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Spinn3r Hiring Director of Sales

We're hiring a Director of Sales to interface with new clients. This is actually somewhat of an open role in that you'll also be helping us out with bizdev and marketing.

Basically, we're growing fast and need someone to help us out on multiple business fronts.

If you're the right guy feel free to get in contact with us and we'll take it from there.

Position:

As Director of Sales you'll be responsible for early stage economic growth of Spinn3r including leads follow through, closing new customers, handling our marketing efforts, and interfacing with existing customers when new products are released. Generally doing whatever it takes to pull in more revenue and take Spinn3r to the next level.

You'll also help us out with Marketing and Business Development and fall into a more specific role as the company grows.

We're a fast growing startup so you should be familiar with this type of environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate as we're growing fast and plan on releasing some new products in the coming months which should make things VERY interesting.

Responsibilities:

  • Follow through with pending customers as they experiment with the Spinn3r platform.
  • Help with marketing efforts to push Spinn3r forward into the marketplace.
  • Qualify new leads.
  • Introduce customers to Spinn3r including frequently asked questions.
  • Follow up and upsell existing customers with new product releases.

Requirements:

  • Proven track record of success.
  • Personable and polished face to face interaction.
  • 3-5 experience in enterprise software sales or long sales cycles.
  • 2-4 years of sales experience.
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills and comfortable presenting written proposals a must.
  • Proven ability to thrive in a startup environment is critical.
  • Bachelors degree or higher.

Desired:

  • Significant understanding of the search space.
  • Experience and understanding of weblog technologies.
Location:

Located in the SOMA district of San Francisco. One block away from MUNI (N/KT), 4 blocks from Caltrain, 5 blocks from BART.

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