About This Role
Hello, prospective pickle! Design Pickle is growing fast and we are looking to expand our Sales Team by adding a Senior Account Executive. This Senior Account Executive will expand Design Pickle’s client base and help us continue our mission to be the most helpful creative platform in the world!
Reports to: Vice President of Revenue
On a daily basis, works closely with the Sales team and frequently collaborates with Customer Success and Marketing
Location: Design Pickle is a fully remote company with a Company Hub in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Who We Are Looking For
First, Design Pickle is anything but typical. We’re a group of hard-working, creativity-loving individuals from around the world.Do we love pickles, too? Most of us! But don’t stress if pickles aren’t your thing. It’s not a deal-breaker. We do look for a passion and interest in something though because our employees’ uniqueness is what helped make us the great company we are today. We stand by our vision, purpose, and values, and these are mission-critical to how you show up every single day.
Specific to your role, we’re looking for individuals who have...
- 5+ years of relevant experience in sales under your belt. You have a strong understanding of market trends and can easily take instructions on how to sell our graphic design service to different industries.
- Have proven track record of success - exceeding targets and ability to ramp quickly
- Strong understanding and implementation of outbound sales processes and tools
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
- You exude enthusiasm and are a full believer in how Design Pickle can change lives.
- Organization is something you pride yourself on and you are proficient at utilizing multiple technology platforms
- You have multi-unit outbound SaaS technology sales experience as well as B2B sales experience
- Ability to be consultative and communicate our value proposition effectively
- Experience working in a metrics/data-driven environment
- An ability to adapt, think quickly on your feet, and seek additional resources when needed
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across multiple internal groups
- Familiarity with graphic design space and/or with marketing/creative services is a plus
Key Objectives and Responsibilities
- Proactively develop and manage your pipeline of potential customers by identifying target accounts and contacts, engaging prospects through various channels, and nurturing leads throughout the sales cycle.
- Leverage lead generation strategies and techniques to identify and prioritize high-quality leads.
- Conduct thorough research on potential clients, their needs, pain points, and business objectives, and personalize your sales pitch and demo
- Present Design Pickle’s value proposition and product offerings to a wide range of agencies, marketing leaders, and entrepreneurs
- Be an advocate for our culture and create brand awareness
- Stay up to date on internal product improvements to ensure messaging is timely and accurate
- Maintain a strong CRM (Hubspot) database and accurately track and report key performance metrics
- Work closely with the Customer Success team to ensure successful client onboarding and account handoff processes
- Be a respected team player and maintain our collaborative and dynamic team culture
- Take on projects outside of the scope of day-to-day responsibilities as needed by the sales department
The base compensation for this position is $100,000 annually, with an OTE of $200,000+. Commissions are uncapped. The actual salary offer made to a candidate will be made with mindful consideration of a wide range of factors. These factors include but are not limited to skills, qualifications, education/knowledge, experience, and alignment with market data for a given location within the US. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for additional compensation such as bonuses or commissions. This salary data is for our US-based positions only.
Uncapped PTO: Hate seeing your PTO hours decrease as the year goes on? Not anymore! There is no cap or number associated with the amount of PTO days you can request.
Major medical healthcare: We offer major medical plans as well as Dental and Vision insurance.
Remote-work flexibility: More productive at home? Not based in Scottsdale, AZ? Fine with us! We are a remote-first company with people all over the country.
401K: Plan for your future with a 401K with a company match.
New parent leave: Design Pickle encourages all primary caregivers to take up to 8 weeks leave for a new family member, including adoption, at full salary.
Short Term / Long Term Disability Options
Remote Work & Wellness Stipends: We offer a yearly stipend for employees to effectively work from home and manage their wellness journey.
Pet insurance: Have a furry friend? Design Pickle offers pet insurance through United Pet Care for discounted vet visits, medication, and procedures.
Team retreats, social events, and adventures: Pickle collaboration is important to us! We host regular social events, get-togethers, and experiences for our staff.
About Design Pickle
Design Pickle was founded in 2015 with a vision to change lives through its creative software, solutions, and services. Since then, the company has grown to be the #1 flat-rate creative services company in the world. We have served tens of thousands of clients with a team that spans the globe.
In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, Inc. 5000 listed Design Pickle as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.
We are a company that takes our core values to heart:
Be the SPARK
Let your fire and passion inspire someone else’s day.
DRIVE Performance
Seek out new ways to improve performance, satisfaction, and impact for our customers. Less is more rules supreme.
Give it to me STRAIGHT
Lead with radical and professional candor in every situation. Graciously accept when others do the same. Move forward together and aligned.
HELP when nobody's watching
Find opportunities to support each other and our clients beyond the day-to-day.
Lean into HARD
We thoughtfully select our challenges and tenaciously commit to conquering them.
Make your own PICKLES
We are a collection of incredible individuals who challenge ourselves and each other to grow. Change is celebrated as a sign of progress.
You can learn more about our company, our vision, and what we stand for on our website and social channels. We can’t wait to meet you—thank you in advance for your application!
Design Pickle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. You will often hear members of the Design Pickle team refer to themselves as “pickles”. Pickles come in an infinite amount of variety, and as such, the pickles at Design Pickle celebrate every aspect of our diverse workforce and do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, nationality, (dis)ability, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. The right pickle for the right opportunity. Design Pickle is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Notice to Staffing and Recruiting Agencies
Design Pickle will only accept resumes from the candidate. Any unsolicited resume sent to Design Pickle will be considered Design Pickle sourced.
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What We Do
Design Pickle is the largest subscription creative services company in the world (as measured by revenue, FTE, clients, and/or creatives, or by how many people bid on our Google keyword 😉)
Some Key Highlights:
▪️ Clients worldwide use Design Pickle to find an incredible designer, for a fixed monthly fee. You can scale our services to get as much daily design input as you need (1 hour or 100 hours a day, we can do it).
▪️ We created our own custom application to manage the entire creative experience from the brief, to revisions, and managing your requests across your whole team. All of your creative projects are visible across the whole company.
▪️ In 2023 we launched the only Generative AI tools in our space, specific to the creative process
▪️ Our subscription creative services include graphic design, motion graphics, presentation design, video editing, and custom illustrations. You always receive the source files in Adobe and we also support Canva + Figma (2024)
▪️ Add unlimited users to your account and use it however you need. You always pay the same monthly rate. No hourly billing. No project billing. No estimates or proposals for work.
▪️ Same or next-day design output. This means faster feedback, revisions, and completion of your project.
▪️ Design Pickle has made it on the Inc 5000 list for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
▪️ AZ Best Place to Work: 2020, 2021, 2023 - Super proud of our care for people and their growth. Our teams are represented by 12+ different countries. Staff in USA, UK, Portugal, and sometimes Australia.
Why Work With Us
Our jobs go far beyond Adobe files. Design Pickle is powered through our purpose: To change lives through creativity.
We believe in giving back to our community and are dedicated to helping others grow with our products, support, and resources.
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