What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Sales Internship position at American Marketing & Publishing, LLC?
American Marketing & Publishing, LLC is a national leader in providing marketing solutions that help family-owned businesses grow and succeed in their communities. Through our proprietary platform, AMP empowers local businesses to manage their online presence – optimizing business listings, photos, posts, reviews, and website content across the major search engines and social platforms. We provide best-in-class marketing solutions at affordable rates to tens of thousands of local businesses.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a talented and passionate Summer Sales Intern who thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven environment and is eager to help small business owners succeed. As an intern at AMP, you’ll play an essential role in generating leads, building relationships, and closing deals with small business owners. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sales while learning about the marketing industry and developing essential business skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prospect and generate leads for potential small business clients.
- Engage with small business owners to understand their needs and offer AMP’s marketing solutions.
- Build relationships with potential clients to help them grow their online presence.
- Close sales and drive results to meet and exceed set goals.
- Learn and apply the AMP sales process, improving your communication, active listening, and negotiation skills.
- Adapt to various situations and connect with customers from different industries.
What We Offer:
- Extensive Professional Sales Training: Learn the ropes of successful sales strategies with one-on-one mentorship from experienced Sales Executives and Leaders.
- Hands-On Experience: Receive hands-on training, support, and guidance in a real-world business setting.
- Compensation: Uncapped commissions and bonuses for performance. Learn more here.
- Work Culture: A positive, encouraging, and results-driven environment focused on learning, growth, and success.
Requirements:
- Education: Completed Junior Year of college, entering Senior Year of college.
- Location: Must be based in the Cincinnati, Ohio Metropolitan area for the duration of the internship.
- Availability: Full-time availability (40 hours/week) for an 8-week program from June to August.
- Skills & Traits:
- High energy, persuasive, and goal-driven personality.
- Positive, quick-thinking, and adaptable with strong mental fortitude.
- Strong communication skills and a passion for helping others.
- No prior sales experience is required, but related experience (e.g., retail, serving, bartending, leadership) is a plus.
Why AMP?
AMP has been helping family-owned businesses succeed online since 1997. Our mission is to ensure that our clients win the call when consumers have a need and begin to search online. OPTIMA™ helps businesses manager their online presence and reputation, primarily focusing maintaining consistent, positive and informative business listings across various platforms like Google, Yelp, Bing and Facebook. We own the CloseBy® Text Marketing platform and we are the largest provider of Google-hosted interior virtual tours in North America. In sum, we provide the best people in the community – hard working small business owners – with the best local advertising solutions in the industry. By joining AMP, you’ll be part of a company that supports and encourages its team to grow and thrive.
Ready to Take Your Career to the Next Level?
If you’re excited about the opportunity to help small businesses thrive and want to build your career in sales and marketing, apply today! This internship could be the perfect stepping stone to a successful future.
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