Intern, Media Sales

Intern, Media Sales

About the Company:
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role:
Are you ready to dive into the dynamic world of media sales in a very international environment? As an intern with our Media Sales team, you’ll gain hands-on experience in the advertising media industry and contribute to critical tasks that drive our sales’ team’s success.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:
Pre Sale insights:

- Competitor Tracking: keep a pulse on advertising spends by monitoring our competitors’ activities across print and digital
- Prospecting: identify key events across Europe, creating a prospecting list for our EMEA sales team. Hunt for new business opportunities identifying key contacts at non endemic categories (auction houses, business schools )
- Agency Collaboration: Update agencies’ competitive decks and assist with their pre-sale templates.
- Billing and Administration: handle account creation, invoices, and other administrative tasks.
- Clients meetings: support the sales team preparing key client meetings: track their ads in the competition, historical spends in the franchise year over year, decks to present
- Luxury & Lifestyle Quarterly Newsletter: coordinate our category’s newsletter, curating content that resonates with our audience.

Post-Sale Excellence:

- Client Communication: Send print voucher copies and e-tears to clients, ensuring seamless post-sale support.
- WSJ. Magazine Coordination: Maintain our mailout sheet and liaise with La Poste to deliver our magazine to clients.
- Quality Assurance: Address any client concerns about printing quality by collaborating with our Print Ad Operations team.

Office Organization:

- Paris Office Management: Organize newspapers, including WSJ Magazine, to keep our workspace efficient. Mail postage (management of mail shipping and sending DHL)
- Sales Leadership Support: Assist in preparing monthly sales meetings by updating numbers and coordinating agendas.
- PR Event Coordination: Manage invitations for high-profile events.

You Have:
Intermediate level in written and spoken French and English
- 3/4 years university or business schools
- Adept at Organizational skills and detailed oriented
- Interest in Sales and Publishing environment

Application Requirements:

- Resume
- Cover Letter

Business Area: Dow Jones - Media Sales

Job Category: Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:
Non-Union role

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

Req ID: 42098