Sales Development Representative

Remote-based position

Subtext is a two-way SMS platform that helps media, sports, music, automotive, and political brands build direct, owned relationships with their audiences, bypassing algorithms and third-party platforms. We're backed by Advance, growing fast, and building a real go-to-market engine from the ground up.

We're growing our outbound engine and hiring Sales Development Representatives to generate net-new pipeline for our Account Executive team. You'll often be the first conversation a prospect has with Subtext: identifying target accounts, creating engagement through outbound prospecting, and qualifying inbound interest before handing off qualified opportunities to AEs. This is an individual contributor role reporting into the VP of Sales.

The base salary range is $53,000 to $63,000 per year. Additional incentives bring total potential compensation to $71,000 to $81,000.

• Outbound prospecting: generate interest through cold calls, emails, Linked In, and social outreach to prospects within your target accounts.
• Inbound qualification: qualify inbound leads generated through our marketing efforts and convert them into net-new meetings.
• Account targeting: identify and prioritize top prospects and key targets within your coverage as our territory structure comes online.
• Meeting generation: schedule qualified discovery calls for Account Executives and keep the handoff clean.
• Process feedback: share what's working and what isn't in outbound campaigns and account coverage with the VP of Sales and Sales Ops as we refine the SDR playbook.

• Meet or exceed daily activity minimums: 40 calls and 20 emails per day
• Build and maintain a strong top-of-funnel pipeline, looking for 12 meetings booked per month and 4 opportunities
• Keep CRM data clean and current, it feeds directly into the forecasting Sales Ops is building

• Previous sales experience or a genuine passion for business development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High degree of resilience; comfortable bouncing back from a day full of no's
• Strong self-starter instinct: you'll work to learn what you don't already know rather than wait to be shown
• Extremely coachable and quick to act on feedback
• Comfortable in a CRM;
  Salesforce experience a plus

• competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans
• mental health support options
• flexible spending accounts
• fertility assistance
• a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future
• generous paid time off
• paid parental and caregiver leave
• an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance
• optional legal assistance
• life insurance options
• flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity

Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

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