Advertising sales director vs regional sales vice president

The differences between advertising sales directors and regional sales vice presidents 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 regional sales vice president takes usually requires 6-8 years. Additionally, a regional sales vice president has an average salary of $145,308, 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 regional sales vice president are customer satisfaction, sales process, and product line.

Advertising sales director vs regional sales vice president overview

	Advertising Sales Director	Regional Sales Vice President
Yearly salary	$76,505	$145,308
Hourly rate	$36.78	$69.86
Growth rate	10%	5%
Number of jobs	56,824	106,299
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 87%	Bachelor's Degree, 82%
Average age	39	46
Years of experience	6	8

Advertising sales director vs regional sales vice president salary

Advertising sales directors and regional sales vice presidents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advertising Sales Director	Regional Sales Vice President
Average salary	$76,505	$145,308
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $110,000	Between $94,000 And $222,000
Highest paying City	-	Olympia, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Zendesk
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between advertising sales director and regional sales vice president education

There are a few differences between an advertising sales director and a regional sales vice president in terms of educational background:

	Advertising Sales Director	Regional Sales Vice President
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 87%	Bachelor's Degree, 82%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Southern California

Advertising sales director vs regional sales vice president demographics

Here are the differences between advertising sales directors' and regional sales vice presidents' demographics:

	Advertising Sales Director	Regional Sales Vice President
Average age	39	46
Gender ratio	Male, 57.3% Female, 42.7%	Male, 83.3% Female, 16.7%
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 regional sales vice president 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.

Regional sales vice president example responsibilities.

Achieve continuous profitability improvements through cost reduction programs successful OEM contract negotiations and outsourcing installation program.
Create vertical marketing direct mail campaign for federal and state government, legal, higher education, healthcare and financial markets.
Prepare and make presentations successfully positioning company as premier provider of healthcare solutions.
Provide superior sales follow-up, industry conference support and product education, administration include CRM and expense maintenance.
Coordinate RFP generation, target marketing, program launch and identification of technical specifications.
Work with all vendors and distributors to maintain smooth DSD or in-and-out warehouse distribution.

Advertising sales director vs regional sales vice president 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 regional sales vice president skills

Customer Satisfaction, 17%
Sales Process, 11%
Product Line, 6%
Revenue Growth, 6%
CRM, 5%
Healthcare, 5%

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