Summary of Responsibilities:

The St. Louis Cardinals are currently seeking candidates for the Business Development Supervisor position in the team's Publications Department. The position manages multiple facets of the group's business operations for 4 core products: Magazine, Yearbook, Calendar, and Scorecard. Major duties include marketing messages through a variety of channels (social media, mail/email, broadcast); managing sales campaigns and order fulfillment; maintaining customer/product databases; supervising an in-park gameday sales crew; and administering daily customer service duties. The ideal candidate also will contribute content to editorial products.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive yearly calendar of multimedia marketing initiatives
• Maintain monthly reports of sales and trends for all publications, tracking actual results against budgets
• Supervise relationship with DSR team that oversees company's inbound/outbound sales calls. Provide periodic training related to product sales and customer service
• Recruit and train student interns to staff in-park sales team
• Coordinate retail partnerships and logistics of a successful Calendar fundraising program involving schools, sports teams, clubs, etc.
• Support department's editorial operation by writing occasional feature stories, assisting with research, and performing production-related duties.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sports Management or Journalism.
• 2-3 years of work experience in related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative suite on both Mac and PC

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to create engaging content in both marketing and editorial environments
• Maturity and personality to provide top-of-the-industry customer service and serve as a department spokesperson in interactions with fans, media, vendors, and sales partners.
• Dedication to accuracy, organization, detail management and efficiency
• Poise to manage multiple project deadlines
• Familiarity with AP style or other literary style manuals