About this role
SOS is looking for a full-time entry-level sales associate who has the motivation and personality to flourish in a small startup environment. Upon mastering sales best practices (3-6 months based on success/work ethic), this associate will be moved into a business development role, where strategic partnerships are formed with companies that can bring multiple projects to the company on a consistent, ongoing basis.
What to expect:
Entry Level is where it starts:
Week long training program to learn sales best practices, our services, and general information.Reaching out to businesses primarily by phone calls to start, but also through meetings & job boards.Business Development is just one direction for growth within the company: Reaching out to business who go beyond ‘one time’ website projects. These are the companies that can send you several jobs a month. From a financial standpoint, a lot of money can be made here, but we first want to make sure you prove yourself through cold calls and hard work!
A passion for making shit happen. This is not bullshit. We mean it.Keen judgment and decision making skills. Curiousity. StickOutSocial puts a lot of value in asking questions - to our clients and to each other.Good with numbers. Our services offer relief and results. Being able to quantify results accurately and clearly is a must.A good sense of humor. Yup. It’s a requirement.Experience in Sales or Account Management. Not required, but it helps! We are located near Wells and Van Buren in downtown Chicago. We are steps away from two CTA stops, Quincy/Wells (Brown/Green/Orange/Pink/Purple) and LaSalle (Blue).There’s a lot of energy in our officeTypically we have snacks delivered to the office on a monthly basis… meaning 2 weeks we are gorging chips… and then we run out and starve for 2 weeks. We need to work on this.