Custom Briefings Produces Daily Briefings for the Nation's Top Associations
Custom Briefings is an independent affiliate of U.S. News & World Report and Bulletin News Network, combining the best facets of a well-funded, branded startup environment with the power of one of the most respected brands in news media today.
Headquartered in Reston, VA, Custom Briefings produces a series of premium quality, email-based, custom news briefing products. We are growing quickly, and we are looking for intelligent, talented, and motivated individuals to join our dynamic team. Custom Briefings offers competitive salaries and benefits as well as an equity ownership incentive program.
About Custom Briefings
Custom Briefings is led by a team of seasoned, proven Internet media executives, who enjoy the independence and autonomy of a startup with the backing, brand, and resources of two successfully established media companies. Custom Briefings produces and delivers highly targeted and researched daily news briefings via email for professional associations. It is a unique daily news product with industry leading subscriber interaction rates and a unique advertising platform.
The corporate culture of Custom Briefings is fast-paced and intense, yet casual and supportive. Our home office is located in the Reston, Virginia, about 5 minutes from Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C. Worldwide ad sales are run from our New York City office. Our culture is defined by our highly engaged employees and emphasizes teamwork, innovation, creativity and our dedication to our employees is second to none.
Editor
Job Description
At Custom Briefings, our Editors work overnight to produce daily email news briefings for professional and trade associations in medicine, business, law, education and other fields. Our clients rely on our briefings for insights that drive their members’ strategies and practices.
We seek high-energy top performers who enjoy a challenging and stimulating publishing environment. Candidates must be analytical, self-motivated, detail-oriented and accustomed to producing a high standard of quality. They must also have demonstrated the ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure. Due to our early morning publishing deadlines, the ability to work night hours is required.
Responsibilities
- Conduct background research to develop an in-depth understanding of a professional audience and its interests
- Use a combination of Internet search engines and our web search tool to survey daily news developments and trends in specific industries
- Identify the industry’s most important news and summarize articles in a clear, concise, and accurate manner
- Write multiple briefings, maintaining our standards of relevance, objectivity, and fairness
- Edit multiple briefings for accuracy and adherence to our style
- Work with email operations team to publish final briefing and send to client daily
Job Requirements
- BA/BS or higher degree in an analytical, research- and writing-intensive field (e.g., law, journalism, science)
- Highly inquisitive and adept at using search tools and electronic databases; able to digest a substantial flow of information and synthesize it into an insightful, executive-level synopsis
- Demonstrated ability to write concisely and accurately under tight deadlines
- Sound news judgment and prior professional experience in researching and writing for a sophisticated audience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proven track record of working collaboratively to meet business objectives
- Technological proficiency required
- Ability to work overnight hours; our editors typically start between 10 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Please email your resume to .
Regional Advertising Sales Director
Hiring in: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New York City
We are seeking a driven and entrepreneurial sales professional who thinks strategically and acts tactically. The successful candidate for this role will have a clearly proven track record of sales accomplishments, as well as consistent sales goal achievement.
The Ideal Candidate
He or she is a mature, self-starter and is clearly driven by results, with a minimum of 5 years of online advertising sales experience. Superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment should be second nature. Those candidates who understand that nothing in business happens without first meeting with customers will flourish at Custom Briefings.
This Regional Sales Director will be a part of the national sales team, reporting to the Executive Vice President of Sales in New York. This role is perfect for the sales superstar who is looking for the ideal opportunity to earn significant compensation and to take their career to the next level. If you believe you are in control of the sales call when your contact is doing all the talking this is the right place for you.
Responsibilities
- Contacting and meeting with high level decision makers
- Engaging in a consultative sales to understand and capitalize on unique client needs
- Building creative solutions for clients
- Prospecting, lead-generation and development of new accounts, including generating sales revenues from candidate's existing relationships
- Hire and manage a first-class sales team as required
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of media sales experience
- 5+ years of dot.com sales experience (medical, high net-worth consumer and business media preferred)
- Proven track record of meeting and exceeding aggressive revenue targets
- Experience with both agency and client-direct sales
- Aggressive, results-driven orientation
- Excellent attention to detail coupled with the ability to structure and close a sale
- Independent self-starter who doesn't want to be micromanaged
- Uncompromised integrity and business ethics
- BA or BS degree required; MBAs also welcome!
For this sales leader, we offer an industry leading salary, unlimited commission and stock option package and outstanding, progressive benefits including health and dental insurance, health spending accounts, disability insurance, and 401(k). As an early stage company, the stock opportunity may represent significant upside potential for a successful contributor.
Please email your resume to .