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Chronicle Heritage Business Development Representative | Remote | Nationwide in Seattle, Washington
Chronicle Heritage
Business Development Representative | Remote | Nationwide
Company Profile
Chronicle Heritage is a solution-driven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the best cultural resource management professionals in the industry. We place an emphasis on supporting our clients' needs, fostering new technologies that advance our industry, and leveraging those advancements toward the management of non-renewable cultural resources. Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.
Job Description
The Business Development Representative (BDR) will join a strong Sales Team that values collaboration, communication, and transparency selling cultural resources services to buyers responsible for government compliance mandates. The BDR researches prospective customers, and qualifies, disqualifies, or places prospects into nurture queues using a prescribed lead management process. The BDR is accountable for filling the top of the sales pipeline with quality sales-ready leads for the sales team to pursue, and research strong-fit companies for pursuit by the sales team.
BDRs foster customer outreach (via email, cold calls, social media, and other creative channels), conduct market research, and maintain appropriate level of knowledge regarding the company's cultural resources solutions and service offerings. The BDR will conduct exploratory conversations with potential customers, use business acumen to identify how Chronicle Heritage could help them with their cultural resources needs and successfully position the Chronicle Heritage value proposition. The BDR also qualifies inbound leads that come from the Marketing Department by aligning customer business objectives to the company's cultural resources offerings. The BDR will continue to nurture relationships with those prospects who aren't ready to buy through the use of the phone, email, and social media.
The BDR will schedule meetings and source early-stage sales qualified leads for Account Executives, Strategic Account Executives, and Subject Matter Experts to begin the sales process. The BDR is expected to meet assigned goals while also ensuring a positive customer outreach experience. The BDR function is critical to building a strong pipeline and ensuring the company meets its revenue targets. The BDR allocates 30% to outbound prospecting/receiving direction from AEs and Office Principals, 30% to inbound activities primarily responding to Marketing Qualified Leads, and 40% researching buyers in commercial businesses and public entities.
Hire Type: Full-time (salaried with bonus) Schedule: Flexible Location: Hybrid: Remote and local office
Responsibilities
Generate new clients through researching, cold calling and networking within a defined market.
Maintain a high level of expertise on Chronicle Heritage's cultural resources industry solutions.
Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information such as selling strategies and marketing information.
Support all lead generation campaigns executed by the Marketing Department.
Access, research, and qualify leads, which include:
- Existing Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs).
- New markets and account opportunities.
- Exceed opportunity goals through consistent follow up and messaging. Quickly identify prospect needs and execute core messaging to increase sales velocity of qualified leads.
Email and cold call potential customers within territory.
Prospect social sites (e.g., LinkedIn), as well as business directories (e.g., Hoovers, ZoomInfo) and other venues
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