Director, Business Development and Marketing

Director, Business Development and Marketing

We are looking for a high-energy, driven sales & marketing professional with sound business acumen, strong technical aptitude, and natural sales instincts to personally develop & qualify the main funnel for all of our leads. You will get the opportunity to strategically achieve this through your social media strategy, lead generation ideas, and execution on your sales development calls.

The Sales Development team is the first point of contact for our clients and responsible for generating lead volume and warm introductions to our CEO and Head of Business Development.

Ideal candidates are creative, passionate, and self-driven team players, eager to advance through a clearly defined learning and earning path. Translator offers a fast-paced, innovative environment where you will be provided the tools, resources, and outstanding leadership to take your career to the next level. This opportunity is 70% sales & 30% marketing.

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for identifying and creating new qualified sales opportunities in Target Accounts for the company. 
• You will manage referral, web lead activity & high velocity selling opportunities. 
• You do this by qualifying active buying interest and developing opportunity in prospect accounts. 
• You will also coordinate with the CEO and Head of Business Development to determine the accounts that require research and prospecting activities to secure a sufficient flow of additional qualified opportunities. 
• An implicit responsibility is to conduct business dealings in a way that creates a superior prospect experience that will set the stage for effective sales follow-up, as well as future product sales.

• A self-starter with a track record of successful, credible lead generation and sales development experience at multiple executive levels within an organization; familiarity with event marketing industry a plus

• Pre-call planning

• Opportunity qualification and objection handling

• Call structure and control

• Time and account management

• Excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail

• Ability to work in a flexible, ever-changing startup environment; team player

• Positive and energetic phone skills, excellent listening skills, strong writing and editing skills

• The highest level of integrity

• Microsoft Word, Excel and strong PowerPoint skills required

• Experience with inside sales tools and CRM a strong plus

• 4-year college degree required

• A strong desire to work in a highly diverse start-up tech environment with people from many different backgrounds

  Translator is an equal opportunity employer. We are on a mission to spread empathy and equality one company at a time, and that starts with our own organization. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected class of identity. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.