Sales Development & Growth Representative
Key Skills for This Role
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What You'll Do
You'll own and close sales opportunities under our small-deal threshold, from qualification through final execution
You'll craft and run personalized, multi-channel outreach campaigns (email, video, phone, and physical mail) to re-engage prospects and keep open deals moving
You'll keep every account active, maintaining regular outreach so no relationship goes cold
You'll partner with senior sales reps and marketing to align your outreach with broader sales goals
You'll use generative AI and modern sales tools to speed up research, messaging, and prospecting
You'll uncover new pipeline opportunities using data sources like government spend data and district overlays
You'll test new outbound tactics, from personalized video to automated cadences, to find what scales
You'll keep Salesforce data clean and accurate, and run regular pipeline reviews to catch deals at risk
You'll direct contractor support as needed for specialized outreach or administrative work
What You'll Bring
A bachelor's degree
Outstanding written and verbal communication, with a knack for writing persuasive, engaging sales messaging
A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, comfortable spotting gaps and proposing fixes
Comfort working with data in a CRM, including tracking trends and maintaining accurate metrics
The ability to manage your own workload independently, prioritize across deals, and direct contractor tasks when needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience managing or closing sales, ideally in K-12 education, publishing, SaaS, or a related field
- Experience using AI tools (such as ChatGPT or Claude) and sales stack applications like Salesforce, Groove or Outreach, Vidyard, or Google Suite
Salary Range
- $55,000-$65,000
Job Location
- Remote
Travel
This role involves occasional travel, less than 5% of the time, which may include visits to schools or districts.
Physical Requirements
- This role requires periods of close concentration and the ability to multitask. You may occasionally need to travel and to work more than 40 hours a week as needed.
Benefits
- Regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their dependents are eligible for Macmillan benefits, effective on the employee's date of hire. Macmillan also offers health benefits coverage to qualifying same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners (may require additional documentation) of active employees.
- Competitive pay and bonus plan
- Generous Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
- Generous paid time off, sick time, discretionary days, and paid holidays (International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, and more!)
- Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
- 100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
- And much more!
About Macmillan Learning
Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned company that inspires what's possible for every learner. We envision a world in which every learner succeeds. Through our content, tools and services, we aim to make that a reality. To learn more, please visit macmillanlearning.com, join our Macmillan Community, stay connected to our Learning Stories blogs, or see us on LinkedIn, Facebook, or X. Macmillan Learning is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a global media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Macmillan Learning, we believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our mission to improve lives through learning. We actively seek candidates who reflect a wide range of identities, experiences, and communities. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background, geographical status and background, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.
Employer Classification
The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.
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