Entry Level Business Development Jobs in Illinois

Bisnow is seeking a high-performing, entry-level Sales Representative to join our Commercial Real Estate Advertising and Event Sales team. In this sponsorship sales role, you will partner with clients across the CRE industry to promote, market, and grow their brands through our media platform and live networking events. There is meaningful opportunity for career progression, with a clear path to Business Manager, and a strong commitment to developing and promoting talent from within.

This is a hybrid role in office 3-4 days a week and from home 1-2 days a week (Chicago - 24 East Washington St.). We welcome candidates who have gained experience through internships, coursework, or early professional roles.

• Establish and maintain relationships with marketing decision makers within all asset classes and sectors of our targeted markets.
• Drive event sponsorship sales (both digital and in person when they return) by conducting in-depth prospecting research to source & confirm participation of sponsors for our events.
• Consistently prospect new business to build a strong pipeline for our senior-level sales team and become an expert at specificity prospecting.
• Connect with sponsorship prospects using phone and email strategies; responding to all inbound leads.
• Assist event production department in an effort to build sponsor-friendly programs that ultimately align with the interest of Bisnow’s client base.
• Constantly brainstorm fresh and relevant topic ideas to adapt to trends within the industry.
• Understand both individual and larger team KPIs and position yourself to hit, if not exceed said KPIs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Document daily activities in Salesforce CRM.
• Work closely with the sales team to accelerate our sales cycle and to extend reach into target accounts.
• Work with a positive, cross functional team on an everyday basis to make certain of successful sponsorship, marketing and financial performance of these events.

• 0 - 2 years of sales experience
• Innate hustle, raw intelligence and infectious enthusiasm.
• Ability to demonstrate an entrepreneurial yet disciplined mindset, creative yet organized work-ethic and an ambitious yet humble attitude.
• Ability to learn fast. We’re constantly bringing new digital and event products to market and you need to be able to understand their purpose, how our clients use them and learn to sell them yourself.
• Demonstrated experience excelling in a group or team environment of any sort.
• A strong interest in growing into an externally facing sales role or similar position working closely with clients.
• A strong interest in the commercial real estate industry.
• A strong interest in media and digital marketing solutions.
• Ability to remain receptive to feedback and open, constructive criticism.
• Capability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced, frequently-changing sales environment.

• Competitive compensation structure
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Maternity and paternity leaves
• 401K 
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Account
• Health Savings Account
• Unlimited Vacation Days
• 7 days paid sick leave
• 9 paid Holidays
• Referral Bonus Program
• You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate).

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.