Bark.com
Business Development Representative
Austin, TX | $71K - $118K
Qualifications
- Strong ambition to progress in a successful career in sales
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (internal and external)
- Tech-savvy - you can pick up our systems and software quickly
- Ability to multitask, handling multiple email enquiries, calls and admin
- 1st Stage - Deep dive into leadership skills (30 mins)
Responsibilities
- Acting as the first touchpoint US customers have with Bark, taking ownership of the positioning of the value can deliver
- Identifying potential customers and help create business opportunities
- Developing and maintaining customer relationships
- Managing your own lead list through a combination of tools including Salesforce
- Writing personalised outreach emails/messages to prospects
- Analysing the market and maintaining an evolving awareness of our competitive advantages
- Take ownership of conversion numbers
- Take an active role in the culture of process improvement that exists within the Bark Sales team by identifying opportunities for growth within your role and having the confidence to act upon them with support from the US Head of Sales
Benefits
- Share options in a rapidly growing company whose founders have a proven track record and are Private Equity backed
- Private health insurance including dental cover
- 401k Plan
- Personal annual L&D Budgets with $1,000 to spend on your development
- Gym membership
- Financial advisor
- Regular wellness weeks with industry leading talks through to massages in the office
- Being at the forefront of an industry with new and exciting problems to solve
- 51-200 employees
- Professional Services, Technology, Healthcare, Home Services, Online Services
- Privately Held
- Last round: Nov 1, 2017
- Last round: US$ 1.9M
- London, Greater London
- Company Specialties:
Connecting buyers and sellers, Changing the way we buy services online, lead generation, and customer service
Company information
Here at Bark, we are on a mission to revolutionise and become the market leader, go to online marketplace for professional services. Bark is the UK’s largest & fastest growing services marketplace, helping people find the right professional for their project in over 1,500 unique categories. The business is already in scale up mode, profitable with a proven model but still has the feel and agility of a startup with a small team of just over 140 people and most of its work still to do. We use cutting-edge technology and an extraordinarily talented team of people to solve an age-old problem; how to find the best available professional for any job, every time no matter what the need. We are a dynamic, exciting, forward thinking business – but with the financial security of a PE backed, revenue generating established company – so you get all the benefits of working in a scale-up environment (ownership, agility, responsibility and stimulation) without any of the worry. We placed sixth on the The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and with a presence in ten countries globally with imminent plans for further expansion you can join us at a genuinely exciting time where a true impact can be made.
