Advertising Sales Representative

Socket.dev; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training

Ongoing professional support

Incentive trips & awards

Job summary

Best Version Media is hiring for a field-based, in-person sales role in the Providence area. You will build your own book of business, selling advertising across local print magazines and companion digital products. Schedule is controlled by you, with commission-based earnings and startup bonuses.

Earn a recurring commission (70-80% range) based on monthly sales and performance, with bonuses available during start-up and ongoing. Training and support are provided to help you succeed.

Qualifications

• Field-based, in-person sales role targeting local business owners.
• Experience with advertising sales a plus; training provided.
• Commission-based compensation with startup bonuses opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Consult: meet face-to-face with local business owners to showcase community advertising.
• Strategize: build multi-channel branding programs across print, digital, social, and websites.
• Scale: grow your own book of business leveraging our training and proven sales system.

Skills

Sales Acumen

Growth Mindset

Community Focus

Job description

Turn your love of community into a career.

About Best Version Media

Founded in 2007, Best Version Media (BVM) has spent nearly two decades bringing North American communities together one person, one home, one business at a time. Today, BVM publishes over 1,300 local magazines and reaches billions of digital impressions across North America, helping thousands of local business owners grow.

What You’ll Do

This is a field-based, in-person sales role. You’ll build your own book of business in your local territory, on a schedule you control, selling advertising placements across BVM’s local print magazine and companion digital, social, and website products.

• Consult: Meet face-to-face with standout local business owners to showcase what makes their community great.
• Strategize: Build powerful, multi-channel branding programs using our media suite, print, digital, social, websites, and reputation management.
• Scale: Leverage our proven training and time-tested sales system to grow your own book of business, building community engagement that pays you and your community for years to come.

What You’ll Earn

This is a 1099 independent contractor role with no base salary or draw (full commission). Representatives earn a recurring commission on sales, with commission rates generally ranging from 70-80% based on monthly sales volume and performance relative to the baseline* cost structure. Bonuses are available during start-up and on an ongoing basis.

*Baseline is the back-end cost associated with the magazine & digital product’s cost to produce, distribute, bill clients, etc, and does not come out of the representative’s pocket.

What You Bring

• Sales Acumen: A drive to help local businesses grow through the art of advertising sales, strong communication, negotiation, and closing skills. Experience with digital or print advertising is a plus, but the right attitude matters most; we provide the training.
• Growth Mindset: A resilient, never-give-up attitude paired with a proactive approach to learning and continuous self-improvement.
• Community Focus: A genuine interest in building and nurturing relationships with local business owners, putting their success first.

Why Best Version Media?

• Support: Comprehensive training and ongoing professional support, we’re a community in ourselves.
• Proven Success: Nearly 20 years serving local communities, with over 1,300 publications and a reach of billions of digital impressions across North America.
• Culture & Rewards: Our why is simple: bring communities closer, one relationship at a time, and we celebrate the people who make that happen.
• Earn incentive trips, awards, and friendly contests along the way, all within a flexible schedule built to keep you present for what matters most: friends and family.