Bright Edge

Account Executive

Bright Edge$80K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Minimum 1 year of closing experience
  • Experience in achieving and exceeding monthly quota
  • Capability to manage a high-speed sales cycle
  • Proficiency in conducting demos and solution-selling
  • Strong Salesforce hygiene practices
  • Background in SaaS and preferred experience in Martech

Responsibilities

  • Manage the entire sales cycle and present BrightEdge solutions through web-based demos
  • Meet monthly quotas and maintain a regular cadence of activity
  • Qualify sales opportunities and build a strong sales pipeline
  • Accurately forecast sales metrics in Salesforce
  • Collaborate with the demand generation team on qualification criteria
  • Coordinate with the Customer Success team for smooth onboarding
  • Collect and relay customer feedback to marketing and product teams
  • Self-source leads through cold calling and outreach

Benefits

  • Join a fun and winning team culture
  • Opportunity for rapid career growth
  • Work closely with CMO's and top executives
  • Impact business growth for both BrightEdge and its customers
  • Be part of a globally recognized leader in SEO and Digital Marketing
Full Job Description
BrightEdge is seeking Account Executives (AE) to join our fun and winning team. The Account Executive role is an incredible opportunity to manage the sales cycle from beginning to close, work externally with VP and C-level executives and accelerate career growth. You will work directly with CMO's, of top bands and industries, developing relationships and impacting business growth for both BrightEdge and our customers. We're looking for smart, driven, sales professionals who are committed to delivering the best digital marketing technology for organic search to our customers.

If you are a quick learner, agile and adaptable to change, driven to "win all the way" and ready to take the next step in your sales career, then you belong at BrightEdge!

Core Responsibilities
    • Manage sales-cycle and present BrightEdge, predominately via the web based demos
    • Operate in the high-capacity of a monthly cadence and monthly quota
    • Qualify opportunities and develop a strong pipeline
    • Accurately forecast sales activity in Salesforce
    • Work with the demand generation team to establish strong qualification criteria
    • Work with Customer Success team
    • Provide customer and prospect feedback to both marketing and product teams
    • Self-source/cold call qualified opportunities


What it Takes to be Successful
    • Bachelor's degree required
    • Minimum 1 years closing experience
    • Quota Driven: Exceed monthly quota (MRR)
    • Cadence: High-impact speed through the sales cycle
    • Demos: Quarterback and solution-sell high volume of demos
    • Salesforce: Great SFDC hygiene
    • Playbook: Adopt proven sales techniques
    • Background: Proven success in the SaaS platform space and preferred experience in Martech


About BrightEdge

BrightEdge is widely recognized as a global leader in SEO and Digital marketing. The most innovative customers across more than 80 countries trust BrightEdge to modernize their Digital Marketing stack for today's digital world. We are helping thousands of organizations, including many of the world's largest companies, transform their businesses and drive more revenue.

The continuous innovation of our product is supported by what we believe to be our most valuable assets: our people. Our employees are industry experts at the forefront of digital transformation. Come join us and help us share the future of SEO.

About Bright Edge

BrightEdge is a search engine optimization (SEO) and content performance marketing software company headquartered in Foster City, California. The company was founded in 2007 by Jim Yu and Lemuel Park. BrightEdge's platform is powered by a big data analysis engine, Data Cube, which provides marketers with insights and analysis on how to optimize marketing campaigns and improve content marketing. The company's clients include Microsoft, Adobe, and Hilton Worldwide.
Learn more about Bright Edge
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2007

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