Sales Development Representative
| Company | Cision |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Salary | $48000 – $65000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- An individual with a passion to start / grow a career within Sales.
- Received a 4-year degree from an Accredited College.
- You will have an innate hunger, self-motivation, and work ethic.
- Be confident running high-volume pipelines in dynamic, quick-moving and rapidly changing environments.
Responsibilities
- Scheduling quality demos for sales team by identifying, researching, and contacting potential customers and ensure those demos occur.
- Hitting or exceeding a monthly quota and acting as the first point of contact for potential clients while executing marketing and sales tactics.
- Making 60+ outbound cold calls and customized emails per day using sales enablement tools.
- Prospecting quality contacts and accounts that are a best fit for using the Cision platform, while partnering with sales representatives to ensure that opportunities are moving forward.
- Collecting market data before and during customer outreach to understand prospective customer needs and effectively communicate those needs to the sales team.
- Become an expert with the Cision products and services, buyer types and the tools necessary to be successful: Salesforce CRM, New Voice Media, Microsoft Outlook, LinkedIn, etc.
- Begin to expand your knowledge of Cision broader.
- Learn and understand the sales methodology and sales cycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- An interest in moving to a consultative Sales position within a software company.
- Relentless and always wanting to learn.