How To Become An Advertising Sales Assistant: What It Is and Career Path

What is an advertising sales assistant and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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The average advertising sales assistant salary is $36,259. The most common degree is a bachelor's degree degree with an communication major. It usually takes 2-4 years of experience to become an advertising sales assistant. Advertising sales assistants with a Certified Advertising Specialist (CAS) certification earn more money. Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow -8% and produce -8,000 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreAdvertising Sales AssistantUS Average

Salary

2.8

Avg. Salary $36,259

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.2

Growth rate -8%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

8.3

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39%

Asian 4.58%

Black or African American 5.98%

Hispanic or Latino 13.37%

Unknown 4.12%

White 71.57%

Gender

female 84.31%

male 15.69%

Age - 43

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 43

Stress level

8.2

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

9.6

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

4.0

Work life balance is poor

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become an advertising sales assistant

Explore advertising sales assistant education requirements

Most common advertising sales assistant degrees

Bachelor's

80.7 %

Associate

10.3 %

High School Diploma

3.6 %

Start to develop specific advertising sales assistant skills

Skills	Percentages
Account Executives	11.42%
Insertion Orders	6.31%
Client Proposals	6.30%
Billing Issues	5.72%
RFP	5.30%

Complete relevant advertising sales assistant training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New advertising sales assistants learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as an advertising sales assistant based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real advertising sales assistant resumes.

Research advertising sales assistant duties and responsibilities

Manage the SharePoint site and keep it up to date.
Assist media planners with strategy for potential new business RFP's.
Process RFP's by researching historical data, gathering current data, spend levels & paging.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations and processing of all contracts.

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