Sales Associate & Business Development

Company Description

We create beautiful websites and powerful web applications.

The great news is virtually every business needs this service. This is truly the wild west of generating new business.

MORE INFO ON POSITION:

Where we are at as a company:

• We very much still have that ‘startup vibe’. We all sit together. We all work together. The president dresses like a homeless person. This will probably never change.
• We have a lot of business coming in and are at a point where we struggle to answer the question ‘are we a startup or are we a company?’.
• Whatever the case, what we can say is that we are far more established than what we were 3 years ago, and we are still working in an environment where we work hard & support one another. 

From the founder of StickOutSocial:

• I owe everything I learned to an entry level sales position I was in 6 years ago. I quickly learned that hard work and the passion to represent the company were the perfect ingredients to becoming successful. Sales goes beyond making money. It teaches you how to communicate. It teaches you how to negotiate. Most importantly, it teaches you how to listen.

Job Description

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.

• 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!

Qualifications

• 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!

Additional Information

• 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 office
• Typically 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.