Community Events Manager

Location

Gainesville, FL | United States

Job description

The Internet is now the heartbeat of our home, but too often internet service is frustrating and unreliable.  IQ Fiber was created to offer 100% fiber-optic fast internet, transparent pricing, and attentive customer service to deliver a Smarter internet experience .  As part of the rapidly growing IQ Fiber team, your contributions will directly affect our success.  Your work matters here. 

We’re looking for energetic, collaborative, and customer-focused talent with the ability to proactively move our business forward.  In return, you’ll find a place where you voice matters.  You’ll find a team who works hard and has fun.  And, if you’re like us, you’ll know you made a Smarter career choice. 

Position Summary:

This position is located in Gainesville, FL.

The primary function of this position is to drive awareness and consideration of IQ Fiber, making us the internet provider of choice in the communities we serve. As a Community Events Manager, you will be responsible for developing relationships with community leaders as well as residents. You will define and execute a local marketing plan which complements our overall company efforts and results in the achievement of our market penetration objectives.

Our Community Events Managers are local experts on fiber and broadband service in neighborhoods and communities we service. In this hands-on position, our events managers work in the field with a primary objective to increase IQ Fiber’s subscriptions in serviceable areas. Our events managers are required to work community events as scheduled, including evenings, weekends, and occasional holidays, with the goal of increasing our subscriber penetration. In addition, this role works closely with the sales leadership, marketing, engineering, and operations teams to capitalize on sales opportunities throughout our customers’ journey with us.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish relationships with key government, business, and association leaders, engaging them on a pro-active and ongoing basis to establish awareness of IQ Fiber and create local leverage for our PR, marketing, and sales objectives.
• Identify and execute sales and marketing activities across both brand activation and sales objectives.
• Establish IQ Fiber as the provider/partner of choice for broadband services.
• Meet or exceed market penetration objectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Exceptionally strong communication skills.
• Exceptionally strong process and project management skills.
• Strong leadership skills to drive initiatives and to manage sales organizations expectations and issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of sales and sales process management.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Exceptional multitasking skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to pass a driver's license check, background check and drug test.
• The successful candidate will be able to perform the following with or without reasonable accommodation:
  • Ability to travel locally
  • Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays
  • Ability to operate a personal computer, and wireless equipment

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

IQ Fiber is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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