Agriland.ie is the fastest growing and largest agricultural news portal in Ireland and, due to phenomenal growth, we’re looking to expand both our editorial and advertising teams.
If you’re an energetic and enthusiastic journalist or an ambitious sales professional Agriland is offering you the opportunity to have a major impact in the digital news sector.
Our expanding editorial team is looking for a journalist who has a good knowledge of agriculture and wants to play an integral part in generating news stories and features and helping to drive our growing traffic.
Working at Agriland.ie will mean working as part of a digital media team in a fast-paced environment. Reporting to the editor, you will be expected to generate news, follow leads and work with the team on stories.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to produce clean, factual copy to tight deadlines. They must also be driven, hard working and flexible.
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Agriland is also looking to recruit an advertising manager.
Reporting to the Managing Director the successful candidate will be our senior Sales Executive and will make a significant contribution to directing and defining our online presence.
Prior sales experience and a good understanding of online / digital media / traditional media and the agricultural sector is essential.
This is an exciting role for a seasoned, self-motivated and ambitious sales professional with the opportunity to have a major impact in a new digital media company.
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Agriland.ie is looking for news journalists to join our team.
Agriland.ie is the fastest growing and largest agricultural news portal in Ireland and due to phenomenal growth we’re looking to expand our editorial team.
If you’re an energetic and enthusiastic journalist who wants to play an integral part in generating news stories and features and helping to drive our growing traffic, then we can provide the opportunity.
Working at Agriland.ie will mean working as part of a digital media team in a fast-paced environment. Having good knowledge of the agricultural sector is essential.
If you want to be part of an exciting and rapidly growing company, send a cover letter explaining why you’re the ideal person and your CV to recruitment(at)www.agriland.ie
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the editor, you will be expected to generate news, follow leads and work with the team on stories.
- Writing & proofreading – you must be able to write factual, clean copy to tight deadlines as well as ensuring other stories do the same.
- Ideas – working as part of a team you will be to pitch ideas and original content to the editor.
- Production – the role will also see you involved in the production of stories for the website and other social media.
Requirements:
- Knowledge of or interest in agriculture (food, agri-business etc).
- Candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to produce clean, factual copy to tight deadlines.
- They must be driven, hard working and flexible.
- They must have the ability to work smart and take responsibility.
- Online writing experience is an advantage but not essential.
- A graduate qualification in journalism or a related degree is essential.
- Driving license and own transport.
Please send your CV along with a short cover letter to: recruitment(@)www.agriland.ie
AgriLand.ie is Ireland’s largest daily farming news publication and the largest agricultural publisher in the digital space. We are also the first online agricultural portal and due to continued rapid growth are looking to hire an advertising manager.
You will be a valued member of our growing team, reporting to the Managing Director. You will be our senior Sales Executive and will make a significant contribution to directing and defining our online presence.
Prior sales experience and a good understanding of online / digital media / traditional media and the agricultural sector is essential. You will consistently meet and exceed targets as the business expands and grows. This is an exciting role for a seasoned, self-motivated and ambitious sales professional with the opportunity to have a major impact in a new digital media company.
Your day to day duties will include:
- Sourcing and management of potential leads using multiple sources, including online and offline.
- Proactively hunting, finding, negotiating and closing deals, both face to face and over the phone
- Assessing and negotiating online sales agreements with business principles / managers in their local environment
- On-going customer account management
- Daily, weekly and monthly reporting of prospects, calls, future pipeline and daily / weekly closes
- Achieve and over exceed daily, monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals
Requirements:
- Excellent negotiator
- Great communication and phone presentation skills with the ability to sell at all decision-making levels
- Minimum 3 years business development / sales experience, preferably online advertising, direct marketing, classified advertising, local advertising, or any agricultural retailing background.
- Experience in direct sales, canvassing and cold calling
- Flexible, and able to quickly adapt to new situations
- Network of contacts in the agricultural sector is a definite bonus
- Bachelor degree desirable
- Good knowledge/experience of the internet as a commercial tool and interest in social media
- Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity to meet deadlines
- Passion, drive, honesty, positive attitude and consultative approach and self-motivation are all essential personal attributes
- Proficiency in MS Office tools and all things Internet
- Interest in / knowledge of the agricultural sector in Ireland is essential.
- Own car plus a full clean driving licence
If this sounds like a challenge you’re interested in and capable of rising to, we want to hear from you.
Please send a CV plus short cover letter to recruitment(@)www.agriland.ie
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