Advertising sales assistant vs sales administrator/administrative assistant

The differences between advertising sales assistants and sales administrator/administrative assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an advertising sales assistant, becoming a sales administrator/administrative assistant takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a sales administrator/administrative assistant has an average salary of $36,442, which is higher than the $36,259 average annual salary of an advertising sales assistant.

The top three skills for an advertising sales assistant include account executives, insertion orders and client proposals. The most important skills for a sales administrator/administrative assistant are reservations, word processing, and data entry.

Advertising sales assistant vs sales administrator/administrative assistant overview

	Advertising Sales Assistant	Sales Administrator/Administrative Assistant
Yearly salary	$36,259	$36,442
Hourly rate	$17.43	$17.52
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	14,214	104,412
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	44	50
Years of experience	4	2

Advertising sales assistant vs sales administrator/administrative assistant salary

Advertising sales assistants and sales administrator/administrative assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advertising Sales Assistant	Sales Administrator/Administrative Assistant
Average salary	$36,259	$36,442
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $46,000	Between $29,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Santa Clara, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Splunk
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between advertising sales assistant and sales administrator/administrative assistant education

There are a few differences between an advertising sales assistant and a sales administrator/administrative assistant in terms of educational background:

	Advertising Sales Assistant	Sales Administrator/Administrative Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Communication	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Advertising sales assistant vs sales administrator/administrative assistant demographics

Here are the differences between advertising sales assistants' and sales administrator/administrative assistants' demographics:

	Advertising Sales Assistant	Sales Administrator/Administrative Assistant
Average age	44	50
Gender ratio	Male, 15.7% Female, 84.3%	Male, 9.7% Female, 90.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.4% Asian, 4.6% White, 71.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between advertising sales assistant and sales administrator/administrative assistant duties and responsibilities

Advertising sales assistant example 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.
Prepare original PowerPoint presentations utilize by sales team during sales calls.
Facilitate productive office environment, process payroll using QuickBooks software, set appointments and suggestively sell base on customer need

Sales administrator/administrative assistant example responsibilities.

Contribute to marketing business online and manage Facebook page.
Invoice customer on completion of project.
Perform regular audits on the CRM system for data and process integrity and routine database maintenance.
Create accounts, contacts, and opportunities resulting in the successful execution of customer contracts in Salesforce.
Process new applications for merchant banking services, cash advance funding, POS equipment leasing, and small business lending.
Prepare and sustain business reports; expense tracking, monthly accrual and invoice payment submission, procurement card reconciliation report maintenance.

Advertising sales assistant vs sales administrator/administrative assistant skills

Common advertising sales assistant skills

Account Executives, 11%
Insertion Orders, 6%
Client Proposals, 6%
Billing Issues, 6%
RFP, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

Common sales administrator/administrative assistant skills

Reservations, 12%
Word Processing, 8%
Data Entry, 7%
PowerPoint, 6%
Phone Calls, 5%
Payroll, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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