Another bright, new starter to the Head Office team - Tom Quirk - has recently joined as Intel Account Support Executive and has single-handedly brought the average age down yet again!

 

A mere 18 years old, Tom is in his first full time role in Stonor and has been finding learning the ropes both interesting and challenging quoting "too much to write"  when we asked him what he has learned so far.  Tom's role is about being the face, or rather the voice, of Channel Advantage to incoming calls and enquiries about joining the part-time and full-time teams and helping to recruit and retain the best staff.

 

When he's not devoting himself to others at Channel he is a keen footballer and mountaineer. Somehow he also finds time to follow a passion in photography but thankfully does relax when he watches TV.

 

Tom's education has been driving him towards his dream career as a certified civil engineer So what attracted him to the job? "To expand my horizons and open up a possible new career path". Who knows whether Tom's destiny will lie in Field Marketing?

 

I could not resist the urge to ask if he was "Quirk-y by name and quirky by nature?" he simply smiled, gave a sigh and got on with his work!

 

If you are interested in joining Channel Advantage, please drop us a line at booking@channel-advantage.co.uk. We'd love to hear from you.

**Two Vacancies** - one London, one Manchester

Do you remember what it was like to work for a company that's successful? Fun? Has a great story to tell? Don’t you miss it?

We’re growing – fast. And we need a Retail Experience Specialist to join our team and help shape our brand within retail across the UK. It involves the usual duties – training, merchandising and in store demonstrations. The terrific part is that we have a great story – extremely cool products, collaborative teams and dizzying growth. When’s the last time you had that?

You will use your high level of knowledge and expertise to provide advice, inspiration and education to customers and retailers about Sonos’ product range. You will be responsible for reaching your targets through managing and developing a group of consumer electronic retail stores within a pre-defined territory, ensuring they receive visits frequently.

During your visits to leading electrical retailers you will be effectively communicating the full features of Sonos products and services through promotional and relationship building activity.

For the individual with the right combination of experience and personality, this is a very rewarding role in a highly visible team. The people we choose will be able to make a big difference to the success of Sonos, within some of the biggest names in retailing in the UK.

The base for this role is in and around London, with good access to motorways and transport systems. The territory will contain between 80 – 120 different retailers which will be visited on a scheduled call pattern frequency.

Package:

• £23k plus 10% KPI annual bonus
• BMW 1 Series
• Share Option package

Candidate specification:  

• Previous field based territory management experience or minimum one year sales or retailer experience.
• A broad range of experience within the technology market.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A lively and positive personality.
• Enjoys sharing knowledge and experience with others.
• Full, clean driving license – Essential.
• PC Literate with MS Office.

This is a full time, field based role and a flexible approach to working practices is required. The role will involve weekend and evening working (from time to time) as well as overnight stays.

If you feel you have the prerequisite experience and skill sets and are keen to join a team that's breaking new ground in retail then please send a copy of your current CV and a summary of your experience to the Channel Advantage recruitment team, booking@channel-advantage.co.uk

Closing deadline for all applicants is Friday 10^th February 2012. 

The one and only Darth Vader made a surprise appearance at PC World in Bristol Cribbs Causeway one weekend in December and quick-witted Livescribe Retail Specialist Charlotte Skeate was swift to ensure Lord Vader tried out the latest model.

We were able to capture this moment on camera before Darth set off for a galaxy far, far away...

We love the fun stories our field staff report back - alongside their fantastic sales and demonstration successes. If you are interested in joining the Channel Advantage team, email booking@channel-advantage.co.uk with your CV and details of the location(s) where you are interested in working. We'll let you know as soon as a suitable opportunitiy arises.

The current Asus campaign is all about being in search of incredible. And to be honest, we think we've found it - the ultra light, incredibly sleek and uber sexy Asus Zenbook made a very welcome appearance at Channel Advantage's recent technology showcase (on 24th November 2011 at The Retreat).

At just 3mm thickness at the front and 9mm at the rear, it's certainly living up to its "ultra" size tag and made of spun metal and hairline aluminium it is not only beautiful but finished to the superb quality as you come to expect from this leading Taiwanese manufacturer.

Not withstanding the eight second boot time and the auto backup when the battery hits 5%...yes, Asus, we do believe in love at first sight, especially as you can buy one for just £999 from Dixons stores...

The new addition to the award-winning N series also never stops to impress with built in Audio by Bang & Olufson and complete with Asus SonicMaster Subwoofer to add separate bass!

For more information about Asus, click here or visit www.insearchofincredible.com/uk/nseries.

Intel processing power was almost audible last week when Channel Advantage hosted a technology showcase in The Retreat training facilities.

There was a fantastic display of desktop and laptop PCs powered by the latest i-Core range as well as a number of units being used to power other demos - including a gaming display with games accessories from Turtle Beach and digital editing software from Cyberlink.

Alain Brissimitzakis who organised the showcase for retail partners said: "Intel is one of our key clients and we are always on the look out for opportunities to demonstrate their latest product ranges. We have literally put Intel at the centre of the displays to show digital connectivity in action."

For more information about Intel, click here.

If you would be interested in joining the Intel RCR or tactical product demonstration team, contact booking@channel-advantage.co.uk.

Do you remember what it was like to work for a company that's successful? Fun? Has a great story to tell?

Don’t you miss it?

We’re growing – fast. And we need a Retail Experience Specialist to join our team and help shape our brand within retail across the UK. It involves the usual duties – training, merchandising and in store demonstrations. The terrific part is that we have a great story – extremely cool products, collaborative teams and dizzying growth. When’s the last time you had that?

You will use your high level of knowledge and expertise to provide advice, inspiration and education to customers and retailers about Sonos’ product range. You will be responsible for reaching your targets through managing and developing a group of stores within a pre-defined territory, ensuring they receive visits frequently. 

During your visits to leading electrical retailers you will be effectively communicating the full features of Sonos products and services through promotional and relationship building activity.

For the individual with the right combination of experience and personality, this is a very rewarding role in a highly visible team. The people we choose will be able to make a big difference to the success of Sonos, within some of the biggest names in retailing in the UK.

Territories available are listed below and candidates will ideally be based in and around one of the following locations:

• Leicester
• Birmingham
• Southampton
• Bury St Edmunds/ Thetford
• Harrow
• Bristol
• Central London
• Manchester

Package

•  £23K plus 10% KPI annual bonus
• BMW 1 Series
• Share Option package

Candidate specification:

• Previous field based territory management experience or minimum one year sales or retailer experience.
• A broad range of experience within the technology market.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A lively and positive personality.
• Enjoys sharing knowledge and experience with others.
• Full, clean driving licence – essential.
• PC Literate with MS Office.

This is a full time, field based role and a flexible approach to working practices is required. The role will involve weekend and evening working (from time to time) as well as overnight stays.

If you feel you have the prerequisite experience and skill sets and are keen to join a team that's breaking new ground in retail then please send a copy of your current CV and a brief summary of your experience to booking@channel-advantage.co.uk.

Closing deadline for all applicants is now Thursday 1st December 2011.

The Force was definitely "with" Channel Advantage's Panasonic TV promoter Nick Johnson in Lakeside last weekend as characters from the cult film Star Wars invaded the shopping centre.

The Star Wars promotion generated huge interest at the Currys Lakeside store and the Force was also strong in Nick who generated record sales for the campaign to date in the store.

We asked Nick about the experience and he said: “I got ambushed by four guys with laser guns outside the store at lunch time (exhibit A). Then I was held hostage for a while by a big guy (exhibit B). But thankfully got rescued by a friendly robot (exhibit C)”.

Despite all the adventure Nick conscientiously completed his reporting and made sure that the Account Team would note: “Our promoter at Lakeside getting stopped and seen to by the Imperial Forces, but thankfully rescued by the Alliance”.

Well done Nick - and keep up the good work!

Whilst we cannot guarantee this level of excitement every weekend, we do have fantastic clients and great opportunities available. If you are interested in joining Channel Advantage as a product demonstrator or promoter, email your CV, location (galaxies near and far, far away) and availability details to booking@channel-advantage.co.uk - we still have some fantastic pre-Christmas roles to fill.

And if you'd like to find out more about Channel Advantage, visit our website.

 

The Sonos Trainers were back at The Retreat on Wednesday 28th September to train the new wave of product demonstrators in time for their Peak Campaign in Comet stores.

Bursts of music could be heard as the new recruits learned about the fabulous Play 3 and Play 5 music systems in preparation for their in-store demo activities in the run up to, and over, Christmas.

For more information about Sonos click here. For more photos from the training click here.

For more information about being a product demonstrator at Channel Advantage, contact booking@channel-advantage.co.uk.

To find out how you could book The Retreat facilities for your next meeting or training session, contact manglim@channel-advantage.co.uk.