Media sales professionals are experts in building strong professional relationships, understanding specific client needs, and developing customized media solutions that help brands grow their business.
Could Media Sales be for You?
The Media Sales Certificate helps you build practical sales skills you can use across media, advertising, marketing, and business.
- Prospecting
- Building client relationships
- Discovering client needs
- Presenting solutions
- Addressing objections
- Closing the sale
- Earning resales and renewals
14 Credits. Skills That Can Build Your Career.
The Media Sales Certificate helps you build practical sales skills you can use across media, advertising, marketing, and business.
- Media Planning (3)
- Advertising Sales (3)
- Cross-Media Selling (3)
- Digital Media Sales (3)
- Advanced Internship in Media Sales (2)
The Media Sales Certificate includes an internship that provides students with a hands-on professional experience in the media sales space.
Students are responsible for securing their own internship. The Media Sales Internship Database from the Department of Advertising is a great place to start your search. The companies in this database have historically offered media sales-related internships.
Other university resources for finding internships include the CJC Career and Corporate Partnership Internship Board and the UF Career Connections Center’s Gator CareerLink.
Please keep in mind that summer internships are often posted 9-10 months in advance, so start your internship search as early as possible.
Media Sales Day – Sept. 17, 2026
Join us for a day of insights from industry leaders, workshops, and networking opportunities.