Career Info

WANT A CAREER THAT INSPIRES YOU EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR?

Do you have a passion for politics, business books and the nightly news?

Global Speakers Agency is the international division of Canada’s original speakers bureau, National Speakers Bureau - Canada, and your source for North America’s leading speakers who inspire, entertain and inform audiences across the country. We consult with organizations looking to reach their event programming goals and match their needs with expert and celebrity speakers for their conferences, conventions and events.

With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, Global Speakers Agency offers interesting career opportunities in sales; travel, accounting and contract coordination; marketing; and information management.

We are continually searching for high-energy people with strong communication skills.

Are you self-motivated, computer literate and have a strong interest in business and lifestyle trends, current events and politics? Do you enjoy daily challenges? Are you dedicated to success and high standards? Are you confident advising others and working with new people? If you answered yes to these questions we’d like to know more about you, your background, your goals, and what you can contribute to the GSA team.

Experience in the training, speaking, meeting or convention industries would be an asset

Explore our website to learn more about us and our industry. We’re always open to receiving resumes and letters of interest to join GSA. Please send cover letters and resumes to . A sampling of the kinds of team positions we have includes:

CURRENT POSITIONS:

SALES MARKETING & WEB MANAGER - Toronto
(One year maternity leave contract position)

Global Speakers Agency has a marketing position available for a new team member to drive and ensure completion of GSAs marketing, branding, PR, communications and online activities, to help us reach our goals and support our strategy. If you offer a background with a minimum 2-5 years in marketing and website management, with sales and/or communications experience, and have technical skills which include web coding, image alteration, MS Frontpage or Dreamweaver, video editing, social media and graphic design, in both Mac and PC platforms, we welcome your application. The primary areas of focus are inside sales and ongoing GSA marketing activities which develop sales opportunities, including our monthly e-newsletter, web presence, special events/tradeshows and targeted marketing campaigns.

This is a key position for someone who enjoys sales and web-based marketing and promotions, across Canada and internationally. This is also a position for someone who wants to make a difference in a business that is about fascinating people, conveying ideas and addressing important topics through speeches.

You might have a business background or come from the meetings world, hospitality, tourism, travel, arts, entertainment, or been in a parallel industry. Our GSA team members all bring different experiences and backgrounds to the team.

If you enjoy being in a positive small business team environment, following the nightly news, working hard and having fun, learning something new every day and making a difference in the world, then this position may be for you!

CLIENT SERVICES ASSOCIATE - Vancouver

This is a permanent position for someone who wants to make a difference in a business that is about interesting people and their ideas.

In this administrative event management position you act as liaison between sponsors and speakers in our representation of celebrity and expert professional speakers across North America.

Some of the responsibilities include, reviewing contracts, arranging speakers' travel, generating invoices and bookkeeping.

Candidates must have excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills, office experience, as well as a personable telephone manner.

We require someone with solid accounting knowledge & experience for this position. Experience with Simply Accounting would be an asset.

If you are a positive person looking to contribute to a dynamic and hard working office with the cache of representing our country's opinion leaders, we want to talk to you.

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - Vancouver

We have a sales position available if you offer a background with a minimum 2-5 years of sales and service experience. We are looking for a new team member with the right attitude, a thirst for knowledge and interested in a career change, to join our Vancouver team. We will train you on industry specifics.

This is a key position for someone who enjoys consultative inside sales, servicing to clients all over North America. You are provided with a mix of qualified leads, the opportunity to source new business and set up to succeed. It is a position for someone who wants to make a difference in a business that is about fascinating people, conveying ideas and addressing important topics through speeches.

You might have a business background or come from the hospitality, tourism, travel, arts, entertainment, retail or been in a parallel industry. Our GSA team members all bring different experiences and backgrounds to the team.

Our focus is predominately inside sales however outside sales experience is important. If you enjoy being in a supportive, positive, team environment, following the nightly news, working hard and having fun, learning something new every day and making a difference in the world, then this position may be for you!

We offer an excellent training program and provide an environment for personal success in a dynamic industry.