Director of Sales & Marketing
On-siteTemecula, California, United States
Job Summary
Build the company's first structured sales process from prospecting to close, developing target account lists across higher education, libraries, associations, government, and institutional publishers. Prospect through email, phone, LinkedIn, referrals, and conferences to sell a recurring subscription platform with hosted, maintained, and production-supported services. Execute discovery calls, demos, proposals, follow-up, negotiation, and closing while positioning the solution against PDFs, flipbooks, and print-only workflows. Create sales collateral, case studies, email campaigns, pitch decks, and vertical-specific messaging. Manage CRM activity, pipeline reporting, and sales metrics, eventually leading additional sales and marketing staff as the company grows.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of B2B sales experience
- Experience selling SaaS, software, martech, publishing technology, digital services, or subscription-based solutions
- Proven ability to build pipeline and close new business
- Comfortable being the first sales hire and personally prospecting, pitching, and closing
- Strong writing, presentation, organization, and follow-up skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with higher education, government, libraries, associations, nonprofits, or institutional sales
- Familiarity with digital publishing, accessibility, AI, seo, analytics, advertising, or mobile-first content
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