The Sales & Marketing Associate performs in-house sales, marketing & recruiting support to enable increased productivity for the sales and recruiting staff. The SMA is a proactive ‘roll-up-the sleeves’ go-getter that complements the rest of the team to help us capitalize on every opportunity to create a professional, positive first impression, provide responsive customer service; host successful Traust sponsored marketing and events. The Sales & Marketing Associate performs in-house sales, marketing & recruiting support to enable increased productivity for the sales and recruiting staff. The SMA is a proactive ‘roll-up-the sleeves’ go-getter that complements the rest of the team to help us capitalize on every opportunity to create a professional, positive first impression, provide responsive customer service; host successful Traust sponsored marketing and events. Qualified applicants should send detailed resume to employment@traust.com

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Sales support

• Assist with managing the firm’s CRM system by providing timely, accurate assistance with data input (i.e. sf.com data entry & updates) and access of this information through reports that aid decision making and customer service
• Assist with assembly of sales call (here’s what I need for my next call), proposals (SOW) and RFI/P materials, resume preparation; including final editing
• Correspondence follow up (like Contracts, RCCs, appointment confirmation) and filing
• Act as scribe during meetings, when requested

Marketing support

• Work directly with BDAs and SAEs to execute campaigns
• Coordinate logistics for Traust Sponsored events, and orderly professional facilities/services
• Assist with the development/production of sales and delivery collateral and promotional materials

Recruiting support

• Timely, accurate assistance with data entry (i.e. sf.com data entry & updates, data clean-up), accessing information and fact finding (i.e. requesting an updated resume)
• Drafting and final editing of resumes into Traust template

Other duties as assigned 

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Related work experience may substitute.
• Must be local to Twin Cities area.
• Highly reliability and excellent organizational skills, including documentation and follow-through.
• Strong verbal (people & phone) and written communication skills
• Proven ability to manage processes, strong attention to detail, prioritize duty essentials and problem solve
• Exercise extreme integrity with data/information and respect for privacy
• Ability to work at a fast pace, perform under pressure, and meet deadlines with high integrity and accuracy (attention to detail)
• Experience in B2B marketing preferred

Computer Skills

• Previous experience and high proficiency with relevant software applications (Microsoft applications), CRM (Salesforce.com) including the ability to analyze data and produce reports

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