What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Sales position at Acadiana Cane Cutters?
Acadiana Cane Cutters is a summer collegiate baseball team which has been part of the Texas Collegiate League for 14 years.
We are looking for a full-time Director of Sales who will work with the team to expand our customer base in sponsorship sales, season tickets, and group outings. You will be a critical part of the team operation, and you will help to market the team and participate in theme night development.
Primary Duties – Off Season
We are looking for a full-time Director of Sales who will work with the team to expand our customer base in sponsorship sales, season tickets, and group outings. You will be a critical part of the team operation, and you will help to market the team and participate in theme night development.
Primary Duties – Off Season
- Meeting and Exceeding sales goals
- Effective follow up with clients to ensure customer satisfaction and repeat business
- Developing new business via phone calls, emails, social media, community events, grass roots marketing, and face to face meetings, all documented in the Score CRM
- Proactively create opportunities for new business through referrals and upselling opportunities
- Recruiting and interviewing interns for spring and summer internships
- Managing Social Media for the Cane Cutters
- Manage Cane Cutters website using our website tools
- Assist with designing promotional literature
- Assist with designing and ordering ballpark signage
- Work with Owners and other staff to create, plan, sell and execute other events at Fabacher Field in year round operation
Additional Primary Duties – During Season
- Oversee ticket office
- Supervising interns and gameday staff, with assistance from other management
- Assist Owner with Roster management
- Other duties as assigned
- Minimum Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in business/sales/marketing/sports management or similar concentration
- Proven Sport Sales Ability
- Some experience in managing social media and marketing
- Good business level Information Technology skills
- Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact comfortably and effectively with internal and external clients at all levels of an organization
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Extremely coachable and eager to learn every day
- Disciplined self-starter with strong work ethic
- Highly motivated individuals with a strong desire to build a career in the sports business
- Must be able to work evenings, holidays and weekends, as required, generally during summer
Definitely a plus
- Any graphics/design experience
- Strong social media expertise
- Video editing skills
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.