Advertising Sales Support Specialist

Education Week, a nonprofit media organization that provides news on K-12 American education, is seeking an Advertising Sales Support Specialist to join our Advertising Operations team.

Job Summary

The Advertising Sales Support Specialist facilitates delivery of digital advertisements, works closely with our sales and marketing staff and their clients and other internal EPE staff to execute and report on print and online advertising campaigns. This person will be responsible for coordinating operations across our full product suite by managing logistics, communicating with clients, coordinating internal resource, and tracking inventory.

Responsibilities

• Oversee an Ad Tracker to ensure campaigns launch on time, materials are delivered, and sales understands available inventory
• Manage the execution of our entire webinar process by working cross functionally and directly with clients
• Aid in EdWeek’s print production by checking page standards, adding advertisements, and approving for sending to printer
• Provide detailed account management – supporting all products – for all EdWeek clients
• Assist in completion of sales process by creating contracts, managing spec sheets, and securing client approvals.
• Think strategically about new technologies, and recommend new options
• Work to continually improve processes by recommending improvements

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 3-5 years related experience
• Knowledge of print and online production
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate with various levels of staff and clients
• Project management skills, ability to concurrently manage ongoing and widely varied production cycles
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, good time management, organizational and prioritization skills.

About Education Week

We are principled. We are welcoming. We are passionate. We are expert.

Education Week (www.edweek.org), America’s most trusted source of K-12 education news, analysis, and opinion, is a digital-first news operation that is dedicated to raising the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. A leading authority in an ever-evolving space, we bring over four decades of experience to our journalism and research without bias or agenda.

Education Week’s parent company, Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), is a non-profit media organization that serves the nation’s leading K-12 policymakers, educators, researchers, marketers and other influencers with informed, independent, and highly respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K-12 education. At Education Week, we believe that an equitable—and excellent—education for all students is possible, and we empower the field to make it a reality.

Benefits

Education Week is a vibrant workplace that is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, MD right outside of Washington, DC. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including health and dental insurance, a 401(k), PTO, and tuition assistance. We value innovation, leadership, and forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual, challenging work environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of our staff is still working remotely, but we are working on transitioning staff back to the office as conditions allow. Upon reopening, the expectation is that this position will be located and performed in the office. Candidates that live within regular commuting distance to the office are willing to relocate to the DC/MD/VA area are preferred.

Education Week is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. EdWeek is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.

Education Week will not be able to sponsor applicants for work visas.