Creative Sales/Account Manager- Atlanta Region/Mobile
Walsworth Yearbooks, United States
Job Description
Influence others. Inspire creativity. Impact your future all while not stuck behind a desk!
Fast track your career as a Creative Sales Consultant for an industry-leading, family-owned company. Receive intensive training and support starting as an in-depth classroom experience and continuing with on-the-job training, ongoing education, mentoring and coaching. You’ll be prepared to successfully handle high-level customer interaction, as well as to sell and negotiate new contracts. This is a rare opportunity to work in both a creative and competitive capacity while constantly facing new challenges and never getting stuck behind a desk.
You’ll work alongside students and teachers, providing advice on journalism and photography, creative guidance, technical assistance and high-level problem solving. With hands-on support, you’ll help each school build and maintain a successful publication, and business supporting it, assisting with everything from marketing and revenue generation to staff motivation and deadline management. While ensuring each school’s yearbook program is successful in all aspects, you’ll also learn and develop high-level sales skills to attract new customers.
This is truly a diverse position, combining leadership and problem solving with business aspects such as sales, marketing, and customer service as well as creative aspects such as photography, journalism, and design. Each day will be different, and you’ll enjoy the flexibility of working autonomously while receiving high-level support and resources to ensure you’re as successful as the effort you put in.
- Competitive salary plus bonus and incentive opportunities
- Fullbenefits, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance as well as 401(K) contributions
- Top CRM - Salesforce
- Leading technology iPad Pro, laptop, software, etc.
- Award-winning support all key sales support teams consistently rate over 90% in customer surveys
- Solid leadership connect with and receive guidance from all management levels, including hands-on assistance from area mentors, coaching from the executive vice president, and even advice from CEO Don Walsworth Jr.
- Unbeatable training and resources in addition to formal training, mentoring, and coaching, also benefit from online classes, virtual learning opportunities, and more
Responsibilities
- Support customers through every aspect of yearbook production
- Prospect and Sell additional schools on working with Walsworth
- Teach and engage students while keeping on track with budgets and deadlines
- Daily travel to schools, both customers and prospects, within the assigned territory (*as safety permits)
- Work independently to make daily schedule and run territory
- Learn company programs and other technology used in the industry,including Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Sales experience preferred, yet not required
- Computer Literacy
- Ability to work in an active, fast-paced environment with multiple priorities
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral
- Competitive and driven with ability to lead and motivate others
- Experience with yearbook, graphic design, journalism or photography is ideal, yet not necessary
- Ability to establish home office and work independently
- Valid driver’s license, ability to work in U.S. without sponsorship and to pass background check
In business since 1937, with annual revenue over $80 million, Walsworth Yearbooks is the only American family-owned yearbook publisher in the country. Our commitment to providing quality printing with a focus on customer service consistently earns stellar customer satisfaction scores and helps us retain over 90% of our customers year to year.
We also lead the industry in technical innovation and are the fastest-growing yearbook company in the country. Every member of our management team started in the field and was promoted from within. Many of our employees stay for decades, with good reason. Help us extend our legacy!
Benefits
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