Sales Manager, Newspack
Overview
Newspack is seeking an experienced sales manager to drive lead generation, support our partnership managers, and help shape our sales strategy.
Job Description
Newspack is part of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WordPress VIP and more. Our mission is to help independent news organizations publish great stories, develop a loyal audience, and find a path to financial sustainability at a moment when local journalism faces immense challenges. We do that by deploying a publishing solution, developed in partnership with the Google News Initiative and WordPress.com, that is tailored to the needs of digital news publishers, incorporates industry best practices, and provides best-in-class support.
Responsibilities
- - Manage day-to-day sales and revenue operations.
- - Work with the team to help evolve sales and growth strategies.
- - Qualify prospects to ensure they are a good fit.
- - Help sales leadership and partnership managers move prospects through various stages of the sales pipeline and maintain a steady deal flow.
- - Facilitate weekly sales forecasting meetings.
- - Identify potential prospects via industry conferences, sponsorship opportunities, email marketing and content marketing campaigns.
- - Work with business leads to increase Newspack''s visibility across the industry
- - Represent Newspack at industry events.
- - Maintain sales and marketing collateral.
Required Skills
- - Demonstrated sales and marketing experience, with proven results.
- - Strong sense of organization and follow-through, and comfortable moving between strategic planning and day-to-day operations.
- - Capable of taking initiative, being proactive, and driving business results without significant supervision.
- - Excellent planning, time management, and organizational skills.
- - Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – verbally and in writing.
Benefits
- - Fully-remote company
- - Open vacation policy
- - Compensation philosophy reflecting potential contribution and impact
About the company
We are the people behind WordPress.com, Woo, Jetpack, WordPress VIP, Simplenote, Longreads, The Atavist, WPScan, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, Tumblr, Day One, Pocket Casts, Newspack, Beeper, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.