We're looking for a smart, confident, articulate, and professional sales person to sell online advertising for our popular food and wine website, www.benjaminchristie.com

• High Commission Structure
• Part time role with flexible hours – work at home
• Can be located anywhere in Australia
• Stay at home mums encouraged to apply
• Suited to advertising sub-contractor
• Telecommute with realistic targets

The site offers a wide range of advertising choices from standard online display advertising to product placement, sponsorship and recipe development. From June this year we shall be selling online advertising for other sites as well.

The role is suited to a subcontractor who already sells advertising inventory for websites or for a stay at home mum who wants to re-enter the work force in a part-time role and is seeking a position with flexible hours. Of course anyone with experience and enthusiasm for selling online advertising will also be considered.

You’ll have previous experience in some sort of advertising or media sales and have a basic understanding of how internet advertising is sold. You must be able to cold call and create relationships with marketing and advertising executives. Sales are not restricted to just food and wine companies, with other industries such as financial, travel and automotive likely targets.

We already have a database of some 300 companies to begin contacting, so there are leads a plenty.

Ideally you’ll have;

• a passion for food and wine
• an understanding of online advertising
• a creative, intelligent and consultative approach to sales
• experience writing pitch emails and quickly finalising sales
• the ability to work unsupervised
• excellent verbal and written communication skills
• your own computer and internet connection
• experience in Microsoft Office (especially Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

The position is commission based, however a base / retainer could be negotiated after an initial trial period.

If you think you've got what it takes, apply here.