Are you a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment? Scripps Sports is looking for a Sales Support Specialist to play a critical role in the seamless execution of advertising campaigns. In this position, you'll be the vital link between our sales team, clients, and operations—ensuring every campaign runs flawlessly and every client receives exceptional service. If you're passionate about problem-solving, collaboration, and driving results, we want to hear from you!

Remote – Scripps offers a remote work option for this position.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Liaise with AE's, Sales Operations, and Media Operations to ensure sold schedules run as ordered, including all media elements.
• Foster productive, professional relationships with clients, agency contacts, and internal teams.
• Build, revise, and maintain sales proposals. Compile proposal requests and reweights as needed.
• Build, revise and maintain accurate entry of ordered schedules.
• Work with Research to understand performance and provide client insights.
• Generate and analyze sales reports including rating delivery data by week and adjusting advertising schedules. Complete online posting.
• Work for approval of re-expressions, movement of dollars, and ADU/Recap offers as needed.
• Work closely with inventory management and sales operation teams to understand inventory to gauge week of availability, restrictions, and separation requirements to help maximize revenue potential.
• Communicate with advertising agencies and clients for makegoods, preemptions, audience deficiency units, etc.
• Identify and resolve billing errors or adjustments swiftly as possible.
• Attend and contribute to Sales and Ad Operations training and planning meetings as needed.
• May assist with inventory control and updating rate cards.
• Assist Sales team with pre-sales events, client appointments and order entry.
• May facilitate & process sales presentations.
• Attend sales planning meetings and team meetings.
• Arrange and distribute various advertising materials and sales reports as needed.
• Assist in the generation of post-season recaps for all sponsors.
• Participate in continuous improvement of processes and controls to support the growth of the business.
• Liaising between AEs, creative, and production. Includes working together to build mocks, revise mocks, confirm Copy/Taglines, and perfecting execution to client’s satisfaction.
• Building Production Grids for each game.
• Managing sponsor recaps
• Submitting Wrike requests for creative, sales decks and sponsored promo tune-ins
• Working together with sales teams on various sports sponsorship elements and executions, and inventory
• Other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally, 3+ years of experience in related field preferred

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills in a deadline driven environment
• Ability to multitask, while staying organized and detail oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Work well in a team and independently
• Adapt well to constant change
• Ability to generate reports, business correspondence, and presentations
• Aptitude to work with numbers and ability to calculate figures related to the advertising rate packages

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ABOUT SCRIPPS:

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating connection. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of more than 60 stations in 40+ markets. Scripps reaches households across the U.S. with national news outlet Scripps News and popular entertainment brands ION, ION Plus, ION Mystery, Bounce, Grit and Laff. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps Sports serves professional and college sports leagues, conferences and teams with local market depth and national broadcast reach of up to 100% of TV households. Founded in 1878, Scripps is the steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and its longtime motto is: “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

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