Advertising sales director vs commercial sales manager

The differences between advertising sales directors and commercial sales managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become an advertising sales director, becoming a commercial sales manager takes usually requires 6-8 years. Additionally, a commercial sales manager has an average salary of $90,126, which is higher than the $76,505 average annual salary of an advertising sales director.

The top three skills for an advertising sales director include media sales, revenue growth and client relationships. The most important skills for a commercial sales manager are customer service, sales targets, and CRM.

Advertising sales director vs commercial sales manager overview

	Advertising Sales Director	Commercial Sales Manager
Yearly salary	$76,505	$90,126
Hourly rate	$36.78	$43.33
Growth rate	10%	5%
Number of jobs	56,824	144,012
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 87%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	39	46
Years of experience	6	8

Advertising sales director vs commercial sales manager salary

Advertising sales directors and commercial sales managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advertising Sales Director	Commercial Sales Manager
Average salary	$76,505	$90,126
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $110,000	Between $56,000 And $142,000
Highest paying City	-	Newark, CA
Highest paying state	-	Pennsylvania
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between advertising sales director and commercial sales manager education

There are a few differences between an advertising sales director and a commercial sales manager in terms of educational background:

	Advertising Sales Director	Commercial Sales Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 87%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Southern California

Advertising sales director vs commercial sales manager demographics

Here are the differences between advertising sales directors' and commercial sales managers' demographics:

	Advertising Sales Director	Commercial Sales Manager
Average age	39	46
Gender ratio	Male, 57.3% Female, 42.7%	Male, 83.4% Female, 16.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Asian, 7.6% White, 71.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 4.1% White, 78.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	10%	7%

Differences between advertising sales director and commercial sales manager duties and responsibilities

Advertising sales director example responsibilities.

Achieve continuous profitability improvements through cost reduction programs successful OEM contract negotiations and outsourcing installation program.
Collaborate on social media and operations project to expand CRM platform for demand awareness, lead scoring automation and forecast accuracy.
Develop new accounts while maintaining and upselling existing accounts.

Commercial sales manager example responsibilities.

Lead efforts on the renewable energy, energy efficiency and GHG goals & KPI's.
Manage the commercial agreements between Rolls-Royce and their customers (airline owners and/or operators) in the Americas region.
Analyze and manage export-import logistics for select Chilean products import to Spain.
Manage a team of sales executives to establish and maintain professional relationships with healthcare professionals in their prospective territories.
Produce accurate KPI reports for strategic and tactical decision making.
Experience in apply, commercial and residential HVAC products and installation accessories.

Advertising sales director vs commercial sales manager skills

Common advertising sales director skills

Media Sales, 32%
Revenue Growth, 10%
Client Relationships, 6%
Sales Management, 5%
Account Management, 4%
Sales Strategies, 4%

Common commercial sales manager skills

Customer Service, 59%
Sales Targets, 36%
CRM, 1%
Customer Satisfaction, 0%
Product Knowledge, 0%
Work Ethic, 0%

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