<div><span>AFAR is looking for a temporary salesperson to cover a maternity leave. This role will  prospect, nurture client and client relationships, field RFPs, close business and hold meetings with stakeholders for a 16 week term. During this period, this role will be responsible for the generation and growth of online/offline revenue through Afar’s existing channels - <a href="http://Afar.com">Afar.com</a>, Afar Magazine, Afar Audio, Social, Events, Advisor, Creates, Video etc. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in travel or related media sales, public relations, project management, and marketing. We’re looking for a self-starter with maternity cover experience who is proactive in driving revenue and increasing client base from day 1. Managing the end to end sales process is a requirement. Organization, time management, and attention to detail will be critical to deliver success.</span></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Drive toward and beyond revenue goal across Afar platforms within assigned territory, agencies and/or categories</li><li>Identify sales prospects and work on prospect strategy.</li><li>Learn and communicate clients’ key KPIs and share account insights to the marketing team for optimal proposal development</li><li>Collaborate with marketing, corporate, production, finance and other teams within the brand unit to produce top of the line advertising solutions and revenue opportunities for book of business.</li><li>Present Afar brand and tailored opportunities to various clients, stakeholders, agency partners </li><li>Develops and manages ongoing relationships with clients and agency relationships.</li><li>Responsible for overall account health, retention, growth and optimization across platforms and product lines.</li><li>Reports business performance, status and trends to assigned accounts.</li><li>Makes independent tactical decisions in alignment with company values, goals, policies &amp; procedures</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Position is remote, tri-state area with access to New York City strongly preferred</li><li>2-3 years experience of integrated media sales </li><li>Must be highly motivated and passionate</li><li>Excellent presentation, time management and organizational skills</li><li>Superior interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal</li><li>Fluency in the latest technologies (digital, social and mobile)</li><li>Self-starter able to solve problems, identify issues and develop solutions</li><li>Strong prospecting, negotiation and closing skills</li><li>Proven sales and closing success with ability to navigate multiple stakeholders and high-level conservations</li><li>Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote, start-up environment with grace under pressure</li><li>A love of travel</li></ul><div><b>Timing: </b><span>February 16 - June 16, dates are subject to change </span></div>