Latincouver (Sponsors Specialist)

Organization Name: Latincouver
Opportunity Title: Sponsors Specialist
Category: Fundraising & Sponsorship
Commitment: Less than 6 months
Start Date: March 20, 2019
End Date: May 31, 2019

Email: hrassistant2@latincouver.ca
Website: http://www.latincouver.ca
Details:

• Appropriate for youth (i.e., less than 18)
• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55
• Appropriate for volunteers aged 55 and over
• Appropriate for court-ordered volunteers

Opportunity Description:

 

Sponsors Specialist is in charge of communicating with potential and existing vendors, business companies and customers in order to identify both sales opportunities and find solutions for vendors/customers problems. The person reports to the Project Manager and Cultural & Business Development Manager.

 

Job Summary and Key Responsibilities

• Identify sales opportunities and set up sales target together with Executive Director And Cultural & Business Development Manager
• Search for new business on a daily basis
• Provide information on the company services
• Follow up on leads to generate new sales opportunity
• Negotiate, prepare and manage proposals and contracts
• Establish & maintain excellent relationship with customers
• Search all possible sponsors and reach them via email, or phone
• Create sponsor package, with all the information about the festival, prices, contracts, pictures (Work closely with Graphic Design Team)
• Prepare contracts for each kind of sponsors
• Apply for some sponsors online
• Create special proposals for sponsor, when needed
• Work closely with Financial Team to take payment from sponsors
• Make sure that we are supplying all the needs for each sponsor during the festival
• Record all the contracts, invoices and receipts payment on the Drive
• Compiling a wrap-up report at the end of the volunteering period
• Send to everyone Thank You notes after the event

 

Skills

• Self-starter, proactive and have a passion for helping customers
• Possesses good interpersonal and supervisory skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills in English
• Ability to multitask and work towards deadlines
• Strong problem solving skills and positive attitude
• Ready to take sales calls from and to potential clients
• Ability to work as a team as well as independently on projects
• Ability to work with flexibility energy and commitment
• Previous experience in sales is an asset
• Knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is an asset

 

Benefits

• Expand your professional contacts
• Gain valuable sales and customer relationship experience
• Reference letter after 3 months

 

How to Apply:

Send your resume to the email hrassistant2@latincouver.ca or fill out the application on our website and check out the many possibilities you can have with us:  http://www.latincouver.ca/be-a-volunteer/