Retail Sales Associate

Aetna; Portland (ME); Remote; USD 43,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Remote work option

Job summary

Aetna in Portland, ME seeks a Retail Sales Associate to drive sales and coach a growing team. With 1 year of experience, you’ll enter a freelance role paying $43,000–$70,000 annually, reflecting ownership and momentum.

You’ll feed sales signals, draft outreach, discuss numbers with finance, forecast demand, and create collateral that moves prospects forward. Remote work is possible; relocation to Portland, ME is welcome.

Qualifications

• Sharp organizational skills across multiple workstreams.
• A portfolio or work samples demonstrating sales/marketing expertise.
• Self-direction in a quiet Slack-driven environment.
• Willingness to relocate to Portland, ME, or to work remotely.
• Clear English communication; ability to translate jargon into plain language.
• Familiarity with Gong or related tools.
• Collaborative mindset; able to share credit and absorb blame.

Responsibilities

• Feed sales the Apollo.io signals that say a buyer is ready now.
• Draft cold-outreach copy that survives a junior buyer's inbox.
• Talk numbers with finance, then talk vision with prospects.
• Forecast demand and align marketing investment with sales objectives.
• Create sales collateral, decks, and proposals that move prospects forward.

Skills

Sales experience

Portfolio samples

Self-directed

Relocation/Remote

Clear communication

Gong familiarity

Team collaboration

Tools

Gong

Job description

We built the Retail Sales Associate seat at Aetna for someone who can sell at $43,000 - $70,000 stakes and coach the team that follows. With 1 years of experience under your belt, you'll step into a freelance position paying $43,000 - $70,000 where ownership and momentum matter.

Key Responsibilities

• Feed sales the Apollo.io signals that say a buyer is ready now
• Draft the cold-outreach copy that survives a junior buyer's inbox
• Talk numbers with finance, then talk vision with prospects
• Forecast demand and align marketing investment with sales objectives
• Create sales collateral, decks, and proposals that move prospects forward

What You'll Bring

• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your sales marketing expertise
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• Willingness to relocate to Portland, ME, or to make remote work
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Familiarity with Gong and related tools or frameworks
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame

Aetna exists for one stubborn reason: the sales marketing tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Portland, ME. The team trusts each other to do the right thing without constant oversight or micromanagement.

We deliver $43,000 - $70,000, comprehensive benefits, and a development culture where curiosity and results-oriented ambition are rewarded.

We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.

We open the Retail Sales Associate role today and close it once we meet the right person, so hurry.