Advertising Account Executive Resume

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Bruce Wayne
103 Peace Lane
Mountain View, CA 94034
650-325-1618
 
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in sales.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SNL PUBLISHING, Seattle, WA
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, 2005 – Present

  • Selling advertisments for a national telephone directory;
  • Servicing existing accounts; regular follow-ups with potential clients, often resulting in a sale;
  • Negotiating contracts;
  • Upselling advertisments whenever possible;
  • Arranging graphic designs;
  • Handling billing.

PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS, Seattle, WA
SALES REPRESENTATIVE, 2003 – 2005

Selling ad space for campus newspapers through upselling and cold calling current advertisers. Negotiating number of times ad will run. Sold 54% more advertisement space than other reps during tenure.

  • Received Best Sales Representative award for highest sales in a single month.
  • Arranged graphic design.
  • Performed billing operations.
  • Trained a batch of sales people.

CHIMERA COMMUNICATIONS, Seattle, WA
ART EDITOR, 2001 – 2003

Promoted from Junior Artist.

  • Supervised, recruited and trained a batch of production artists.
  • Evaluated employee performance.
  • Laid out and proofed designs of the ads. Supervised what to send to prints.
  • Worked directly with clients and provided feedback to other reps.

EDUCATION

ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE, Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Arts & Communications, Minor: Publishing, 2001

  • University Relations, Internship;
  • Wrote magazine articles, weekly newsletters, news releases and telephone directory.

DELHI UNIVERSITY, New Delhi, India,1999

  • Study Abroad

AWARDS

  • L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of The Future Award