Business & Finance
Advertising Sales Agents
Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.
Median salary
$61,460
Typical range
$33k – $134k
Job outlook
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Plan a path to Advertising Sales Agents
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
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Advertising Sales Agents Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Advertising Sales Agents
Entry / Junior
$33,480
~2 yrs to advance
Advertising Sales Agents
Established
$61,460
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Advertising Sales Agents
Senior
$97,500
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Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
- •Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- •Explain to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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