Advertising Clerk

仕事内容

The Western Producer is Western Canada’s largest weekly farm paper, delivering a comprehensive package of information to farmers since 1923. Considered the leading farm paper in Western Canada for both production and management information, The Producer enjoys wide circulation throughout the Prairies. Every week farmers and agri-business readers can trust award-winning agricultural journalism, industry features, market information, livestock industry coverage, ag finance and farm living.
The “Producer” is division of Glacier FarmMedia (GFM), Canada’s premier publisher of Ag newspapers, magazines, specialty publications and Ag web sites. In addition, GFM operates farm events including Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (ON) and Ag in Motion (SK), drawing tens of thousands of farmers to each. GFM also operates companies in the weather and digital IoT spaces (Weather Innovations and METOS Canada).
We are seeking an Advertising Clerk to provide exceptional customer service to farmers placing classified advertisements.
Core Responsibilities:

• Receive and process orders for classified advertising by telephone, email, fax, or in person, confirming wording, publishing dates, and the cost to the customer.
• Promote advertising enhancements such as bolding, pictures, and social media promotion, to increase the effectiveness of advertisements.
• Screen advertisements to ensure they are acceptable for publication; referring questionable ads for secondary review.
• Process customer’s requests for cancellations or corrections.
• Perform assigned administrative duties relating to customer billings, credit card transactions, prepaid advertising accounts, etc.
• Participate in the maintenance of various files and records.
• Assist in the preparation of statistical and other reports as needed.
• Perform general office functions and other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Ability and desire to work with farmers.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Ability to work independently and also in a team setting.
• Office experience, with telephone customer service or telephone sales experience is considered an asset.
• General knowledge of farming is considered an asset.

We offer a great working environment, competitive salary including an attractive benefits package. A departmental incentive program will take effect after a successful probationary period. If this sounds like the perfect fit, please email your resume and cover letter in confidence to: human.resources[at]producer[dot]com
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only successful candidates will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time