REWARDS NETWORK NEEDS HUNGRY COMPETITORS!!!!

We here at Rewards Network have a competitive drive to surpass our goals and go from 10,000 restaurants to 50,000 restaurants by 2025. Rewards Network (RN) is a fintech provider of a merchant-funded rewards platform servicing the payments industries through some of the most prominent affinity brands in the U.S. Over the last 30 years, the company has built an unparalleled network of 20 premier loyalty brands, 15 million affluent rewards-seeking members, and over 10,000 local independent restaurants. Through this network, Rewards Network provides marketing and financing services to its restaurant partners, with a demonstrated ability to drive incremental spend into those restaurants.

The company has achieved scale and significant profitability. Acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners in Q3 2017, the company has embarked on making its tech-enabled financial and marketing services for restaurants the leading products to enable small business’ success and multiplying its network of merchants and members.

GREAT, SO WHAT’S THE JOB?

Rewards Network is building a team of Business Development Inside Sales Representatives who will be charged with filling our sales pipeline with excited potential Restaurants, Bars, and Clubs. The team’s goal is to have engaging conversations with interested Owners to help drive sales for their business. The Business Development Inside Sales Representatives will have a responsibility of making 60-80 outbound cold calls a day plus completing daily / weekly appointments and pitch activities. The role involves a lot of time on the phone, scouting LinkedIn (and other resources) for contacts, research, and a strong focus on turning a cold call experience into an enlightening experience for the owner of a Restaurant, Bar, or Club. Everyone on this team will work closely with inside and outside business development sales leadership.

SO WHAT KIND OF FOLKS ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for recent college graduates with an interest in sales or people with a year or two of sales experience who are looking for the opportunity to get into the world of Fintech sales. Bonus points if you have experience selling over the phone, but we’re not making it a requirement because we’ll provide a ton of coaching and mentoring here at Rewards Network.

In a nutshell, we’re looking for people who are:

• Comfortable on the phone. This role requires picking up the phone and talking to people you don’t know. You’ll have a quota of at least 300 phone calls per week. If that doesn’t sound like something you’ll enjoy, this probably isn’t going to be a good role for you.
• Expert researchers and list makers. You’ll have to do great research to get in front of the necessary contacts and a lot of this involves creative problem solving and crafty communication. Your best resources will be LinkedIn, company websites, and Google searches to learn more about the potential client’s key decision makers. Then you’ll reach out to those decision makers to discuss how Rewards Network can be a benefit to their business.
• Clever. That crafty communication we just mentioned? You’ll need to write clever introductory emails that hold weight, get our point across, and make us interesting to prospective customers.
• Happy to be a part of a team. Everyone in the sales department has individual and team goals. We are looking for people who want to hit their numbers, but also fit well with the team. “Competitive Collaboration” is the mantra here so if you want to be part of a high contributing team this may be the role you’ve been looking for!
• Driven and motivated. This is a role where you’ll be encouraged to do great work by everyone around you, and you need to be up for the challenge. Our amazing team will help make sure you have the tools to ace the job, but ultimately your success will be determined by your hard work and dedication. We want people who start their week with a goal of setting 5 meetings, and when they set their 5th meeting on Wednesday, challenge themselves to hit 10 by the end of the week.

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching, and benefits.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Unlimited PTO!!! Who wouldn’t like to go to that Cubs game you just landed tickets for the day before!!
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We are 220 steps from the Ogilvie trains, on the same floor, and you don’t have to go outside in the cold!!
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Rewards Network.
• 33% of Restaurants, Bars, and Clubs you or anyone from our Rewards Network Sales team closes!!

We connect diners to fantastic restaurant experiences by offering unique card-linked offers thanks to our ability to leverage advanced technology and powerful data analytics, while simultaneously providing value to our strategic partners' overall loyalty programs.

We work alongside our restaurant partners every day, sharing in the ebbs and flows of their business while helping them achieve their dreams. We provide marketing and financing that work with their business and are truly pay-for-performance. We help them increase revenue, traffic, and customer engagement. Importantly, our services do not require the merchant to discount or give away their products.

Even more, we enhance our partners' loyalty programs by offering a turn-key, scalable dining rewards program that is right for their business model and leverages their unique brand to help increase the value proposition for their customers.

Finally, we connect our millions of members to our participating restaurants, allowing them to earn the rewards they desire when dining out.

Rewards Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We encourage and strongly support workplace diversity.