Market Research & Email Management

Market Research & Email Management
PrimStera Marketing, working under the name Retail Explosion, is excited to be looking for someone to join our team! We are a small company located in Alberta, Canada that focuses on helping brand owners connect with buyers in retail stores across the United States and Canada.
Please read the following job description carefully to see if this is something you would like to apply for. Only applicants who follow the instructions contained in the posting will be considered.
Thank you so much, and I look forward to seeing your applications!
Character/Personality:
- Friendly and enthusiastic: You should enjoy communicating with people and be able to work well with a team.
- Initiative to self-learn: In cases where your work requires you to learn a new task, you should be confident to be able to research on Google, YouTube, or even ChatGPT to find out how to do the task. We will provide training for our core tasks and how to use our software. But tasks such as how to turn a Google Drive link into a hyperlink (just as an example) can easily be learned from a quick Google search.
- Organized and consistent: Our work requires a high level of organization and consistency to accomplish daily tasks. Most tasks will have a certain system and workflow that will need to be followed for the work to be successful.
- Flexible and willing to learn new skills: While the core workload will be very similar from day to day, you will be required to become very competent in different software programs, and some days the projects may be different from the day before. A willingness to take on new projects and learn new skills is essential for this position.
- Honesty and integrity: We value honesty and integrity. Good relationships are built on trust, and we seek to establish trust through open communication and fair treatment of everyone we work with.
Skills: The following skill list reflects a skill set that is needed to work in this job position. If you have some of the skills, but not all of them, you may still be considered for the position:
- Excellent English writing skills for emails and WhatsApp messaging with the ability to communicate clearly in written English.
- Experience with email management and writing, sending, and managing emails.
- Experience with G-suit including Gmail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel. Part of your job will require you to enter data in Excel and Google Sheets documents.
- Good communication skills: Because we work as a team, we are looking for someone comfortable communicating via email, WhatsApp, and through video calls with Zoom.
- Other administrative skills and experience will be an asset to your work with us.
Job Description:
Our company is Retail Explosion, and we help brand owners connect with retail buyers in the USA and Canada. We work closely with another company called Retail Empire.
The majority of our outreach to buyers is done through cold emails.
We use the following software:
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- Instantly.ia
- Excel
- G-Suite including Gmail, Google Sheets and Google Documents
A typical workflow will look like the following:
- We send you information about a brand. This will involve using shared folders in G-Suite
- You research the brand and understand the niche and category that it fits
- You research buyers on , and export the lists as a CSV
- You will filter the Apollo lists by manually checking the given stores through Google searches to determine their suitability
- You create email campaigns in Instantly.ia and manage the campaigns effectively
- Eventually, you will be manually responding to follow-up emails, communicating with brand owners and other team members via WhatsApp, and other tasks associated with the job.
Equipment Needed:
- Webcam for video calls
- Computer that is capable of handling multiple heavy tasks at once quickly and efficiently, including having multiple tabs open at the same time.
- Consistent internet and power that is capable of handling video calls and running heavy email systems
We are offering 40 hours of work per week, typically from 2pm to 10pm Philippine Time. The hours can be moved later (as this aligns better with our working hours in Alberta, Canada), but not earlier in the day.
Wages will increase as you prove your ability to handle tasks efficiently, learn new skills quickly, and take initiative in the business.
In your application, please do the following:
- Write in a friendly tone, with correct grammar and punctuation. The tone of your application should reflect the tone in which you would write your emails. The way your application is written will be a reflection of your ability to fill this position.
- Briefly explain your past experience with skills relevant to this job description.
- Please address me by name
- Tell me one of your favorite hobbies or things you like to do for fun
Please note that we will only be responding to applicants who we feel may be a potential fit for our team.
Thanks so much, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Aaron Harbidge
PrimStera Marketing / Retail Explosion