What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Executive position at Chicago Stars Football Club?
The Chicago Stars FC are seeking an experienced Account Executive with a strong passion for sales and women’s sports. This position generates revenue through strategic prospecting, face to face meetings, cold-calling, and relationship building.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Generate revenue using all sales methods, including cold calls, face to face appointments, prospecting, and networking
- Meet daily touch-point quotas
- Sales inventory includes but is not limited to, season tickets, mini-plans, premium ticket packages, suites, and group packages
- Aggressively prospect and research new sales leads to build your book of business
- Achieve and exceed weekly, monthly, and annual sales goals established by our Sales Management Team
- Record all activity and sales pipeline details in the CRM system
- Provide superior customer service to clients, existing ticket holders, prospects, groups, and single-game customers
- Be present at all home games to service your customers, establish new relationships, and help manage the game-day duties
- Attend team and community events for the purpose of making new connections and maximizing sales opportunities
- Additional tasks as requested by Red Stars management and directors
Qualifications and Requirements:
- A minimum of two (2) years of sales experience, preferably in the sports or entertainment industries
- Strong work ethic, open to learning, and enthusiastic attitude
- Excellent communication and organization skills, both oral and written
- Superior customer service mind-set possessing the character and experience to support our goal to “Be friendly and Be helpful”
- Good at collaborating with others in a close work environment
- Excellent, proven cold calling skills
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and multi-task
- A high level of professionalism, confidence, enthusiasm, and personal accountability
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Web Suite
- Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays
- Hybrid office/remote schedule. The candidate must reside in or near the Chicago area.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
