Acquisition Specialist - State Farm Agent Team Member
Full Time • Chicago - IL
Benefits:
- Base comp (doe)
- Bonus incentive based on production
- Profit sharing plan
- Paid time off (personal/holidays)
- Reimbursement of licensing fee after 3 mths
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
You May Be a Great Fit as an Acquisitions Specialist at Jim Tom State Farm Insurance Agency if:
- You’re the person people call first when life goes sideways - calm, steady, and ready to help.
- You genuinely care about your community and are dedicated to providing excellent service that makes a positive impact on the people around you.
- You’re a natural relationship-builder who earns trust quickly and keeps it.
- You listen first, then guide, making customers feel understood while confidently recommending solutions.
- You’re motivated by goals and growth, and you know how to turn needs-based conversations into confident buying decisions that truly help customers.
Location Address: Chicago, IL 60618 (North Center Neighborhood)
At Jim Tom State Farm Insurance Agency, we’re here to help people protect what matters most. We take pride in serving our community with integrity, care, and real support. Whether we’re helping someone navigate a claim or personalize a plan, we believe in doing meaningful work that makes a difference. If you're looking to grow your career, help others, and be part of a team that strives to do good every day, you’ll fit right in with us.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage with prospective customers through calls, emails, and community outreach.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of potential new business opportunities.
- Schedule and conduct follow-up interactions to support acquisition goals.
- Collaborate with team members to coordinate outreach strategies.
- Convert all prospective leads into customers using a proven consultative needs-based sales strategy - Use your insurance expertise to uncover customer needs, identify coverage gaps, and recommend tailored solutions from State Farm products.
- Track activity and report progress toward established objectives.
- Review accounts and assist with updates or changes as needed, then offer additional insurance products to address gaps, based entirely on the customers' needs.
- Identify opportunities to enhance customer satisfaction and engagement, by phone, email, texting, and in person, in order to drive retention.
- Maintain compliance with office and regulatory procedures.
Qualifications
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Comfortable initiating contact and interacting with prospective customers.
- Previous experience in marketing, outreach, or customer service preferred.
- Must possess or be able to obtain applicable state insurance licenses.
- Strong work ethics
- Fast learner
- Attention to detail.
- Comfortable with engaging in sales conversations.
- Strong computer skills
- Bilingual
- Prefer candidates who reside near our office or are a short commute for this in-person/in-office position
Note: Considered candidate must possess or be able to obtain applicable state insurance licenses asap. If unlicensed, we'll provide you the tools to get licensed.
Compensation: $40,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Do you want a career and not just a job?
We are an established, growth-oriented agency with a team of highly motivated individuals. We want to work alongside those who are equally committed to excellence and personal achievement. We take pride in using our years of valuable experience to mentor individual team members and prepare them for successful careers. If you're willing to work hard and you expect to get results from yourself and those around you, we want to meet you and talk about the opportunity we have for you.
About Our Agency
- We help customers with their insurance and financial services needs, including Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement Planning, Business Insurance, College Planning, Health Insurance, and Renters Insurance.
- Our office is located in Chicago, 60618 (North Center).
- Our office is open Mon-Fri - 9am-5pm.
- I have been a State Farm agent since 1989.
- Additional languages spoken: Spanish and Cantonese
If you want a career, not a job, then we encourage you to apply.
State Farm agents are independent contractors who hire their own employees. State Farm agents’ employees are not employees of State Farm. Agents are responsible for and make all employment decisions regarding their employees.
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