We are hiring! Merchant GMAT & Admissions LinkedIn Associate - Merchant GMAT & Admissions

Reports To:

The LinkedIn Associate will report to LinkedIn Sales Manager.

Job Overview:

Working in the newly expanded Merchant GMAT & Admissions sales team you will be responsible for sourcing qualified leads via LinkedIn, which will play a key role in helping drive Merchant’s sales and business growth and be part of the most exciting and talented, education businesses in Latin America.

Working with a team of sales associates you will be responsible for profiling, contacting and setting up qualified sales calls with the most talented Latin American business professionals, whose aim is to get into top post graduate programs such as Harvard, MIT, Columbia and London Business School to ultimately reach their career and lifestyle dreams.

Merchant is a US business based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina. After consistently doubling revenues every year, for the last 7 years, we are aggressively expanding into surrounding LATAM countries (Mexico, Peru, Columbia, Chile) and investing significantly in making our dreams of owning the LATAM market a reality. If you want to join the team, we work hard, reward smarts, love to have fun and celebrate our victories.

You will be compensated well in USD and before you get started you will go through a rigorous one month training program aimed at getting you up to speed with everything MBA related, as well as making sure you are ready to hit the ground running and earning commission quickly.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Profiling potential MBA candidates via LinkedIn based on their age, educational background and work experience, using Merchant customer data models (don’t worry we will teach you everything you need to know)
• Engaging and conversing with potential clients via LinkedIn chat, your focus will be on providing value to potential clients about Merchant, the MBA industry and any useful events or articles, with the overall aim of getting a meeting for the sales team
• Working 30 hours a week, your aim (when you are fully trained) is to generate 12 qualified calls per week for the sales associates
• Hit and exceed your individual monthly sales meeting goals, while contributing to the overall success of the wider team and business 
• Use Zoho CRM, to schedule meetings and make sure that all relevant information on each meeting generated is communicated to the LinkedIn Sales Manager
• Collaborate with the sales associate team to optimize the lead generation process and maximize the number of sales opportunities for the business

An ideal candidate:

• Do you have perfect written English?
• Are you a fast learner who is not afraid to make mistakes?
• Are you resourceful in finding creative solutions to problems where you do not have all of the information?
• Do you love being organized?
• Do you value your independence and want the ability to earn bonuses alongside your normal salary?
• Are you a proactive self starter that wants to improve yourself personally and professionally? 
• Do you enjoy contributing, and playing your part in reaching a collective goal?
• Do you have previous experience generating leads online?
• Are you interested in a sales career in the future?
• Do you want to be part of a company where you can grow based on your strengths?

If you have perfect written English and answer yes to at least 8 of the above 10 questions then you should consider getting in touch, because we want to hire people like you. 

Send us an email outlining why you want to work at Merchant, referencing any experience that will help us see how you will fit in and your CV to tim@merchantgmat.com and alejandra@merchantgmat.com and we will be in touch shortly.

Hours and Salary

• You will work 30 hours a week
• You will work from your home office so a good internet connection and laptop or PC will be needed
• Salary: $250 monthly base salary and further $125 monthly bonus (uncapped)

Deadline for applications: Friday 12th March 2021