Account Manager - State Farm Agent Team Member

State Farm Insurance Agency in North Center of Chicago 60618

State Farm Insurance Agency in North Center of Chicago 60618 seeks a local dynamic insurance professional to join our team. If you are a motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast paced environment, then this is your opportunity for a rewarding career with growth potential. This could be the start of an exciting, challenging and fun career!

Responsibilities:

• Willingness to engage in consistent confident, engaging needs-based sales conversations with relevant questions, that lead to appropriate insurance solutions.
• Strong follow up on quotes and customer inquiries within same day bus day in order to close, or possess strong follow up
• Represent the agency at community events and support local brand growth
• Ability to build a center of influence, network of contacts, to create referrals for prospective customers
• Utilize telemarketing techniques to generate leads and schedule appointments
• Travel outside the office to network with business professionals
• Brand the agency and yourself on social media websites.
• Handle customer inquiries and provide timely responses - Assist customers with payments, policy updates, and general service needs, proactive in problem solving
• Ability to set priorities and manage workflow to ensure efficient, timely and accurate processing of insurance transactions and other responsibilities.
• Maintain consistent accurate records within our database of every customer interaction.

What You Possess:

• Insurance Licensed Required (Property & Casualty - Life & Health) preferred
• State Farm Insurance or other agency experience preferred
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and multitasking skills, and interpersonal skills
• Strong persuasion skills
• Receptive to feedback and performance coaching
• Competitive, highly self-motivated and enjoys being rewarded for your efforts and productivity
• Able to work independently and hold yourself accountable for performance
• Results driven to succeed
• Possess a Positive Attitude, Friendly upbeat personality
• Possess strong work ethics
• Empathetic, and patient with customers
• Fast learner
• Persuasive and one who doesn't allow rejection to affect performance
• Possess a not give up attitude
• Able to work on a computer and phone all day long
• Possess a network of center of influence, or comfortable developing new prospects,

Why Join Our State Farm Insurance Agency:

• Career Growth: Develop your skills within a dynamic, supportive Fortune 100 company
• Supportive Culture: Learn from best-in-class leaders and motivated teammates
• Trusted Brand: Be part of an employer agent with 30+ years of industry experience
• Diverse & Reputable Product Suite: Sell from 100+ State Farm and alliance portfolio that meets every customer's needs

What We Offer:

• Base Pay (doe)
• Performance-based Incentives
• Profit sharing plan
• Paid time off
• Mon-Fri 9-5 (no evenings/weekends)
• Growth opportunity for advancement
• Incentives are based on productivity and are not guaranteed, and payments are governed by the terms of the applicable sales bonus plan
• Total compensation will be based on total production, experiences, licenses, education, skillset

Compensation: $38,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Do you want a career and not just a job?

We are an established, growth-oriented agency with a team of highly motivated individuals. We want to work alongside those who are equally committed to excellence and personal achievement. We take pride in using our years of valuable experience to mentor individual team members and prepare them for successful careers. If you're willing to work hard and you expect to get results from yourself and those around you, we want to meet you and talk about the opportunity we have for you.

About Our Agency

• We help customers with their insurance and financial services needs, including Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement Planning, Business Insurance, College Planning, Health Insurance, and Renters Insurance.
• Our office is located in Chicago, 60618 (North Center).
• Our office is open Mon-Fri - 9am-5pm.
• I have been a State Farm agent since 1989.
• Additional languages spoken: Spanish and Cantonese

If you want a career, not a job, then we encourage you to apply.

State Farm agents are independent contractors who hire their own employees. State Farm agents' employees are not employees of State Farm. Agents are responsible for and make all employment decisions regarding their employees.