Sales Development Representative (EveryDay Labs)

Newsela

4h•$55,000 - $55,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) you will work across Newsela’s Sales organization, specifically supporting EveryDay Labs, to support aggressive growth by researching, prospecting through calls and emails, and qualifying leads in order to build pipeline for Sales Reps. Your days will be composed of responding to inbound inquiries, proactive cold outreach to potential new customers, and providing online product demonstrations that draw prospects into initial discovery calls and identify key needs that ultimately lead to qualified opportunities for our Sales team. EveryDay Labs is an education technology company that uses behavioral science and data to reduce chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools. Founded in 2015 from the research of Dr. Todd Rogers, they partner with districts to send personalized attendance reports to families. The company uses behavioral, data science, and "nudges" (including both text and mail) to help families overcome barriers to attendance. In addition to EDL’s attendance dashboards and workflow platform that is designed to improve student attendance, the company provides proactive, personalized communication, multilingual support, attendance intervention, and strategic consulting to improve school-family engagement. EDL has partnered with districts to prevent over 3.1 million absences and restore over 1 billion minutes of instruction.

Requirements

You have 1+ year of lead generation or inside sales experience
Your pipeline generation experience includes engaging prospects through email and phone conversations that lead to qualified meetings
You leverage your Salesforce.com experience and sales process training to tactfully manage a pipeline to meet and exceed team goals
You are familiar with sales platforms such as Salesloft, Outreach.io, or Yesware
You are an excellent communicator who can truly empathize with the challenges our different buyers face
You’re able to establish clear value propositions that connect buyer/user needs to the product and services we offer
You thrive in a fast-paced environment and use your creativity when partnering with team members to ensure flawless execution
You're comfortable operating with ambiguity in workflows and able to help establish concrete processes

Responsibilities

Researching and prospecting through calls and emails
Qualifying leads to build pipeline for Sales Reps
Responding to inbound inquiries
Proactive cold outreach to potential new customers
Providing online product demonstrations
Identifying key needs that lead to qualified opportunities

Benefits

Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).
Professional Development: Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

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