Job Description
Job Description
Job Type: Contractor/1099 or Contract to Hire
Pay: $30 - $35 per hour (based on experience)
Company:
Soch is a pioneer in solving the public sector's most critical business challenges by digitizing and automating complex processes. We offer a suite of products that address election management, FOIA management, candidate filing, campaign finance and other critical business challenges in the government sector.
Role:
We are looking for a sales and outreach professional with a minimum of 3 years of experience. Someone who is passionate about democracy and has a desire to help local and state election administrators run successful elections.
Primary Responsibilities of the Role:
- Develop and maintain relationships with current and potential customers
- Strong communication skills needed to promote/demonstrate products and services offered by Soch
- Outreach via email, phone, social media, conferences and onsite election office visits
- Travel to conferences and local/state election offices as needed
- You must be a quick learner to learn the products and services offered by Soch
- Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and monitor their preferences to ensure relevant marketing strategies.
- Other duties as assigned by the manager
- Your primary focus will be on developing customer relations, and completing sales of Soch’s products.
- You will be responsible for managing opportunities and relationships with customers in a specified assigned territory/state(s).
- Leveraging your established connections and local election knowledge will contribute significantly to your growth in this position.
A successful candidate will have:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in outreach
- Overall 3 years of experience in sales
- Conferences or trade show experience
- Ability to work/collaborate with a team
- Strong work ethic with ability to self-manage workload and deliverables
- Familiarity with CRM software (good to have but not required)
- Self-starter with a positive attitude and very good interpersonal skills
- Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales
- Proficiency in using word, excel, pdf, computer/laptop and online applications
- Strong communication skills and able to demonstrate products during conference and onsite visits to election offices.
- Able to operate non-commercial vehicle for business travel
Required Experience:
- Sales Experience: 2 years (Required)
- Elections Sales Experience: 1 year (good to have but not required)
- Poll Worker Management or Voting Equipment Management: 1 year (good to have but not required)
Company's website:
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Soch, Inc is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
Work Location:
- 701 E Franklin Street, Suite 1515, Virginia 23219