Join Hearst Austin Media to help deliver impactful media campaigns for our customers, leveraging our rich history, extensive audience reach, best-in-class advertising solutions, and the power of cutting-edge AI tools!
Hearst Newspapers is searching for a dynamic Strategic Account Executive to maximize digital and print sales revenue. You will sell strategic advertising solutions to current and new advertisers, helping their businesses grow by leveraging our media product suite, traffic, and digital data to reach their target audience. This position involves managing a full sales cycle: prospecting, leading presentations, creating proposals, closing business opportunities, and managing post-sales campaign results.
Why Hearst Austin Media/Austin American-Statesman?
Our people make the difference! Our diverse team is filled with passionate individuals who want to win. We offer an upbeat and collaborative working environment where challenging the norm is encouraged. With ample opportunities to learn new skills and advance within the organization, our team members are given the tools to learn and grow their careers.
Leverage Advanced AI for Maximum Efficiency and Earnings
Imagine having a personal assistant that never sleeps. Our state-of-the-art AI tools, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Gong.io, streamline your workflow, enabling you to close deals faster and manage your pipeline more effectively.
This means more time to focus on what you love and a direct boost to your earnings potential.
Exclusive Partnership with OpenAI
Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license, we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology.
This partnership provides us—and you—with a massive competitive edge in the market, ensuring you have the most powerful tools at your disposal to drive sales and exceed targets.
Personalized AI Tutors for Seamless Onboarding
Your success starts from day one. With our personalized AI tutors, every question you have, and every training need you encounter is met with instant, tailored support.
These AI-driven mentors ensure you learn and sell as quickly and efficiently as possible, empowering you to hit the ground running and achieve your goals faster.
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Our Benefits: At Hearst Newspapers we not only support our employees through personal and professional development, but we also believe in promoting each individual’s physical, financial and emotional wellbeing (and that of their family). Our industry-leading benefits include:
Join us at Austin American Statesman and become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and customer success. Apply now to make an impact in the Austin, TX advertising market!
About Business Unit: Hearst Austin Media, a division of Hearst Communications, is a leading multimedia company that offers exciting opportunities for professionals passionate about journalism, digital media, and community engagement. One of its flagship publications, the Austin American-Statesman, serves as a vital news source for Central Texas, covering everything from local politics and culture to business and innovation. As part of a well-respected national media network, Hearst Austin Media provides employees with the tools, mentorship, and scale of a major organization while maintaining a deep commitment to local storytelling and impact. Joining this team means becoming part of a dynamic newsroom with a rich legacy and a forward-looking vision, making it an excellent opportunity for job seekers looking to grow in a meaningful and innovative media environment.
About Hearst Newspapers:
With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate. At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories–growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms–to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.
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As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN.
Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.
