Account executive (EdTech)

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Information on the company

The team we’re working with has a real passion for learning. In today’s business world, automation, AI and new job models mean lifelong learning has become an economic imperative. All the learning materials already exist and our client’s mission is to address the global skills by matching the best of that content with the people that need them.

Day-to-day activities will include…

You will be responsible for driving the sales to maximise the company market share, reporting into the Head of Sales as part of the Sales Team.

You will use your skills/experience to work with prospects, clients and multiple internal teams to ensure our recommendations technology and methodology is used to solve concrete organisational problems, delivering new business and growing existing accounts.

Key responsibilities:

  • Ownership of the sales cycle to successfully growing the client base

  • Developing your own book of business, through a combination of your own prospecting (including cold outreach), driving and attending events, leverage of your network and driving warm leads to close

  • Tracking personal sales pipeline and monitoring outcomes to create reports and feedback for Senior Management

  • Attend relevant industry events to promote the Filtered product, brand and philosophy

  • Work with marketing to create sector-specific campaigns, generating effective target data leading to leads

The ideal candidate’s personality and qualifications…

Non-technical

Required

  • Integrity

  • Curiosity

  • Client Focus

  • Resilience

  • Proactivity

  • Accuracy

  • Information Gathering

Technical

Required

  • Build strong relationships quickly

  • Manage 360 sales cycles to maximise product direct and partner revenue

  • Proven track record (3+ years) of closing B2B £25,000+ (SaaS experience preferred)



What are the perks of working at this company?

  • an open, collaborative, honest, supportive and kind company culture

  • a close-knit team

  • an excellent co-working space

  • flexible working - the whole team understands and respects people’s personal lives/responsibilities and supports the need for flexibility around work

  • enhanced maternity and paternity package

  • occasional team strategy days/trips

  • pension, private healthcare (Vitality package, etc)