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Sales Manager

Nexstar Media Group

Watertown, NYFull-time$50–55K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$50–55K/yr
Location
Watertown, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver’s License With Acceptable Driving Record

Job overview

The Sales Manager leads day‑to‑day operations of the sales department for broadcast and digital platforms in Northern New York, developing new business, driving revenue, managing inventory, budgets, and client relationships while fostering team growth and community involvement.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wide Orbit Traffic & Media SalesStrataMatrixComScoreEnglishCommunicationCoaching and Mentoring

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or Advertising or Mass Communications or Related Field or EquivalentThree Years Media Sales Experience MinimumValid Driver’s License With Acceptable Driving RecordEnglish Fluency

Full job description

NY, Watertown

Full time

REQ-43513

WWTI-ABC50 has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Manager in Northern New York, home of Fort Drum, The Thousand Islands, The St. Lawrence River, and the Adirondack Mountains! Are you looking for a creative and fun working environment? Do you enjoy being an active member of the community? Would you like to work for a company where hard work is recognized and rewarded? If you answered yes, WWTI-ABC50 could be the perfect place for you.

The Sales Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Sales department, including development of new business and achievement of revenue goals across Broadcast and Digital Platforms.

  • Provides leadership for the broadcast/digital sales teams

  • Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees Develops and executes sales strategies which result in exceeding revenue targets in local, new business and digital revenue

  • Drives new business development

  • Manages inventory and revenue forecasting

  • Manages recruitment, training, evaluation, and development of sales professionals

  • Prepares budgets and approves budget expenditures

  • Manages Accounts Receivable

  • Develops and cultivates client relationships alongside Account Executives

  • Performs other duties as assigned

Experience:

  • Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them

  • Experience guiding, directing and motivating personnel, including setting and monitoring performance standards

  • Experience with Wide Orbit Traffic & Media Sales, Strata, Matrix, and ComScore is preferred

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising or Mass Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

  • Minimum of three-five years in media sales experience

  • Fluency in English

  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

  • Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record

  • Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor and help them improve their knowledge and skills

Compensation: Salary of $50,000 to $55,000 plus commissions and bonus opportunity

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,456 open Sales Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$50–55K/yr
  • New York median$105–150K/yr249 salary ranges
  • US median$95–144K/yr3,294 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $53K, is 60% below the New York median midpoint ($132K) — in the lowest quarter of Sales Manager salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 455 open Sales Manager jobs in New York and 6,456 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Sales Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,368 postings).
Education
772 of the 6,456 open Sales Manager jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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