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Sales Account Executive

Nexstar Media Group

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Compensation
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Location
Kansas City, MO
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License, required

Job overview

WDAF-TV, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, seeks a Sales Account Executive to generate advertising revenue through established agencies and new prospects. The role customizes television and digital marketing campaigns, grows revenue, builds relationships with local businesses, and supports clients with advertising strategy, placement rates, schedules, and ad development.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Sales, requiredLong-Range Planning, requiredStrategy Implementation, requiredComputer Proficiency, requiredOffice Equipment, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Marketing, Advertising, Mass Communications, or Related Field or Equivalent, required1+ Year Sales Experience, requiredValid Driver's License, requiredAcceptable Driving Record, required

Full job description

MO-Kansas City;3030 Summit (Tribune-WDAF)

Full time

REQ-43621

WDAF-TV, the Fox Affiliate station in Kansas City, is seeking a Sales Account Executive. The Sales Account Executive generates advertising revenue by calling on established advertising agencies, cold-calling new prospects and customizing multi-platform marketing campaigns consisting of television and digital advertising

  • Implements strategies to consistently grow revenue and exceed revenue goals.

  • Establishes credible relationships with local business community.

  • Makes sales calls on existing and prospective clients.

  • Maintains assigned accounts and develops new accounts.

  • Prepares and delivers sales presentations to clients.

  • Explains to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.

  • Provides clients with information regarding rates for advertising placement in all media.

  • Develops advertising schedules with clients and station personnel responsible for placing advertising into station media.

  • Works with clients and station personnel to develop advertisements.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Skills :

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

  • Minimum one year’s experience in sales, preferably in the media field.

  • Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

  • Experience achieving long-range objectives and implementing the strategies and actions to achieve them.

  • Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.

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 47,319 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Missouri median$90–143K/yr363 salary ranges
  • Missouri median$20–22/hr90 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 744 open Sales jobs in Missouri and 47,319 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 27,519 postings).
Education
9,559 of the 47,319 open Sales jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Pay, requirements and demand for Sales jobs

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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