Classified Ad Clerk- Sales Salary

• Receives orders for classified advertising for newspaper or magazine by telephone or in person.
• Talks to customer to determine wording and dates of publication of classified advertisement.
• Calculates word, line, or day rates, using rate schedule, and total charge for customer.
• Designates box number for anonymous advertisements.
• Accepts payments for advertisements.
• Writes order form to customer's specification and transmits to production personnel for publication.
• Writes receipts and keeps records of transactions.
• May mark advertising that has expired and indicate number of days other advertisements are to continue.
• May record customer's request for cancellations or corrections of classified advertisement.
• May solicit orders for classified advertisements over telephone.
• When taking order over telephone, may be designated telephone ad taker.

Classified Ad Clerk- Sales Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Order Clerks

Job family population: 159,210

Estimated population of Classified Ad Clerk- Sales jobs: 22,912

Rate of error: 3.0%