Help Wanted:

1. Tourguides - Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia - OPEN

2. Group Sales Manager - Chicago or Philadelphia - OPEN

3. PR and Marketing Intern - Chicago, Boston, or Philadelphia - OPEN

4. Tour Manager - Boston or Philadelphia - POSITIONS FILLED

5. Weekend Manager - Philadelphia - OPEN

6. Talent Director - Chicago - POSITION FILLED

7. Personal Assistant - Chicago - OPEN

1. Tourguides

Are you someone with class, style, an attractive image, and an outgoing and positive personality? Do you love chocolate and love talking with people? Can you memorize scripts and information quickly? And are you a confident and accomplished public speaker, with no stage fright?

Apply to work with the sweetest tour in town: Chicago Chocolate Tours, Philadelphia Chocolate Tours, or Boston Chocolate Walking Tours! We're looking for part-time tourguides ("Choc Stars") on an independent contractor basis, and we tour year-round.

Get paid $40 per tour, plus tips and bonuses (and free chocolate of course!). Training provided. Additional perks: come into contact with the corporate executives, lawyers, tourism and hospitality professionals, bachelorette parties, and others who take our tours. And, be mentored by the company founder, a Harvard College / Harvard Law School grad and woman entrepreneur. Check out our website at www.chicagochocolatetours.com to learn more about our tours, and email us at info@chicagochocolatetours.com with:

1. your resume

2. a brief statement of why you want to be a tourguide

3. what your favorite kind of chocolate is

4. optional headshot or other photo

5. general availability

Perfect for actresses or culinary students/grads. Our current Chicago Chocolate Tours routes are in downtown Chicago, the Magnificent Mile area, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, and the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago. We have Boston and Philadelphia routes too! Please specify which city you're applying for. 

For Boston, please visit www.bostonchocolatewalkingtours.com. For Philadelphia: www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com.

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2. Chicago Chocolate Tours or Philadelphia Chocolate Tours

Group Sales Manager

Do you love chocolate, and love people? Are you highly motivated and highly organized? Are you excited about working in the tourism and hospitality industry and making people happy every day? Our entrepreneurial team is looking for YOU!

Objectives:

Reach out to our lists of prospects, and generate new lists of prospects, to invite them to book chocolate tours.

Contact at least 100 people per week, and as momentum builds start booking 2 tours per week, then 5, and then 10.

Meet with company president weekly to go over lists of people contacted, results, and next steps.

Work includes:

Book chocolate tours for conventions, corporate groups, sororities, and others.

Liaise with other tourism and hospitality professionals for networking and to arrange a comprehensive experience for our chocolate tour groups.

Maintain and create spreadsheets, and track contacts in our database.

Create monthly newsletter for the hospitality community to keep them up-to-date on our news.

You:

  • Love chocolate.
  • Love people.
  • Have great phone and email skills.
  • Are self-motivated and also work well with a warm, fun team.
  • Are highly organized.
  • Have a positive attitude.
  • Are an Independent Contractor and can set your own flexible hours.

Pay: Receive a 15% commission on tours booked (and lots of chocolate of course).

Website: www.chicagochocolatetours.com.

Send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to: Valerie Beck, President, Chicago Chocolate Tours, valerie@chicagochocolatetours.com.

 

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Chicago Chocolate Tours

  

PR and Marketing Intern - Chicago, Boston, or Philadelphia

 

Perfect for a student or professional looking for hands-on marketing and business experience in a thriving and exciting 4-year-old startup company, with a social entrepreneurship angle. Enjoy networking opportunities with professionals in media, tourism/hospitality, and other businesses, and enjoy marketing and social entrepreneurship from the inside, as you bring your creativity and personality to our team!

 

This is an unpaid internship and could be used for college or grad school credit.

 

 

Work includes:

  • Coordinating initiatives with CARE, our charity of choice.
  •  Pitching Chicago Chocolate Tours to the media through press releases and other outreach.
  • Marketing Chicago Chocolate Tours to bridal networks and other market segments.
  • Getting our tours listed on tourism, bridal, and other websites, and keeping our listings up-to-date.
  • Representing Chicago Chocolate Tours at trade shows and events.
  • Donating our gift certificates to charities and other organizations.
  • Helping update our Facebook and twitter sites.
  • Some projects involving our Philadelphia and Boston operations.

 

You:

  • Love chocolate. 
  • Love people. 
  • Have great phone and email skills.
  • Have impeccable writing, grammar, and spelling skills. 
  • Work well with a warm, fun team. 
  • Are motivated and creative. 
  • Have a positive attitude. 
  • Are an Independent Contractor and can set your own flexible hours. 
  • Will work on some projects with the company president, who is a Harvard College and Harvard Law School grad. 
  • Will receive hands-on business and marketing experience, and lots of chocolate, of course.

 

Website:

www.chicagochocolatetours.com

 

Send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to:

Valerie Beck, President, Chicago Chocolate Tours

Valerie@chicagochocolatetours.com

 

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4.

Chicago Chocolate Tours

 

Tour Manager / Administrator - Boston or Philadelphia

 

Do you love chocolate, and love people? Are you detail-focused and highly organized, and an expert in office skills? Are you excited about working in the tourism and hospitality industry, and making people happy every day? Our entrepreneurial team is looking for YOU!

 

Work includes:


  • Maintain our schedule of chocolate tours for the public and for private groups.
  • Schedule customers for chocolate tours, and schedule tourguides to lead the tours.
  • Reply to phone and email inquiries, to book tours and answer questions.
  • Make sure tourguides have necessary materials.
  • Keep office materials and documents organized online and "offline."
  • Process credit cards, and email receipts.
  • Other duties that arise.

 

You:

  • Love chocolate.
  • Love people.
  • Have great phone, email, and general office skills.
  • Work well with a warm, fun team.
  • Are detail-focused and highly organized.
  • Have a positive attitude.
  • Are a computer-savvy office expert who knows Excel and Word.
  • Are an Independent Contractor and can set your own flexible hours, doing some work from home.
  • Could be a recent college grad.

 

Pay:

$10 per hour. (And, free chocolate!)

 

Websites:

www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com, www.bostonchocolatewalkingtours.com

 

Please specify whether you are applying for Boston or Philadelphia, and send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to:

Valerie Beck

President

Chicago Chocolate Tours

Valerie@chicagochocolatetours.com

 

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5. Philadelphia Chocolate Tours, Weekend Manager - Philadelphia

 

Do you love chocolate, and love people? Are you detail-focused and highly organized, and an expert in office skills? Are you excited about working in the tourism and hospitality industry, and making people happy? Our entrepreneurial team is looking for YOU!

 

Work includes:


  • Weekend maintenance of our schedule of chocolate tours.
  • Schedule customers for chocolate tours.
  • Reply to weekend phone and email inquiries, to book tours and answer questions.
  • Manage customer check-in onsite at weekend tours.
  • Other duties that arise.

 

You:

  • Love chocolate.
  • Love people.
  • Have great phone, email, and general office skills.
  • Work well with a warm, fun team.
  • Are detail-focused and highly organized.
  • Have a positive attitude.
  • Are a computer-savvy office expert who knows Excel and Word.
  • Are an Independent Contractor and can set your own flexible hours, doing some work from home.
  • Could be a recent college grad.

 

Pay:

$10 per hour. (And, free chocolate!)

 

Website:

www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com

 

Please send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to:

Valerie Beck

President

Philadelphia Chocolate Tours

Valerie@philadelphiachocolatetours.com

 

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6. Talent Director - Chicago

 

Help keep the pipeline of candidates full, and help choose the best candidates for the right roles. This role calls for a combination of detail focus and people skills.

 

Work includes:

  • Post and maintain online help-wanted listings and other listings to find candiates for our Tourguide roles and other roles
  • Maintain our candidate database
  • Communicate with candidates throughout the process
  • Set up castings and interviews and maintain a schedule
  • Check references and help evaluate candidates on paper and in person
  • Some projects could involve online work for Philadelphia and Boston as well as Chicago
  • Other tasks

 

You are:

  • Detail oriented
  • Quick to grasp the mission of the company and the kind of person we're looking for in each role
  • Professional in dress and demeanor
  • Someone who works well with a fun team
  • Computer savvy
  • Someone with a positive attitude and strong work ethic
  • Experienced in managing tasks and working with people

 

Pay: $10 an hour. Up to 10 hours a week. (And free chocolate of course.)

 

Please send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to:

Valerie Beck

President

Chicago Chocolate Tours

Valerie@chicagochocolatetours.com

 

 

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7. Personal Assistant / Social Manager - Chicago

 

Want to see what a busy entrepreneur's life is like, and have fun keeping all the details working?

 

Work includes:

  • Reply to invitations
  • Help organize parties and gatherings
  • Mail birthday cards and other social cards
  • Keep household running by managing grocery orders, housekeeper schedule, etc.
  • Run errands and make small package deliveries and pick-ups in the city
  • Other tasks

 

You are:

  • Detail oriented
  • Kind and warm on the phone, on email, and in person
  • Energetic
  • Computer savvy
  • Someone with a positive attitude and strong work ethic
  • Experienced in managing tasks and working with people

 

Pay: $10 an hour. Up to 10 hours a week. (And free chocolate of course.)

 

Please send resume and writing sample, with references and a statement of why you want the role, to:

Valerie Beck

President

Chicago Chocolate Tours

Valerie@chicagochocolatetours.com