Sales Development Representative

🕒 2 days ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $55k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💵 Sales Development (SDR)

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Newsela

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

Education • eCommerce • B2C

Newsela is a fast-growing education technology startup with a single ambitious goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student. We provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With nearly two million teachers signed up, Newsela is helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. We seek passionate, creative employees with quick minds and warm hearts. If you believe that all students deserve a more rigorous, more personalized learning experience, please apply to join our team.

📋 Description

• Drive high-volume outbound prospecting through strategic email cadences and targeted daily phone outreach to key school decision-makers, including administrators and instructional coaches. • Uncover and qualify district needs through consultative conversations, transitioning high-potential leads into qualified opportunities for the Strategic Sales team. • Partner with a dedicated Account Executive (AE) to align on territory strategy, coordinate outreach, and book introductory meetings. • Collaborate within the Sales organization to inform strategy and processes that enhance overall sales performance. • Contribute to a highly supportive team environment, backed by robust sales training, enablement, marketing, and operations. • As the initial point of contact with prospects, represent the future of education by empowering districts to supplement their curriculum with differentiated instruction. • Review calls with the SDR team, share best practices, and iterate on outreach strategies, including crafting customized talk tracks and hyper personalized email outreach. • Utilizes data insights and maintains meticulous CRM data hygiene to track cadences, prioritize active leads, and ensure efficient pipeline management.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years in K-12 education (as a teacher, administrator, leader, or similar role) OR 1+ year of inside sales experience (K-12 EdTech inside sales experience highly preferred), with a proven track record of engaging prospects to secure qualified meetings. • Located in Pacific or Central Time zones preferred, or fully open and willing to align working hours based on business and customer needs. • Ability to be a strategic thought partner to Account Executives (AEs), continuously researching and staying up-to-date on your region as a territory expert, tracking account activity, and managing hundreds of school accounts across designated states. • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and adaptability by actively seeking feedback, mastering Newsela’s full product suite, and refining your approach daily. • Demonstrate a high intrinsic drive, excellent time management and organization, and a proactive approach to managing your daily responsibilities. • Familiar with sales platforms such as Salesloft, and/or Outreach.io. • A strong communicator who can empathize with the unique challenges of our K-12 buyers, translating those insights into compelling value propositions. • Thrive in a fast-paced environment and uses creativity when partnering with team members to ensure flawless execution. • Experiencing using AI tools to drive greater efficiency and productivity. • Legally authorized to work in the US.

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus Eligible • Paid time off • Health benefits • Professional development