Job Type: Full Time
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA;
Job Category: Arts & Media, Sales, Telecommunications
Number Of Positions: 2
Company URL: http://www.bell.ca
Experience: 5
Date Posted: Oct 10, 2008
Name and description of hiring department:
This is an opportunity to join the Sympatico.MSN.ca Portal team in the role of Associate Director – Strategic Alliance. We are seeking an individual who will be responsible to develop revenue-generating opportunities with respect to potential media-content and e-commerce partnerships for the Sympatico.MSN.ca federation of sites.
Job Duties/Accountabilities:
• Assigned an annual revenue target objective.
• Identifying, evaluating, strategizing, and recommending business opportunities (media or partnerships)
• Develop relationships and business with key ad agencies, client direct and sales channels
• Market research and competitive analysis of assigned industries and businesses
• Monitor Internet business and technology trends
• Researching, developing, writing and presenting content strategy to potential partners as well the Sympatico.MSN.ca management team
• Build business case for partnerships, document deliverables and identify program management issues for product management group
• Liaise with and keep abreast of product management, product development, brand management and corporate development plans
Critical Qualifications/Competencies:
• 3-5 years media experience
• 1-2 years e-commerce experience
• Understanding of the Internet and business models that have shaped it
• Ability to formulate successful content strategies for narrowband, personalization, broadband and wireless
• Understanding of online and offline consumer behaviour, interactive design, web technologies and usability issues
• Knowledge of Canadian retail, consumer packaged goods, financial services and communication industries, and channel management issues
• Market research skills
• Must have good prioritization skills, demonstrated quantitative acumen
• Problem solver, analytical, creative and good business judgment
• High degree of comfort working with senior executives, both internally and externally
• Excellent presentation skills are a must
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
Preferred Qualifications/Competencies:
• Innovator
• Courage to act fast and be accountable
• Translates vision into action
• Passion for results
• Shares control to get results
• Build bridges
• Resilient
Working Conditions:
Employee will manage his/her own time to meet the demands of the job and their monthly revenue targets as well as the demands of his/her clients. Strategic Alliance Rep will work very closely with other strategic and media sales reps as well as the Product and Content team within the Portal Division.
To Apply:
http://www.bell.ca/home/HomeGnl_Jobs_Landing.page
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