Career roadmap
How to become an Advertising Sales Agent
Median annual wage for Advertising Sales Agents (41-3011) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of an Advertising Sales Agent, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Deliver promotional presentations to current or prospective customers.
- Estimate costs or terms of sales.
- Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Study product information to acquire professional knowledge.
- Prepare sales or other contracts.
- Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
- Explain technical product or service information to customers.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Speaking4.1/5
- Persuasion4.0/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.9/5
- Service Orientation3.9/5
- Active Listening3.8/5
- Negotiation3.8/5
- Reading Comprehension3.4/5
- Critical Thinking3.3/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3/5
- Writing3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for an Advertising Sales Agent — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Enterprising6.7/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Conventional4.7/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Artistic3.5/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Social2.9/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Investigative1.5/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Realistic1.1/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
