Outside Sales, Omaha
Turn your social life into a great career opportunity at LivingSocial!
Are you outgoing with a love of getting out and about in your city? Are you a social leader who finds the hottest and hippest places to go and things to do for your friends and family? Are you good at convincing people to try new opportunities and ideas?
If so, then LivingSocial may have an opportunity for you!
Description:
LivingSocial is a young, fast-moving and well-funded start-up that is rapidly expanding to cities all over the country. We are looking for an Account Executive to sell the company’s fastest growing product – LivingSocial Deals. This innovative program promotes local businesses to local consumers through a special “daily deal.” You’ll use your knowledge of what’s great about your city to develop and grow the local market by securing commitments from the most desirable local businesses including restaurants, spas, nightclubs, retailers, theaters, tourism venues, and more. This position offers salary (commensurate with experience) plus bonuses and unlimited commissions based on revenue, sales targets and company goals.
Qualifications:
We are looking for energetic team members with a proven record of successful sales. Experience in the Internet advertising and promotions market, positive attitude and a great sense of humor are a plus!
- Strong knowledge of the local marketplace including consumer trends and popular area merchants and attractions.
- Minimum of 3-5 years sales experience required – preferably in online advertising, direct marketing, local advertising or pharmaceutical sales but will consider all sales backgrounds.
- Strategic thinker with proven consulting and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability sell at all decision-making levels.
- Self-motivated team player that can exceed goals and revenue expectations.
- Knowledge of social media including Facebook and Twitter.
- Able to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus, productivity and meeting deadlines.
- Flexible, and able to quickly adapt to new situations.
Responsibilities Include:
- Developing and cultivating leads using multiple sources including door-to-door prospecting.
- Setting up face-to-face and phone meetings with qualified prospects.
- Assessing potential business deals, negotiating favorable terms, and acquiring prospect commitment.
- Managing relationships with clients.
- Constructing proposals/contracts within selling guidelines.
- Communicating ongoing contact/sales activities through Salesforce.com.
- Providing documentation on new client acquisitions to the Operations team.
- Meeting individual quarterly and annual sales goals.
Our clients’ receive risk-free advertising with no up-front expense or out of pocket fees and receive huge exposure in the local market. If you like selling programs that you can believe in then this is the job for you! We have a limited number of openings and are ready to hire in your city today!
LivingSocial, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a premier provider of social media applications. With over three billion user preferences, its popular PickYourFive application has quickly grown to be the largest application on Facebook with more than 90 million registered users.
- You may submit as many candidates as you wish, but you may not refer yourself and be eligible for an award.
- Candidates must be submitted through Jobvite.
- A qualified candidate is a candidate who has not already been submitted to our office in the past 12 months.
- Referrals remain good for up to 6 months from the date of their submission.
- Referrals placed in permanent and contract roles must remain employed for a minimum of 3 months before reward payment is made.