Business Development Associate
- Full-time
Company Description
At Mercatalyst, We Are Event Driven Retail(R). We create exciting and engaging online shopping events and deliver deep value through curated, exclusive deals on leading brand products across all major consumer product categories. Mercatalyst reaches millions of customers through our partnerships with famous TV personalities and shows using our family of websites including:
- morningsave.com
- meh.com
- sidedeal.com
- mediocritee.com
Join forces with a unique group of entrepreneurs who created the daily deal and who remain innovative, creative, and resilient. We're always looking for like-minded people to enrich our company culture and our brand. We offer a unique and exciting experience, and we are looking to add talent to our team today!
Job Description
Job Description
Join a highly effective and experienced Business Development team, to help grow market presence and penetrate new verticals
Prospect for new potential clients and business partners. Areas of exploration will include TV, media, social media, marketing affiliates and more.
Generate and use lead funnels for outreach, to pitch new and existing modes of business, qualify potential clients and create positive relationships
Collaborate with the Business Development team to develop and optimize new client pitches
Collaborate with the Business Development team to supply qualified prospects for negotiations and closing
Maintain relationships to assist in the onboarding of new clients and business partners. This will involve cross functional collaboration.
Success Looks Like
Working in a fast paced environment and being comfortable with project variety
Being unafraid to interact with prospective clients of all types and backgrounds while having the ability to make positive connections with them
Using written, verbal and video communications with equal effectiveness
Working on multiple lead funnels simultaneously
Becoming fluent with the Mercatalyst business model in order to effectively articulate our value proposition
Qualifications
Experience with sales lead generation; sourcing leads for outreach
A person of action who is self motivated and driven to succeed
A minimum of 3 years experience in client prospecting and outreach
Spreadsheet and CRM experience (Google Workspace and Salesforce preferred but not required)
Resilient, adaptable and comfortable with change and ambiguity
Experience negotiating is a plus
Open to any USA location, with a preference for Dallas
Additional Information
We are offering a unique experience in an exciting, motivating culture. At Mercatalyst, we offer competitive benefits such as medical/dental/vision on day 1. We also offer paid vacation, paid holidays, a 401k plan with a great match, short term disability, long term disability, life, AD&D, critical care plans, parental leave and more.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind, including discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, veteran status, age, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make all reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.