SFO JOB OPP - Sales Planner - (Oakland, CA) at Pandora

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Location: Oakland, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

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Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Associate

Functions:

Sales, Advertising 

Industries:

Online Media, Entertainment, Music 

Posted:

September 15, 2009 by Sarah (Lehr) Greathouse

Job Description

Pandora Media is looking for an experienced Sales Planner for our sales team who has a background in interactive advertising experience with a proven track record of acquiring new business and building/maintaining client relationships. The right candidate will also be highly organized and detailed-oriented, with solid communication skills and the ability to work on multiple ongoing projects.


Responsibilities:
• Responsible for working with sales team to build and grow our current client list
• Pre and post sales operations support to the sales team
• Develop strong/deep relationships with ad agencies and clients responsible for online advertising
• Provide pre-sales support to Sales Reps by pulling accurate inventory availability forecasts/reports in DFP's Availability Forecast
• Help with execution, completion and fulfillment of requests for proposal (RFPs)
• Assist Sales with @Plan, Comscore and Ad Relevance reports
• Review media plans to ensure accuracy of placement details
• Assist in filling out advertising spec templates and answering questions about Pandora's ad specs
• Enter media plan details into MediaVisor or Atlas as necessary
• Responsible for procedures related to booking the insertion orders, including successfully entering and reserving ad inventory using DART Sales Manager contract management system
• Work with ad operations to review campaigns and create post-campaign reports for advertisers
• Develop strong understanding of Pandora's ad products and sponsorship opportunities
• Ensure that our premiere clients receive the highest level of sales customer service
• Provide scalable solutions for advertisers

Skills

Requirements:
• 1-3 years experience in similar position in Online Advertising/Marketing
• Knowledge of the interactive marketplace
• Strong work ethic; desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment
• Must be a team player
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent time management skills
• Experience with Dart Sales Manager
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Excel & PowerPoint
• Must love music!

Company Description

Pandora (www.pandora.com) is revolutionizing the way music lovers discover new music while listening to their favorite songs and artists. Pandora's personalized radio service is powered by the Music Genome Project, the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. Pandora taps into a massive musical collection to deliver a service available anytime and anywhere - on the computer, in the home, and on mobile devices. Members of the Pandora community build their own profiles, and connect to others to share in their musical experience.

Pandora has quickly become the largest online music service and is one of the most popular applications on the Apple iPhone. Well-funded, with more than 20 million registered users and growing fast, we have partnerships with industry leaders such as AT&T, HP, Samsung, and Sprint and national advertisers such as HP, Microsoft, Honda, Proctor and Gamble and Nike.

As we build on our dramatic success, we are looking for talented, enthusiastic people to join our dynamic team. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a downtown Oakland location walking distance from BART and with easy freeway access, and, above all, a terrific team and great work environment.

Additional Information

• Local candidates only, no relocation (San Francisco Bay Area).
• No third party applications.

Job ID: 734824