Sales Development Representative
Axiom is seeking a Sales Development Representative to join our Chicago Office!
Our new hires:
- Receive hands-on coaching from a direct manager and a mentor.
- Embrace real responsibility: tangible meeting goals, relationships with executive-level clients at Fortune 500 companies, and leadership opportunities.
- Nurture their ongoing career goals inside of a talent-incubating team that has boasted over 15 promotions in the past 2 years.
AXIOM
Axiom is a recognized leader in the business of law. We work with in-house legal teams at some of the most innovative companies in the world across various sectors – financial services, life sciences, energy, technology, entertainment & media. The Financial Times has ranked Axiom #1 in the business of law, #1 in innovation in corporate strategy, and #1 in innovation in law firm efficiency. We’re comprised of 2,000+ passionate Axiomites who serve over half the Fortune 100 across 17 offices globally (and growing), delivering complex solutions via a highly scalable two-sided marketplace platform for legal talent.
We have established ourselves as the leading disruptor within the world’s second largest business services industry. And we’re only getting started.
THE ROLE
As we continue our expansion, we’re looking for a team member who can share Axiom’s story with prospective clients and set up revenue-generating meeting opportunities for the sales team. This is a position for an aspiring sales professional who is excited to jump-start their career as a Sales Development Representative. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to connect with sophisticated stakeholders, exhibits outstanding judgment, maturity, confidence, and professionalism, and thrives in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment within a close-knit team.
Specifically, this role will be responsible for:
- Strategically researching/identifying potential client contacts, generating leads, and uncovering high-value opportunities
- Communicating Axiom’s business model to potential clients in an impactful way and demonstrating why a meeting with Axiom would be beneficial to their business
- Driving business through outbound phone calls, preparing and sending strategic e-mails to prospective clients specific to their business or legal needs
- Successfully diagnosing the client’s key business needs to ensure a high quality of interaction in the first sales meeting
- Supporting Sales in all aspects of the sales cycle, including scheduling follow-up meetings and managing the pipelines of completed meetings to ensure all prospective clients are being contacted throughout the year
- Working with local and central marketing teams to create external marketing materials to engage prospective clients
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE
First and foremost, successful candidates must be fits for our unique operating environment and culture: high-growth, innovative, lean, and values-driven. As such, successful candidates must be ready to develop professionally, serious about pursuing a career in sales, and highly capable in each of the following dimensions (among others): adaptability, curiosity, resourcefulness, analytical thinking/problem solving, proactivity, taking initiative, teamwork, thought leadership, credibility, and operating with/through a lean team.
Beyond these characteristics, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education:
- Goal and action orientation, with a sense of urgency, drive, and commitment to routinely exceed monthly activity metrics
- Exemplary service ethic when contributing to individual and team goals
- Highly persuasive verbal communication skills, and excellent written communication skills
- Poise, confidence, and maturity to interact with senior client levels
- Tenacity and resilience with a will to keep going despite rejections
- Forward-thinking and solutions-oriented approach at all times
- Strong MS office skills
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school