Job Description
Assistant to the Director of Sales and Marketing
Overview
This is a long-term, ongoing, and stable 100% remote work-from-home engagement providing administrative support to our Director of Sales and Marketing.
The minimum commitment is 25+ hours per week between the hours of 9 am 5 pm EST, Monday through Friday. The role cannot be partnered with another full-time and/or part-time job. A pre-existing professional home office environment with a computer (MS or Apple), high-speed internet connection, and an unlimited US long-distance calling plan is mandatory. Only US based (any time zone) candidates where English is their first language will be considered.
Job Description
The day-to-day responsibilities of this role are aligned with traditional support roles such as virtual / executive / administrative assistants, customer service representatives, account executives, customer success and/or onboarding, marketing assistants, sales support as well as persons looking to transition away from inside/outside “sales”. No prior insurance industry experience or know-how is required to be considered. We actually prefer that our new hires come from outside of our industry.
Who we are
Great Point Insurance (www.greatpointins.com) is a commercial property and casualty wholesale insurance broker. The hallmark of our operation is an entrepreneurial and dynamic approach to relationship building coupled with delivering the best in world service. We have enjoyed double-digit growth, year
in and year out, for over 20 years. Our corporate culture is to be a family-first organization, and our entire staff, whether it be full-time employees or part-time independent contractors, enjoy flexible schedules so they never miss an important life event. The perfect work-life balance is what we bring to the table for our staff.
In addition to our fiercely entrepreneurial and technology-forward culture, we are experts at training new skills, developing existing skills, and team building. We have an unmatched track record of training people with no prior insurance experience into career professionals.
What you bring to the table
- You have previous experience and enthusiasm for an administrative and/or customer service-centric role.
- You are detail and process-oriented and capable of prioritizing multiple tasks.
- You demonstrate integrity, empathy, and urgency and can quickly establish trust & credibility
- You can work independently but thrive in a collaborative atmosphere.
- You can express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications.
- You have the ability to build, nurture and maintain superior relationships with internal teams, customers and third-party vendors.
Technology Competencies
- Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word (Required).
- CRM Software (Recommended but not required).
- Email Marketing Platform (Mail Chimp, Constant Contact, etc. Recommended but not required).
Engagement & Compensation
- This is a long-term 1099 role without benefits.
- There is no path to benefits or W2 full-time employment.
- Hourly compensation ranges from $20 – $25.
How to Apply
- Only candidates that submit a cover letter and a formal resume, complete with pertinent contact information will be considered to begin the selection process. The cover letter must specifically state that the candidate understands and is accepting of the terms and commitment of the role. *
- Candidates who successfully follow the instructions above and who have work experience we believe to be a good match for success in this role will be invited to start the selection process.
- The selection process begins with a 40-minute online personality dynamics survey that you will complete online. An email invitation will arrive in your personal email inbox. *Candidates have exactly 48 hours from the date/time stamp the email was sent to complete the survey, and no exceptions will be made.*
- The personality dynamics survey is a tool to determine whether you will be compatible with the existing staff. This is our way to get the personality fit right on day one which allows for less friction and more smiles. The personality dynamics survey and our matching process enable us to build successful teams, avoid employee turnover and grow exponentially year in and year out.
- Our staff is happy doing what they do and who they do it with because we take the time to place them with a team and ask them to perform a job function that matches what makes them who they are deep down.
- Candidates who are a personality match for our corporate culture and job function will be invited to the next phase of the process, which is the traditional interview during which you will get to ask us the tough questions about the job, your manager, your teammates to build a foundation to determine if we are a good fit for you.
- The entire process, from the introductory personality dynamics survey through interview, will take less than 3 business days.