Sales/Station Co-ordinator & Credit Controller

A full-time sales job at Celador Radio Ltd in Southampton
Posted 20 June 2016, 11.20am edt

What we’re all about:

Celador Radio forms part of the Celador Entertainment Group. We’re famous around the world for, amongst others, devising and launching the quiz show ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ and producing the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. We also own and operate twenty local and regional radio stations across the south of England. We are dedicated to championing the individual creativity inherent in our stations and talent because we believe this is the only way to deliver high quality local content at a national level.

What the job entails:

As Sales/Station Co-ordinator and Credit Controller you will support the sales team on a day to day basis as well as being the first point of contact for general client and account queries. You will generate client plans and proposals, book commercial campaigns, assist with the administration of the CRM database and update the sales figures on a daily basis.

You will also be responsible for ensuring that clients have been set up correctly and fully credit checked where appropriate, all invoicing information is correct, chase purchase orders, post/allocate cash receipts, raise pro-forma invoices and collect campaign pre-payments. You will also set up new direct debit mandates and review existing one and inform Account Managers as and when clients need chasing for bad debt.

Finally, you will be there to support the Head of Sales Support.

What are we looking for?

You must have a creative disposition, possess excellent communication skills, and have an ability to keep a cool head in a hectic commercial environment. Confidence with multi-tasking and deadline management are also desirable.
As well as this, it’s important that you can abide by Celador’s values:

• Freedom to create new things, to come up with new ideas, to do things differently and to be ourselves.
• Dedication to creating the highest quality output.
• Care for our teams and the local communities we serve.
• Above everything else a Passion for radio.

Ultimately, Radio sales support is all about self-motivation, commercial acumen and above all a ‘can do’ attitude.