• Advertising Sales Agents
  • Marketing
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 47,149
    $33,077 range bar $98,525
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Fast Growing
  • Advertising Sales Agents, also called advertising sales representatives, sell advertising space to businesses and individuals. They contact potential clients, make sales presentations, and maintain client accounts.

What do they typically do

  • Locate and contact potential clients to offer their firm's advertising services
  • Explain to clients how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way
  • Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services
  • Process all correspondence and paperwork related to accounts
  • Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing clients
  • Inform clients of available options for advertising art, formats, or features and provide samples of previous work for other clients
  • Deliver advertising or illustration proofs to clients for approval
  • Prepare promotional plans, sales literature, media kits, and sales contracts
  • Recommend appropriate sizes and formats for advertising

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +1.0%
Job Openings 124

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