Looking for a role that combines people skills, live events, and a fast-paced working environment? If you enjoy meeting new people, working as part of an energetic team, and being in environments where every day feels different, this could be a great opportunity to build valuable experience this summer.
About the Opportunity Our client is expanding their event promotions team and is currently looking for enthusiastic Event Sales Assistants to support customer engagement campaigns across Toronto. Their teams represent nationally recognised brands and campaigns at retail activations, pop-up events, community campaigns, and high-footfall promotional locations.
This role focuses on creating positive customer experiences through face-to-face interaction, product education, and promotional support. It’s ideal for individuals who enjoy public-facing work and are looking to develop communication, sales, and customer service skills in a professional but social environment.
What You’ll Be Doing As an Event Sales Assistant, you’ll work directly with the public at live campaign locations, helping customers learn more about current promotions and services while supporting the wider event team throughout the day.
Responsibilities include:
- Welcoming and engaging customers at event and promotional locations
- Sharing information about products, services, or current campaigns in a professional and approachable way
- Answering customer questions and assisting with registrations or sign-ups where applicable
- Creating a positive and memorable customer experience through strong communication
- Supporting event setup, presentation standards, and promotional displays
- Working collaboratively with team members to achieve daily engagement goals
- Participating in ongoing coaching and product-training sessions
- Representing campaigns professionally at all times
Who They’re Looking For This opportunity suits confident and outgoing individuals who enjoy customer interaction and thrive in busy environments.
Successful applicants typically demonstrate:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Confidence speaking with customers face-to-face
- Reliability and professionalism
- Ability to work well independently and within a team setting
Previous experience in customer service, hospitality, retail, promotions, events, or sales can be beneficial, although full training is provided.
What’s Offered
- Weekly pay with additional commissions and performance-based incentives - Average take home earnings (depending on hours worked) $800 - $950 per week - This will be discussed more after reviewing skill sets and availability
- Full training and ongoing mentoring
- Experience working across live events and promotional campaigns
- Opportunities for progression into leadership and campaign coordination roles
- Supportive, team-oriented work environment
- Valuable transferable skills in communication, sales, and customer engagement
Next Steps After applying, please allow approximately 1–3 business days for the hiring team to review your application. Candidates selected for shortlisting will be contacted directly regarding the next stage of the interview process.
Pay: $800.00-$950.00 per week
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Markham, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What is the best phone number and email to reach out to you?
Work Location: In person
