Group Sales Associate, Crayola Experience Orlando

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world.  Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers.  Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better.

Group Sales Associate - Crayola Experience, Orlando, Full-Time

GENERAL SUMMARY:

This position drives group sales revenue through community outreach, relationship building, and strategic sales initiatives while supporting exceptional guest experiences and increasing attendance.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Achieve annual sales goals and objectives.
• Builds strategic partnerships with local schools, camps, churches, hotels, businesses, and organizations to drive participation in group visit and consignment programs.
• Meets with prospective clients, attends networking events, delivers sales presentations, and negotiates group sales rates to drive revenue growth.
• Develops creative ways to target niche markets to promote onsite activities; generating leads for new business.
• Supports onsite operations for groups and onsite events seeing to their needs, including check-in.
• Works cross-functionally with Admissions, Attractions, and Food & Beverage teams to provide an exceptional and memorable guest experience.
• Completes required weekly sales outreach and client engagement activities to support group sales objectives.
• Leverages sales analytics to provide insights that support informed business decisions.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Experience in guest services or hospitality preferred.
• Experience with outside or group sales preferred.
• Must be available to work a flexible schedule, including shifts as needed to support business operations.
• Must have reliable transportation (properly insured and registered vehicle) for travel to potential customer sites
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to appropriate guest service, admission and programming procedures and policies.
• Demonstrated proficiency with computers and scheduling software to coordinate, enter, and maintain accurate group reservation records.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills required.
• Must have a good command of the English language, both written and verbal.
• Effective oral and written communications skills coupled with strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple functions and multitask.

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move over 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

DISCLAIMER:  The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

WHY CRAYOLA?

• Kid Inspired Culture
• Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
• Community Volunteerism Opportunities
• Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
• Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
• Education Assistance Program
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
• Company Sponsored Employee Events
• Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment

Green is our favorite color!
Crayola cares about the environment and responsibly makes the products you love. Learn more about Crayola’s creative solutions for greener tomorrows: https://www.crayola.com/about-us/sustainability

Crayola is committed to providing competitive market compensation.  Our pay ranges are established using reliable market data and consider factors such as job responsibilities, industry benchmarks, and geographic location.

Individual starting pay is determined by a candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications.  This role is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan as per plan guidelines.  For a full list of Crayola benefits, please visit https://www.crayola.com/company/employee-benefits.

No phone calls please.

Search Firm Representatives - Please Read Carefully:
Crayola LLC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Crayola LLC via e-mail, the Internet, or directly to hiring managers at Crayola LLC in any form without valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Crayola LLC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Crayola LLC as a result of the referral or through other means.

Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Crayola LLC, and we value the partnerships we have built with our vendors. For this reason, Crayola LLC has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by Human Resources at Crayola LLC in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.