ABOUT THE COMPANYBonfire is transforming the way people buy and sell high-quality custom apparel. We are a free online platform where anyone can design, sell, and buy custom products. We’ve helped thousands of individuals, groups, and nonprofits raise money for the causes they care about, and also serve the world’s top creators as their premiere custom merch platform. We’re a passionate, creative, and data-driven team constantly pursuing our vision: to strengthen communities that inspire a kinder world. We bring this vision to life by hiring passionate, smart people who celebrate and respect others, are committed to a life of curiosity, are never satisfied with ‘good enough’, are eager to co-create the future, and who thrive through teamwork. Have we been looking for you?
ABOUT THE JOBOur Sales team is searching for their future Account Manager. The role of an Account Manager is to serve as the primary liaison between Bonfire and our highest priority customers.
This is a quota carrying role and will be responsible for proactively reaching out to existing clients, understanding their individual needs, and recommending Bonfire’s products or services in an effort to maximize value and get them to financially activate year over year.
This role lies within our Sales department and reports to the Sales Manager - Strategic Accounts.
Humble Ingenuity, Trusting Partnerships, Inclusive Cooperation, Moral Courage, Healthy Dissatisfaction
Bonfire is currently supporting a virtual work environment; however, we are looking to only hire candidates that reside in the United States.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
include but are not limited to:
- Consistently obtain quarterly reactivation quotas as established by the Director of Sales
- Focus reactivation efforts exclusively on high-value clients with the potential to sell 250 units or more year over year
- Prioritize a proactive approach (as opposed to reactive) when identifying and reaching out to the highest value clients on your Locked List in an effort to get them to reactivate
- Act as the main point of contact in all matters relating to client concerns and manage escalations as necessary
- Maintain accurate client records within Bonfire’s CRM (Hubspot), keeping track of any new activations, primary contact changes, important events, etc…
- Develop a thorough understanding of all of Bonfire’s products and service offerings to better upsell and cross-sell to clients
- Smoothly transition high-value clients from our teams of AEs after their first successful campaign launch on Bonfire
- Consistently meet daily/weekly sales activity metrics as established by the Director of Sales including, but not limited to:
- Reactivation messages sent to every client on your Locked List
- Diligently create and manage all tasks in Bonfire’s CRM (Hubspot) associated with closing an existing business including, but not limited to:
- following up with cold clients
- following up with warm clients
- scheduling consultation calls
- Craft personalized outreach messages that generate open rates from clients in excess of 80%
- Operate using a consultative approach and the highest level of integrity when representing Bonfire during customer-facing interactions
- Conduct weekly pipeline audits with Bonfire’s CRM to make sure all deals, contacts, and companies contain accurate information, appropriate forecasted sales, and reasonable start/closing dates
- Work cross-functionally with other teams at Bonfire to advocate on behalf of your clients and secure items (ex: contracts, marketing extras, etc…) for closing a deal
- Understand your core customer personas inside and out - know their business as well as they do
- Leverage modern sales strategies in your processes such as video messaging and social selling
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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