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Marketing Job Title: Advertising Sales Director

Job Description: An Advertising Sales Director develops, implements, and manages the company's advertising strategy, both from a business, sales and technical perspective. Is is their job to develop budgets and projections for advertising. They spend time negotiating agreements with outside sales representatives.  managing the development of sales materials, including media kits. They are generally responsible for managing a group of advertising sales representatives.   

Average Salary: Average salary is $113,434. It's reported that more than 50% of Advertising Sales Directors earn between $96,876 and $156,266.

Education/Experience Requirements: A Bachelors degree and 5 years of field experience.

Personality Synopsis: Common traits of Advertising Sales Directors include self-motivation, effective presentation skills, creativity, idea generation, good written expression, oral comprehension, written comprehension, deductive reasoning, and work great with people.

Other Job Titles Used: Director of Advertising Sales, Director of Ad Sales

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