If you like making cold calls, and don’t mind getting rejected by big box businesses the world over, Games Workshop wants you!
Hot on the big reveal of the new Battle for Vedros toy line that looks to be going into Big Box stores, Games Workshop needs some folks to man the phones so to speak.
Toy Specialist Recruiter: Memphis, TN
About the Job
Do you want to be responsible for growing sales by finding new Specialty Toy Stores to stock our line of products?
Are you excited by finding and talking to Specialty Toy Store owners and learning how Games Workshop can help them make more money? Is listening, learning and understanding each person’s individual circumstance important to you?
You will be responsible for managing your own time ensuring you open accounts/outlets/businesses according to our agreed strategy. You will also be responsible for making sure every new business you open is prepared for continued long term success selling Games Workshop products.
We know that making that 30th phone call at the end of a long day of rejection just as good as the first is the real challenge in this job. Success in this job relies on staying cheerful and confident in the face of rejection, and above all never slackening the pace. Doing this consistently is tough, and only those people who enjoy this kind of challenge will be successful.
Working at Games Workshop
At Games Workshop we are looking for people who will do their best to understand the needs of the company and to put those needs first when they are at work. Because of this we believe that what you are like, hence the attitude you show to work and the way you choose to behave is even more important than your skills or experience.
Other Essential Information
Closing date: Applications must be received by midnight CST, on Sunday, 28th February 2016.
How to Apply
If you wish to apply you must send us a letter telling us why you want this job. We select candidates for interview on the content of their letters. This is a great opportunity for you to let us know that you understand what we are looking for.
NO LETTER NO INTERVIEW. It may also help to include an up-to-date resume.
Please apply by emailing your letter and resume to recruiting@gwplc.com.
So there you go. If you’ve been looking for an “in” at Games Workshop and your on top of your toy game, well this may be the job for you.
Let’s just hope for the hobby’s sake that they train these folks better then they “training” they did for the roll out of Age of Sigmar back in June of last year.
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
