Field Sales Representative
Job description
As a Field Sales Representative, you'll be the face of Nielsen, recruiting households to participate in Nielsen ratings. Our field sales representatives spend 75% or more of their week in the field driving to and recruiting homes to be part of the Nielsen ratings.
This role is a strong fit for someone with sales experience who enjoys meeting new people, working independently, and building trust quickly. If you have built relationships, met goals, and succeeded in customer-facing or public-facing work, this could be a great opportunity to bring those strengths into a field-based role. Candidates with backgrounds in outside sales, residential sales, in-home sales, retail sales, lead generation, canvassing, customer service, hospitality, restaurant service, community outreach, field interviewing, or other public-facing roles are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must reside in the Boston area to be considered for this position.
Key
Responsibilities
- Drive to selected homes using a company-provided vehicle
- Recruit statistically selected households unannounced and conduct in-person interviews
- Explain participation clearly, build rapport, and encourage enrollment
- Collect and enter household demographic and technical data accurately
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure compliance procedures
- Meet performance goals, quality standards, and customer satisfaction targets
- Overnight stays may be required in another metro area based on business needs 50% of time
What are the qualifications?
- High School Diploma/GED OR 2+ years equivalent work experience
- Valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record
- Strong computer skills, including mobile devices and common workplace applications
- Excellent communication and persuasion skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in English for participant conversations, documentation, and safety-related interactions
- Ability to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends
- Willingness and ability to travel overnight up to 50% of the time
- Strong sales, customer service, relationship building, and organizational skills
- Adaptability to adapt to a wide range of home and community environments while maintaining professionalism
Physical
Requirements
- Must be willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to be outside, in all weather conditions recruiting preselected residential addresses.
- Be able to navigate stairs, elevators, walkways, and driveways (paved and unpaved) and a wide variety of entrances into people’s homes
- Drive for extended periods, including up to 8 hours a day
- stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday
- Kneel, bend, and move through residential entryways as needed
- Ability to walk one-half mile
- Ability to lift 20 pounds
Who Should Consider This Job
This is a non traditional desk job. It is a field-based, sales-oriented role where you can use your communication skills, resilience, and ability to build trust to make a real impact in the communities you serve.
If your experience aligns with some of the core skills and qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.
Enabling your best to power a better media future.
Holistic Rewards: We are committed to an inclusive benefits package that supports our employees and their families. This includes comprehensive health and wellness plans, a 401(k) with a Nielsen company match, and a generous paid time off policy. Depending on the role, additional benefits may include a company-provided vehicle and/or discretionary incentive/bonus eligibility.
Compensation Transparency: The posted base salary range is a reasonable estimate that may be adjusted based on the final work location of the selected employee. Individual pay within the range is determined by factors such as experience, training, geography, certifications, and business needs. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for bonuses, equity, or other incentives.
Nielsen makes hiring decisions without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, or membership in any other protected class.
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What began in 1923 with Arthur C. Nielsen, Sr. borrowing $45,000 to test the performance of industrial manufacturing machines, evolved into a global leader in audience measurement, data, and analytics. The A.C. Nielsen Company, incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, initially focused on engineering performance surveys, marking itself as the first company to offer market research. A pivotal moment arrived in 1932 when the company created a retail index tracking food and drug purchases. This innovation was the first of its kind, allowing companies to determine their 'market share' – a concept Arthur C. Nielsen is credited with coining. Despite early financial struggles, nearly going bankrupt twice, the company found its footing by analyzing retail food and drug sales, which became a cornerstone of its business. The 1940s saw Nielsen venture into radio program ratings after acquiring the Audimeter, a device that measured radio station tuning. This expanded into a national radio rating service by 1942. The company's most widely recognized contribution, however, began in 1950 with the measurement of television audiences, a nascent medium at the time. Using a combination of devices attached to televisions and viewer diaries, Nielsen developed its iconic ratings system. Over the decades, Nielsen underwent significant transformations, including acquisitions and divestitures. It was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1984 and later split into Nielsen Media Research (TV ratings) and AC Nielsen (consumer shopping trends) in 1996. Dutch publishing company VNU acquired Nielsen Media Research in 1999 and later AC Nielsen, recombining the two in 2001. VNU itself was acquired by private equity firms in 2006 and renamed The Nielsen Company in 2007. More recently, in 2021, Nielsen completed the sale of its Global Connect business (formerly AC Nielsen, now NielsenIQ) to focus on its Global Media division, solidifying its role as a pure-play media audience measurement and analytics firm. In 2022, a group of private equity investors led by Elliott Investment Management acquired Nielsen. Today, Nielsen operates in over 100 countries, shaping the future of media by providing trusted intelligence on audience behavior across all channels and platforms.
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