievement/Effort
• Dependability

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• come up with lots of ideas
• create new and original ideas