Vericast is a premier marketing solutions company that accelerates profitable revenue growth for the 70,000 businesses it serves directly by influencing consumer purchasing and transaction behavior at scale while engaging with over 120 million households daily. We are recognized as leading providers of incentives, advertising, marketing services, transaction solutions, customer data and cross-channel campaign management, and intelligent media delivery that create millions of customer touch points annually for their clients. For more information, visit http://www.vericast.com or follow Vericast on LinkedIn.

The National Sales Division of Valassis, a Vericast company, is looking for an Advertising Sales Intern to join alongside our Sales team to help generate opportunity on some of America’s largest franchised brands.

You will help these local businesses grow by leveraging the Valassis Illumis™ platform and their award-winning Consumer Graph to build powerful omni channel media campaigns.

In this position you will gain exposure to our advanced prospecting cadence system, our omni channel advertising product suite, and an opportunity to join our talented sales professionals on video/phone calls to gain exposure to our best-in-class insight selling sales process.

You will be supported by a strong sales leadership team with an abundance of opportunity to learn about sales process and to develop the skills that are vital to your success for a career in media sales.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Generate new leads through lead generation, cold calling, video and email marketing.
• Scheduling prospects for meetings with account executives
• Take an inside look into an organization at the cutting edge of omni channel media and technology
• Join sellers online on discovery calls and presentations with prospects and customers.
• Attend internal training and skill development workshops.
• Take part of the networking opportunity with our sales leaders to expand your personal network

The program is designed to identify high-caliber talent to build our sales organization with the best and the brightest students who are looking for an accelerate path to a career in media sales upon graduation.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Effective phone etiquette with a natural ability to quickly foster a rapport with a prospect
• Good writing skills; ability to effectively communicate in writing and speaking
• Proficiency with use of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Goal Orientated, competitive, and forward thinking
• Confident, reliable, responsible, and hardworking
• Highly prefer students enrolled in classes or a specialized training program supporting successful Sales competencies

Education

• Competed 3 years toward a bachelor’s degree

Relevant Work Experience

• 0-2 Years

Schedule:

• 20 to 40 hours per week, 12 week internship

Hourly Wage Range: $20.00 - $23.00

The ultimate compensation offered for the position will depend upon several factors such as skill level, cost of living, experience, and responsibilities.

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

At Vericast, we do not just accept differences - we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our clients, and our community. As an Equal Opportunity employer, Vericast considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classifications protected by law. Applicants who have disabilities may request that accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process by contacting our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] EEO is the law. To review your rights under Equal Employment Opportunity please visit: www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.

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