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Management & Staff
Our managers
can set their own schedules, work mostly
at home, and earn a high income based
on company performance. Each manager performs
two roles:
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Department
Manager - must have prior success in a
small business or entrepreneurial
venture, supervisory experience, and
expertise relevant to the department. Prior leisure
travel industry experience is required for some positions.
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R&D Team Member - must be able to research/explore
special interest seminars and tourist destinations
worldwide, and constructively participate in an
intellectually challenging tour development process.
Current Openings
Membership Director
Responsibilities
include:
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Manage and improve the overall experience our customers have
with us, and develop a long-term relationship in which they
view us as their primary vacation supplier
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Analyze our members'
responses to surveys, and provide our management team with a clear
picture of who our members are, where they live, and what they want
from a vacation
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Work with the Marketing Director and Sales Manager in
developing sales strategies and promotional tools (webpage
copy, sales letters, etc.) for our tour programs
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Handle or supervise non-routine
emails and calls from members, providing exceptional customer service
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Publish monthly or quarterly ezine for our members
Qualifications:
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Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
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Understanding of consumer direct selling methods and online
marketing, preferably in the leisure travel industry
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Basic familiarity with data management and statistical
analysis methods
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Ability to
work 20 hours minimum per week, partly
at home, with the capacity to meet
increasing responsibilities as our
company grows
Account Executive
Responsibilities
include:
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Work with Sales Manager to identify and contact, usually
face-to-face, prospective group tour clients, such as
affinity organization leaders and association executives
- Determine client's group travel needs and communicate
them to our tour development and marketing staff
- Present and sell a proposed group tour designed
specifically for client's membership, including itinerary,
topic oriented activities, pricing, and suggested marketing
strategy
- Assist the affinity group client in selling the tour to
its members, via meetings and online promotion
- Follow up for post-tour feedback and future sales
- Provide monthly client contact reports to Sales Manager
- Join regular conference calls for sales meetings and
training sessions
Qualifications:
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Initiative to work as a self-starter without direct
supervision
- Understanding of consumer direct selling methods and online
marketing
- Proficiency in PowerPoint for customizing your
presentations to groups and their leaders
- Ability to
work 10 hours minimum per week, mostly
out of your home
- Talent for developing long term relationships with group
clients
Marketing Director
Responsibilities
include:
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Research leisure travel industry and report findings to
production and sales staff
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Develop a
comprehensive marketing plan with emphasis on viral
concepts, but also including press releases, online
subscriber lists, cooperative advertising, and direct sales
calls
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Create promotional
tools (webpage copy, sales letters) in collaboration with our Membership Director
and Sales Manager
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Develop strategy and tactics for promoting each tour
departure in collaboration with our Membership Director
and Sales Manager
Qualifications:
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Broad experience in internet-based marketing &
website functionality
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Familiarity with selling directly to consumers,
preferably in the leisure travel industry
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Business degree in Marketing or commensurate work
experience
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Ability to work 10 hours minimum per week, mostly at home,
with the capacity to
meet increasing responsibilities as our
company grows
Topics Developer
Responsibilities include:
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Researching topics of popular interest
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Researching recognized experts who might
travel with one or more of our tour
groups as a Topic Presenter
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Collaborating with the presenter to
develop about 10 hours of presentations
and activities, to be included as part
of a weeklong tour
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Consulting with our tour design staff to
integrate topic sessions with tour
itineraries
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Writing appealing descriptions of both
topic and presenter, to be posted as a
page on our website
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Managing the presenters after we have
scheduled them for an actual tour
departure, helping prepare presentation
materials, and reviewing post-tour
evaluations
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Writing webpage text, company
presentations, press releases, and
articles
Qualifications:
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Solid
familiarity with a broad range of
popular cultural and social activities,
including hobbies, recreation, art,
history, literature, music, science,
technology, and personal development
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Experience
that relates closely to interviewing
experts and researching their fields to
discover topic treatments that will be
most appealing to our members
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Understanding of consumer direct selling
methods and online marketing, with
proven success in writing professional
sales copy
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Degree in
Journalism preferred
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Ability to
work 10 hours minimum per week, mostly
at home, with the capacity
to meet increasing responsibilities as
our company grows
Assistant Purchasing Director
Responsibilities include:
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Researching vacation destinations worldwide, including some
site inspection travel
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Designing tour itineraries in detail
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Negotiating rates with selected vendors
- Preparing quotations for customized affinity group tours
- Compiling destination information and writing
descriptions for web pages
- Reserving and managing room blocks and other services on active
departures, approving payments, and reviewing post-tour
evaluations
Qualifications:
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Solid
familiarity with all aspects of group
tour design, development, and pricing
- Four or more years' vendor
management experience in the leisure
travel industry
- Ability to
work 10 hours minimum per week, mostly
at your home office, with the capacity
to meet increasing responsibilities as
our company grows
Web Graphics Developer
Responsibilities include:
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Designing data-driven
web pages
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Learning business & user requirements,
with limited writing of functional code
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Work with other IT team members to integrate design &
function
Qualifications:
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Degree in Information Technology and/or
Management Sciences, or commensurate
on-the-job training
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Proficiency in web design and
limited programming, using HTML, XML, JavaScript, ASP, .NET,
and VBScript
- Experience with E-commerce
page designs
- Effective communication skills and
ability to meet deadlines in a
distributed environment
- Ability to
work 10 hours minimum per week, mostly
at home, with the capacity to meet
increasing responsibilities as our
company grows
Contact Us
Account Executive applicants please contact Kay Hereford,
Association Accounts Manager.
Web Developer applicants
please contact
Matt Jezewski , IT Director.
All other applicants please contact
Tom Welch
, General Manager.
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