DISTRICT SALES MANAGER **Telegraph Herald** 1 Positions ID: 130225 Posted On 06/29/2024 **Job Overview** **Job Details** **Job Location** TH Media - Dubuque, IA **Position Type** Full Time **Travel Percentage** Up to 50% **Job Category** Media - Journalism - Newspaper **Description** **Supervisory Responsibilities:** + People: Independent contract carriers and haulers. + Data: Carrier records. + Things: Computers, office equipment/supplies, company vehicles, and telephones. **Overall Responsibilities:** + Increase distribution volumes within a geographic territory. + Improve service-to-error ratios within a geographic territory. + Oversight of WCI newspaper and weekly publication delivery. + Recruit, contract and retain independent contractors. **Specific Responsibilities:** + Maintain a "customer-comes-first" environment with pro-active commitment to internal and external customer service. + Recruit and contract youth and adult independent contractors for newspaper delivery. + Assist in contractor promotion to increase subscriber levels, including sampling and other promotional opportunities. + Follow-up with delivery complaints within your geographic territory in an effort to retain subscribers and improve service-to-error ratios. + Assist with and deliver down routes as needed. + Meet established service standards. + Participate in budget planning process as requested. + Maintain a working knowledge of all federal, state and local laws affecting assigned areas of responsibility. + Suggest and initiate, as appropriate, new methods and procedures to enhance efficient operation of the department. + Actively participates in the Great Game of Business. + All other duties as assigned by management. **Qualifications** **QUALIFICATIONS** **Behavior:** Self-motivated, respectful and resourceful. Recognizes and encourages superior performance, works within time-constraints. Enhance newspaper image to the public and set a good example for employees. Maintains a valid driver’s license. **Skills:** Management skills that include time management/organization, team building, coaching, counseling, all levels of communication, problem solving, decision making and analytical ability. Awareness of market trends that affect the total organization. Working knowledge of Word and Excel, circulation and navigation systems, etc. **Knowledge:** Extensive college level courses in marketing or related field or equivalent management experience. **Benefits:** + 401(k) + 401(k) matching + Dental insurance + Disability insurance + Employee assistance program + Flexible schedule + Flexible spending account + Health insurance + Health savings account + Life insurance + Mileage Reimbursement + Paid time off + Parental leave + Professional development opportunities + Profit sharing + Tuition reimbursement + Vision insurance Primary Contact 365524 Ali Chapman HR Generalist, Human Resources 563-588-5728 Phone Phone Phone Fax ali.chapman@wcinet.com Email True True False **Job Details** Categories Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations Customer Service Publishing/Printing Sales/Service Shipping/Warehousing Location Dubuque, IA Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Company ID 80 Job REQ # 130225 \# Positions 1 Start Date 20240629 End Date 20240805 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Acquisitions Sales Representative – Arkansas, Ka Kendall Hunt Publishing Company Acquisitions Sales Representative – Reno, Nevada Kendall Hunt Publishing Company Acquisitions Manager Great River Learning Acquisitions Manager – (Michigan, West Virginia, Great River Learning Sales Manufacturing Representative Sedona Staffing Services Content Manager Flexsteel Industries, Inc ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE INSIDE SALES & PREPRINT COOR Woodward Printing Services (A Division of WCI) Sales Account Manager Morrison Bros. Co. Sales Representative Universal Tank & Fabrication Marketing Manager Revolution Lightboards **Share this Job** Telegraph Herald Media / Publishing **About the Company** **TH Media** publishes the **Telegraph Herald** , a general interest daily newspaper and on-line news source published in Dubuque, Iowa 365 days a year. The TH's circulation is 26,000 and total weekly readership is 100,000 in the Dubuque tri-state area of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. The TH specializes in local and regional news coverage, but offers a comprehensive package of state, national and international news as well. Along with news, sports and commentary, the newspaper also features a full complement of retail and classified advertising. Additional publications include monthly magazines and special inserts. **Telegraphherald.com** provides the most comprehensive coverage of Dubuque-area news, weather and sports on the Internet. TH Media is a division of Woodward Communications, Inc. **Woodward Communications, Inc.** (WCI) is a multimedia communications company employing over 500 employee owners at 21 locations – servicing communities in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and customers throughout the nation and Canada. With its corporate headquarters in Dubuque, Iowa, WCI is owned by the Woodward family and its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The ESOP owns approximately 97% of the company.