The Record and the Herald News/North Jersey Media Group is seeking a Director of Consumer Sales to provide strategic marketing and sales direction for our award-winning daily newspapers, The Record and Herald News. This position is responsible for leading the drive for circulation volume and market penetration through home delivery, retail sales and vending operations. To be considered for this position, an applicant must possess:
* Strong sales management experience (minimum of five years) with demonstrated ability in developing and executing
strategic and tactical sales and marketing plans.
* Effective analytical and process management skills.
* Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
* Demonstrated success in leading and managing people in order to create and maintain a highly productive and
motivating work environment that encourages innovation and diversity.
* Operational and strategic planning skills.
* Team-building skills necessary to work collaboratively with news, marketing, customer care and other departments.
* Demonstrated ability to achieve results.
* High energy and creativity.
Please send your resume with salary requirements to recruiting@northjersey.com.
Job Openings at the Herald News:
Deputy Sports Editor
The Herald News, a 27,000-circulation daily in northern New Jersey, just 18 miles from Times Square, seeks a deputy sports editor. This position requires creativity, initiative and strong news-editing, headline and presentations skills. Our coverage focuses on high school sports, soccer, enterprise and boxing. We also cover area professional teams in New York and northern New Jersey. We require at least three years of daily sports copy editing and design experience and prefer prior supervisory experience. Send resume, salary requirement and work samples to: Jeff Roberts, Sports Editor, Herald News, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, P.O. Box 471, West Paterson, NJ 07424. For questions, e-mail Jeff Roberts at robertsj@northjersey.com.
Sports Reporter
The Herald News seeks a sports writer to cover high school wrestling, Red Bulls MLS soccer, Ironmen indoor pro soccer and local angles to national and international soccer. This position requires initiative, enterprising ideas, honed reporting skills and a flair for writing. Send resume, salary requirement and work samples to: Jeff Roberts, Sports Editor, Herald News, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, P.O. Box 471, West Paterson, NJ 07424. For questions, e-mail Jeff Roberts at robertsj@northjersey.com.
Some background about The Record and the Herald News: Both daily newspapers are part of North Jersey Media Group, a family-owned company that also owns about 60 weeklies and magazines. The Record (Bergen County, NJ) has won the “General Excellence Award” as New Jersey’s best large daily newspaper (for circulation more than 60,000) in 10 of the past 15 years, including three of the past four years. The Herald News (Passaic County, NJ) has won the “General Excellence Award” as the state’s best small daily newspaper in four of the past five years (for circulation under 60,000).