Sales Intern

The Q 90.1 Sales Intern Job Posting

The Q 90.1 is the local Christian Radio station for Worcester County MA. Our mission is to connect people, churches, businesses, and communities together with the love of Jesus Christ. We are a small but growing non-profit that recently invested in a new broadcast antenna system that doubled our listener footprint and hired a Director of Business Operations to leverage the increased footprint into revenue growth

We are seeking an enthusiastic Sales Intern to join our team to provide essential support in developing and implementing a new sales outreach strategy.  As a Sales Intern you will have the opportunity to immediately assume a meaningful role within the organization. You will report to and interact regularly with the Director of Business Operations.

What you will be doing:

• Research and analyze the Worcester County Business Market. Make recommendations on potential client markets and work with the Director of Business operations to develop a sales strategy and outreach plan
• Work with Dir of Business operations to implement sales strategy. Conduct initial outreach via email and phone campaigns and assist the Director in follow up and sales calls.
• Review and analyze current email communication plans for business and church partners.  Working with The Dir of Business operations develop and implement a plan to improve frequency and content messaging to better serve current constituent groups and help grow revenue
• Review current CRM content and make recommendations for improved record keeping and reporting
• Engage with station "Street Team” to help improve volunteer recruitment and retention through better communication. Assist team in scheduling and attending appropriate events with partners.

What we value:

• A Christian who is excited about our mission and serving the community
• A strong work ethic and success-oriented mindset. You see opportunities where others see failure
• A team-oriented player who is coachable and knows they don’t always have the answer but is willing to figure it out.

Desired Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, most importantly active listening
• Familiarity with using a CRM and sales tools
• Willingness to prospect utilizing email, phone and in person meetings
• Ability to analyze, draw conclusions and make strategic recommendations