Sales Intern

LINK Media is looking for a Advertising Sales Intern to help us sell advertising and sponsorships for print, digital, social media and events for LINK nky and CityBeat. We need someone interested selling advertising  in a B2B environment to sell through our inventory to support the largest news organization in the NKY Metro. We're a small company, so everyone we hire is a critical member of the team, and must be willing to work quickly, accept that we don't have everything figured out, remain flexible, and above all else, understand that what we are creating is bigger than any one person, or personality. 

Salary: $17 an hour, plus commission. 

What We Expect from You:

• Sales. First and foremost, you need to find and close sales, day in and day out
• Phone calls. This job involves plenty of phone calls to reach out to folks who are or might be interested in advertising with us
• Networking in the community to meet new prospects and promote LINK nky
• Clear communication with our production and accounting staff to execute on sales closed
• Excellent, consultative customer service to keep our advertisers and sponsors happy
• Don't be a jerk. We expect ethical and honest treatment of our team and our advertisers and sponsors.

Skills We Need You to Have:

• Enthusiasm about what we're trying to accomplish - LINK is a unique company, and understanding and liking what we do is critical to selling our advertising
• Creativity
• Strong communication – written and oral – abilities
• We don't really care what you are studying, but an interest in sales is necessary
• Did we mention you shouldn't be a jerk?

What You Can Expect from Us:

• All the equipment you need to do your job
• Training and support on LINK's internal style and our culture
• A giant newsroom full of tiny desks in beautiful downtown Covington, KY
• A sales team with no jerks

You'll Need to Share Our Mission and Uphold Our Guiding Principles

Mission: LINK Media strengthens vibrant communities through independent, sustainable local journalism. 

Guiding Principles:

We are:

Solutions-Focused: We don’t just report the news of the day. We dig deeper, informing our audience about how our community might solve its biggest issues. 

Unapologetic Community Fans: We believe in our community—in what it is today, and what it has the potential to become. We want to see this community advance, and we understand the part that we play in that advancement. 

Inclusive: We explore the issues that affect all of our readers, and give a voice to the diverse corners of our community, whether that diversity is economic, political, geographic or otherwise. 

Good Stewards: It is our responsibility to make good use of our resources and to maintain a sustainable business model, so that we may serve the community long into the future.  

Independent: We do not make endorsements, or publish our own opinions, about the issues that are facing our community. In addition to our reporting, outside opinions from multiple viewpoints will be sought, and clearly marked as such, in order to provide the robust debate that our community needs to make critical decisions about our collective future.

LINK is an equal opportunity employer. LINK prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. LINK conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.