NK News Jobs

NK News is hiring for the following remote positions:

1. REMOTE SALES EXECUTIVE

Skills: Strong calling skills, ability to grasp geopolitical issues, ability to explain online software platforms, strong qualification of lead and conversion of leads to sales, proven ability to work independently

Summary: 
NK News is the leading global provider of news and analysis on the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK / North Korea). Through our team of in house analysts and journalists we deliver breaking news and detailed analysis to institutions around the world. Our goal is to help our clients better understand the dynamics of the DPRK, informing their policy, economic, and commercial decisions.

NK News is a young and growing company. We are looking for energetic and success driven sales people to join our team. Headquartered in Seoul we are looking for Remote Sales Executives living in various regions of the world. At present, we are looking for candidates in the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Korea.

Responsibilities: 

• Drives efforts to achieve sales targets and to grow customer base over the telephone/web
• Actively prospect in the target region in pursuit of new sales opportunities
• Target potential leads to build sales pipeline using appropriate sales strategies and approaches
• Maintain knowledge of competitors and best practices to strategically position the value of product and services offerings
• Establish a professional working and consultative relationship with customers by developing a basic understanding of their unique business needs within their industry
• Educate the customer on the company’s technical capabilities leveraging industry and business knowledge underpinning the customers’ business needs to create demand and persuade through the creation and presentation of compelling purchasing rationales
• Develop proposals, deliver remote customer presentations and close the business
• Efficiently leverage leaders, sales teams and partners to seek out new opportunities and close business
• Record all customer/prospect communications and maintain the Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) system

Qualifications: 

• Successfully sold products/services over the phone using value-based and consultative selling strategies
• Proven record of bringing in new business revenue
• Strong passion for selling online platforms to enhance a customer’s business
• Collaborative team player with the confidence and integrity to earn people’s confidence, internally and externally, and put them at ease
• Builds business by identifying and selling prospects; maintaining relationships with clients.

Skills and Qualifications:

Presentation Skills, Client Relationships, Emphasizing Excellence, Energy Level, Negotiation, Prospecting Skills, Meeting Sales Goals, Creativity, Sales Planning, Independence, Motivation for Sales

How to apply:

Please send your resume and covering letter to chris.macdougall@nknews.org before COP September 4, 2015.

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2. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST REQUIRED

NK News is looking for an experienced journalist to conduct a major investigation on a North Korea refugee-rIghts related issue.

Ideally, the canidate should be bilingual, knowledgeable about North Korea, and willing to probe a sensitive subject with full vigor.

How to apply

Please send resume and investigation examples to chad.ocarroll@nknews.org before close of August. Assuming positive results, further investigations will be requested following completion of the initial one.