Sales Associate

Access Your Potential.
Join us to create and deliver experiences that inspire people, spark connection, and bring imagination to life—while having a lot of fun doing it.

We’re looking for a Sales Associate to join our West team! This is an in-office role based in San Diego, so candidates must live locally. The role requires comfort traveling to vendor and venue locations and working flexible schedules as needed to support client programs.

About the Role

As a Sales Associate at Access, you’ll support our Sales and Creative teams while beginning to develop your own opportunities. This is an entry-level role with room to grow within Sales.

What You’ll Do

• Support sales and creative teams with vendor and venue bookings, transportation, site visits, proposals, budgets, and all stages of the sales process.

• Manage Salesforce data entry and reporting.

• Handle vendor bookings, holds, and schedule coordination for the sales team.

• Act as the out-of-office point person during site visits, FAMs, and pre-cons.

• Provide administrative support across sales, creative, and leadership teams.

About You

We know that there’s no one in the world like you. And we know that you have a lot to offer the next company you work with. Below is a list of “nice-to-haves,” but don’t let those deter you from applying. Access believes that an inclusive team and culture is important. We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Nice-to-haves

• 1–2 years of experience supporting or managing multiple clients/programs.

• Background in hospitality, ideally event planning or execution.

• Self-motivated, customer-focused, and team-oriented.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Passion for hospitality and events.

• Salesforce CRM experience.

Why Access?

We’re a women-owned, award-winning destination management company with teams in cities coast to coast. For 50+ years, we’ve been producing high-impact events and experiences for global brands—and we’re just getting started.

Perks & Culture

• Certified as a Great Place to Work – 3 years in a row and counting!

• Women-owned and women-led

• Paid day off to serve your local community

• Annual & quarterly awards program

Team & Connection

• Annual all-company retreat to connect, learn, and have fun together

• Regional team outings

• Monthly companywide meetings to celebrate wins

Flexibility & Balance

• Generous PTO, sick days, 9 holidays + 2 floating holidays

• 5 half-days off before holidays to unplug early

• ½-day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals)

Compensation

• Highly competitive total compensation, including strong base salary and quarterly bonuses

• Robust performance-based quarterly commission plan

• 401(k) with company match (eligible after 1 year, up to 4% of salary, vested immediately)

• Monthly cell phone stipend

Health, Wellness, and Family

• Extensive menu of health plans to choose from

• Paid parental leave

• Pet insurance program

• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Professional Development

• Mentorship program

• Masterclasses in industry/department-specific topics

• State-of-the-art technology platforms and tools – including training

• Annual and monthly meeting content that focuses on professional development

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Access is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].