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Classified Advertising Sales Manager

Category: Art/Entertainment/Media
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Job Description/Responsibilities
We are looking for someone to coordinate the services of the classified advertising department, which includes hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating employees within that department.

Qualifications/Skills
The ideal applicant must have the skills necessary to train personnel to handle orders quickly, efficiently, politely, and accurately, and to calculate charges for customers; oversee the process of checking ads for accuracy, handling collection of fees or billing information, and assisting the billing department as required; assist the advertising manager in devising special promotions or offers; and keep records and prepare regular reports about the quality and efficiency of the department’s performance.

Education/Background
A high school diploma or equivalency degree is required.  You must have two years of experience in an office setting, with at least one year in a supervisory position.  Previous experience in a classified advertising department is preferred, but is not required.  Excellent computer skills with experience in Excel and Word is mandatory.

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Job Description

Classified Advertising Sales Manager

Category: Art/Entertainment/Media
Reports To:      

Job Description
Coordinates the services of the classified advertising department, including hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating employees within that department.

Qualifications
•	High school diploma or equivalency degree is required.

•	You must have two years of experience in an office setting, with at least one year in a supervisory position.  Previous experience in a classified advertising department is preferred, but not required.

•	Excellent computer skills with experience in Excel and Word is mandatory.

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Duties
Percentage
of Job	Exemption
Classification	Duty	Essential Function	
     %	Exempt	Trains personnel to handle orders quickly, efficiently, politely, and accurately, and to calculate charges for customers.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Oversees process of checking ads for accuracy, handling collection of fees or billing information, and assisting the billing department as required.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Assists advertising manager in devising special promotions or offers to increase use of classified ads and increase department’s revenue.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Keeps records and prepares regular reports for advertising 
manager about quality and efficiency of department’s performance.	Y / N	
     %			Y / N	
     %			Y / N	

Exemption Analysis
While the job title points to an Administrative exemption (541.200), some of the rest of the job description offers a much weaker case for that exemption.  But judging the overall requirements of the job, it likely fits not only the Administrative but also the Executive exemption (541.100). The actual Job Description itself mentions coordinating a department and disciplining and terminating employees, which would fit under the Executive exemption’s primary duty of managing a business. In addition, advertising is specified in the Administrative exemption (541.201(b)) as work directly related to management of general business operations. And even though this position assists the advertising manager and produces reports for that higher-up, the Administrative exemption does allow for review of an exempt’s work at a higher level (541.202(c)). Considering all that, this position may be a combination exemption as explained in 541.708.

Category Decision
The duties and responsibilities for this position have been analyzed.	
Manager:	Date:	
On that basis, this position has been judged to be        Exempt          Non-Exempt.	

Interview Questions

Classified Advertising Sales Manager

Category: Art/Entertainment/Media
Reports To:      

	How did you motivate employees to provide exemplary service?
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	Any personal secrets for motivating yourself?
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	Describe a special promotion in which your input made a difference.
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	Tell me what you see as the greatest strength someone in your position should cultivate.  How would you go about doing that?
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	What kinds of software do you use in your current job?
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	Tell me about a time your department missed a performance goal.  What changes did you make?
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	Tell me about some creative merchandising ideas you have implemented.
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	If you had one accomplishment to brag about from your previous job, what would it be?
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