The Collar360

Advertising sales agent

Other names

ad sales representative, media salesman, media salesperson, ad sales agent, advertising sales rep, media saleswoman

Marketing, sales and communication

They sell advertising space and media time to businesses and people, and talk to them about how it can help.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing customers to sell new advertising programmes and to protect and increase existing advertising.

  3. 3

    Obtain and study information about clients' products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
agent de vente de publicité/agente de vente de publicité
español
comercial de espacios publicitarios
العربية
وكيل مبيعات الإعلانات / وكيلة مبيعات الإعلانات
português
Agente de promoção de vendas
Deutsch
Anzeigenverkäufer/Anzeigenverkäuferin
italiano
agente pubblicitario/agente pubblicitaria

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