newsela

Sales Development Representative

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At a Glance

Location
United States
Work Regime
remote
Posted
2026-03-18T18:07:51-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Salesforce

Requirements

Your pipeline generation experience includes engaging prospects through email and  phone conversations that lead to qualified meetings

You leverage your Salesforce.com experience and sales process training to tactfully manage a pipeline to meet and exceed team goals

You are familiar with sales platforms such as Salesloft, Outreach.io, or Yesware

You are an excellent communicator who can truly empathize with the challenges our different buyers face

Compensation & Benefits

You thrive in a fast-paced environment and use your creativity when partnering with team members to ensure flawless execution

On-Target Commission (OTC): $25,000

On-Target Earnings (OTE): $80,000

Health & Wellness:

Responsibilities

As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) you will work across Newsela’s Sales organization to support aggressive growth by researching, prospecting through calls and emails, and qualifying leads in order to build pipeline for Sales Reps. Your days will be composed of responding to inbound inquiries, proactive cold outreach to potential new customers, and providing online product demonstrations that draw prospects into initial discovery calls and identify key needs that ultimately lead to qualified opportunities for our Sales team.

About the Company

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

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Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.

This role will also will also be eligible for variable compensation.

Base Compensation Range

$55,000