Professional Opportunity: Feature Listing
Vice President, Advertising Sales: OPEN MINDS
(Gettysburg, PA 17325)
OPEN MINDS is looking for an executive with proven sales experience to lead our advertising and subscription sales team. Focus on key customer sales and management of sales team. Here at OPEN MINDS having a sound, knowledgeable, team is very important, and as a result of growth in 2011 we are now looking to add another member to our team.
OPEN MINDS is the premier market intelligence and management consulting firm for the health and human services industry.
We specialize in the mental health, addictions, social services, disability support, as well as other related public health sectors within the health and human services field.
Our mission at OPEN MINDS is to provide payers and provider organizations with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness for every one of their customers. With that being said, we provide a vast number of services that allow each one of the payers and/or provider organizations to get the individual attention and help they would need. These services include market intelligence, market research, executive education, and management consultation.
For over 20 years, OPEN MINDS team of 75+ has provided unparalleled consultation and technical assistance based on our research on core management competencies needed for optimal performance. Our teams experience and expertise include the fields of strategic management, financial management, technology & information management, leadership & governance, and marketing & innovation.
This position is responsible for corporate sales of information content and advertising/sponsorships. This includes the development of corporate marketing and sales strategies, maintenance of relationships with key industry customer organizations, and management of all related marketing and sales activities. Below are the responsibilities and requirements for the position:
Responsibilities for the position include:
- Assuring that the organization meets its sales objectives for information content (subscription services, education event registrations, publications, etc.) and related advertising and sponsorships.
- Participation with the executive team in the development of the organization’s strategic plan.
- Creation and execution of annual marketing plan for OPEN MINDS content and advertising.
- Maintenance of relationships with key customers that purchase information content and advertising and sponsorships.
- Management of the organization’s marketing, communications, customer service, and press relations functions.
- Management of the development proposals, presentations, and agreements for content and advertising initiatives for OPEN MINDS current and prospective customers.
- Management of the OPEN MINDS web site and social media.
- Preparation of weekly and monthly status reports on sales activities
Skills, experience, and education
required:
- Proven experience in developing and managing sales executives to achieve individual and organization metrics.
- Sales closing skills.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to use many computer applications, including, but not limited to, html editors (Expressions, Front Page), photo editors (Photoshop), word processing programs (Microsoft Word), electronic data transfer programs, electronic mail (GroupWise, Outlook), databases (Access), spreadsheets (Excel), and desk top publishing programs (Adobe InDesign).
- Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with a variety of people across all areas of the organization and within current and prospective customer organizations.
- Ability to work independently and with little supervision to manage numerous tasks with competing deadlines.
- A flexible schedule, with the ability to respond to proposal-related or sales-related deadlines on an as-needed basis.
- Ability to travel, as needed, to support sales and marketing activities.
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, communications, English, journalism or a related field.
- Knowledge of the health and human service field preferred.
If you are interested and meet the qualifications, submit a letter of interest and a c.v to Rejean Carlson, Executive Vice President,
OPEN MINDS, at
rcarlson@openminds.com. The letter of interest should outline experience and knowledge of the behavioral health field, along with compensation requirements.
Learn More About OPEN MINDS
Founded in 1987, OPEN MINDS is the premier market research and management consulting firm specializing in the mental health, addictions, social services, disability support, and related public health sectors of the health and human service field. Our mission is to provide payers and provider organizations serving consumers with complex health and human service needs with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.