Sales Planner

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Job description

CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage.

CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

CBS Sports Network is looking for a highly motivated and dedicated Sales Planner to join our team! This individual will work with a designated sales team to maximize revenue through efficient plan creation as well as provide optimal client service support for assigned advertisers and agencies. The Planner will serve client inquiries as well as requests pertaining to their linear orders, which includes; preparing proposals and post buys and providing clients with pricing and inventory availability. The Planner will possess strong client service and communication skills. This position is under the direction Director of Pricing & Planning and will be based out of the Chicago office.

* Provide overall pre and post sales operation support
* Assistance preparing, executing and following up on RFP's
* Partnering with the Ad Operations team to ensure proper and timely delivery of campaigns
* Responsible for all procedures related to booking orders
* Delivering excellent customer service
* Creating post-campaign analysis reports

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree of Business (or related field) required
* Minimum 1 - 3 years of media experience

Additional Qualifications

* Proficiency on Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Excel)
* Project management skills
* Dynamic, flexible, hard-working, and highly organized
* Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
* Superior interpersonal skills
* Excellent customer service skills

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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