newsela
Sales Development Representative
At a Glance
- Location
- United States
- Work Regime
- remote
- Posted
- 2026-03-18T18:07:51-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
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