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Sales Representative (Account Executive) - Austin / San Antonio

Top Hat · Texas · On-site

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About Top Hat

Backed by USV.

About the role

You will find, create, facilitate, and close new business opportunities in your assigned accounts Represent and sell the full suite of Top Hat and approved partner products and services, including Top Hat’s digital textbook content and SaaS platform

What they're looking for

  • You are highly motivated, achievement-oriented, and excited to join a team driving change in higher education!
  • You have 2+ years of experience in a sales role. Experience selling to professors in person on campus is highly preferred
  • This role requires 40-50% (up to 75%) of your time travelling to campuses for in-person sales. A valid Driver’s License is required
  • You have the sales skills, including the ability to identify, drive, and close large/complex deals, prospect effectively, and run the full sales cycle (including cold calling, demos, discovery, solution presentation, negotiation and closing)
  • You are ambitious and have the drive to succeed
  • You have experience working in a metrics-driven environment and remain positive when facing common objections
More about this role

Imagine someone gave you these three things: the opportunity to change the future of education, the autonomy to manage and grow your own territory, and all the necessary tools to be successful. If a job that combines all three of those things interests you, you may be a fit for our Sales Representative role here at Top Hat!

As a Sales Rep, you will be assigned a territory of colleges and universities where you’ll have the autonomy to develop professional relationships with professors, demonstrate the value of our platform and products, and convert them into clients. You will add value by working with professors to enhance their teaching methods and help bring the educational experience into the future. To do this, you will show how our products help both students and professors engage in the classroom experience and how they enable better learning outcomes. In essence, you will be making education better for students: one professor, one classroom, and one school at a time.

This in-territory sales representative position requires approximately 40%-50% of your time to be spent on campus annually. During the sales seasons ( approximately mid-January through May and mid-August through...

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