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201-500
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501-1000
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501-1000
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5001-10000
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1001-5000
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Glassdoor 4.8
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1001-5000
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Glassdoor 4.3
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1001-5000
Glassdoor 4.6
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1001-5000
Glassdoor 3.7
Series F
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1001-5000
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Glassdoor 4.2
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Glassdoor 5.0
51-200
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Glassdoor 4.1
201-500
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51-200
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10000+
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Glassdoor 4.6
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10000+
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201-500
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Glassdoor 4.7
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.7
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.3
51-200
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.3
501-1000
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11-50
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1001-5000
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201-500
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Glassdoor 4.0
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.1
11-50
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11-50
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11-50
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201-500
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Glassdoor 4.1
201-500
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1001-5000
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1001-5000
Seed
Female Leader
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Glassdoor 5.0
1001-5000
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Glassdoor 4.9
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.0
501-1000
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201-500
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.7
201-500
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Female Leader
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.9
201-500
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Glassdoor 5.0
1001-5000
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.2
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.1
501-1000
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Glassdoor 4.9
201-500
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Female Leader
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Female Leader
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Female Leader
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Glassdoor 4.9
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.3
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.5
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.2
201-500
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 5.0
51-200
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.2
201-500
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Female Leader
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.7
501-1000
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Glassdoor 4.7
501-1000
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Glassdoor 4.6
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.2
201-500
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201-500
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Glassdoor 4.5
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.2
501-1000
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Glassdoor 4.6
201-500
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 5.0
11-50
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Glassdoor 4.0
501-1000
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Glassdoor 4.8
201-500
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Glassdoor 4.2
201-500
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Newsela

Sales Development Representative

US / Remote
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Junior
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Full Time
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USD $49-61k /year

Providing access to the content students deserve to inspire generations of learners

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About

Newsela

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.

About

We are educators, parents, siblings, and friends who aren’t satisfied with the quality of the content our students are exposed to. We know they deserve better, and are committed to bringing authentic, engaging, diverse and accessible content to all learners.

We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students.

Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Newsela was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2 years in a row

Our mission

Everything we do is in support of one single, ambitious goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student.

Company benefits

Healthcare coverage: Medical, dental, vision, and a $15,000 lifetime maximum benefit for fertility and family-forming
Paid parental leave: Up to 14 weeks of fully paid time off for all new parents for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child
Financial wellness: 401(k) to build a retirement savings
Telehealth resources: Access to licensed therapists and board-certified physicians
Productivity stipend: A monthly credit to cover anything from your morning coffee ritual to your phone bill
Co-working space: Co-working options for a change of scenery or to connect with a local colleague
Home office stipend: Create your perfect home office setup when you join the team
Flexible time off policy: Take the time you need in addition to paid company holidays

Resource center: Blog
Recent articles:
Op-Ed: Focus on learning acceleration to guide students through pandemic
Newsela breaks into interactive educational video with first acquisition
CEO Secrets: My 'dark times' building a billion-dollar firm‍

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About the role

Sales, Success, and Partnerships
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Junior

A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically little experience is required.

Must haves

Visa to work in

the US

At least 1 years work experience in sales or customer experience

Key skills

Outbound Prospecting

Lead Qualification

Problem Solving

Results Orientation

Closing deals

Building a sales pipeline

Achievement orientation

Job description

Owning inbound and outbound channels, you will work with leads to draw them into understanding and wanting to move forward with Newsela, changing the way the next generation are educated.

What You"ll Do:As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) you will work across Newsela’s Sales organization to support aggressive growth by researching, prospecting through calls and emails, and qualifying leads in order to build pipeline for Field Reps and our Customer Success Team. 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.

  • As the initial point of contact with prospects, you have the opportunity to represent the future of education, enhance how districts and teachers engage students, and help provide approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of readers.
  • In addition to contributing to an incredible mission, you will get to collaborate within the Sales organization to inform strategy and process that enhances sales performance.
  • You will be part of a team that has incredible support through sales training and enablement, as well as through marketing and operations.
  • Your feedback from the market will also help drive future product enhancements.
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Pay range

Exact compensation may vary based on skills & experience

USD $49-61k /year

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Benefits

Quickly identify challenges that our prospective customers face and discover the best inbound marketing solutions for their business
Quickly identify challenges that our prospective customers face and discover the best inbound marketing solutions for their business
Consistently close new business at or above quota level
Nurture relationships with highly qualified opportunities at small and mid-sized companies

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