Sales Executive
Job Summary
native has been building for 10 years but were still very much a startup: fast-moving ambitious and building with intent. Were creating the infrastructure that connects students Students Unions universities and advertisers through a managed marketplace.
Our goal is to deliver for students by increasing student engagement while enabling Students Unions to secure sustainable funding. For advertisers we offer meaningful measurable routes to student audiences. The more aligned these incentives are the more defensible and scalable our business becomes.
Were hiring a Sales Executive to join our growing sales team. You will play a pivotal role in connecting local and regional advertisers with student fairs by identifying and engaging potential clients. Weve run similar fairs for many years with great success and are now looking to expand our offering across the full academic year. This is a demanding yet rewarding role offering clear goals and opportunities for professional growth and commercial success!
As a Sales Executive youll be responsible for the full 360 sales cycle working closely with our outbound sales team to close new business leads.
Managing Qualified Opportunities: Take ownership of qualified leads passed over by our SDR team guiding prospects through the sales process from initial discovery to close.
Discovery & Consultative Selling: Conduct engaging discovery calls to understand each customers needs tailor your approach and demonstrate how our solution can deliver value.
Presenting & Closing: Deliver compelling sales conversations overcome objections with confidence negotiate where appropriate and successfully convert opportunities into customers.
Pipeline Management: Maintain an organised and healthy sales pipeline ensuring every opportunity is progressed efficiently and no potential customer is left behind.
Target Achievement: Meet or exceed individual and team KPIs including revenue conversion rates and sales activity targets.
CRM & Sales Administration: Keep accurate records of customer interactions opportunities and next steps within our CRM to ensure excellent pipeline visibility and forecasting.
Team Collaboration: Work closely with the SDR team Team Lead and wider commercial team to share feedback improve conversion rates and continuously refine the customer journey.
Were looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced high-energy environment and is excited by the challenge of turning conversations into customers. Youll enjoy building relationships understanding customer needs and confidently guiding prospects through the sales process.
Specifically you will bring:
Experience in a outbound sales full 360 sales cycle role where youve been responsible for progressing and closing new business opportunities.
Desirable experience if you have worked in a B2B SaaS led environment.
Strong discovery communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build rapport and influence decision-makers.
Confidence handling objections and navigating sales conversations to achieve positive outcomes.
A results-driven mindset motivated by meeting and exceeding revenue and conversion targets.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a pipeline of opportunities prioritise follow-ups and keep deals moving forward.
Experience using a CRM to manage your sales pipeline and maintain accurate customer records. Familiarity with HubSpot would be an advantage.
A proactive resilient attitude and a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers find the right solution.
We are committed to lifting everyone up. We seek to enable peoples best work by optimising for freedom with accountability. Youll get the most out of this role if you can bring:
Experience managing B2B sales opportunities from discovery through to close is essential with a proven ability to build relationships handle objections and win new business.
Base Salary: 35000 OTE
Remote-first role in the UK
Pension contributions of 5%
25 days off (excluding bank holidays)
Day off on your birthday
Share Options for all
Work from home set-up budget
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Paid maternity paternity adoption or shared parental leave
We are actively creating an equitable environment for everyone at native to thrive.
Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at native. At native we embrace diversity in all of its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.
About Company
Whether it's through thought-provoking live talks, conversation-sparking virtual events or sell-out club nights across the UK, all of our events have one simple aim…To help students live their best uni life!