Sales Development Representative, Purlos
£31-40k
OTE
£26-30k
BASE
Student admissions communication platform
Job no longer available
Student admissions communication platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£31-40k
OTE
£26-30k
BASE
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help students into education, and help them stay there.
Role
Who you are
- A driven, hard-working attitude
- Top Tier Education (Preferred / not mandatory)
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong organisation skills
- Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Fluent in both spoken and written business English
- Professional appearance and approach in person, email and phone
- Hardworking, self-motivated and confident
What the job involves
- As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) at Purlos, you will act as an ambassador for our company and be the first contact for prospective new clients
- You will be responsible for booking new business meetings for your Account Executive (AE), prospecting and researching new clients you can approach, and qualifying different opportunities from the marketing team
- Your promotion opportunity will initially be the Account Executive level (and our previous SDR was promoted in a record time of 9 months!)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Starting college or uni is a stressful time - moving, getting all the new equipment you need, not knowing anyone. There’s a lot to do, and it’s why dropout rates during enrolment are so much higher than at any other stage during the education process. That’s what Purlos aims to change with its AI-assisted communications platform.
The problem it highlights is simple - admissions teams are inundated with administrative tasks, and the traditional methods of communication like phone calls and letters don’t get through to young people as well as they did decades ago. Purlos provides an automated chatbot, nicknamed ‘Jenni’, who connects with students through WhatsApp to remind them of appointments, tasks, events, etc. It also analyses conversation data to flag those it deems at risk of dropping out to the relevant admissions bodies.
It’s early days for Purlos, but its platform doesn’t yet see any direct competitors who focus so clearly on this issue. It's working with UK educational institutions for now, and focussing its fundraising on growing its team and expanding its product capabilities.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2022
$0.7m
SEED
Jan 2021
$0.5m
SEED
Total funding: $1.1m
Company benefits
- 25 days paid vacation: We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore we offer everybody 25 days paid vacation
- Flexible working hours: We value work-life balance highly, therefore we offer flexible working hours
- Yoga and meditation at work: Every week we do yoga at work. We want to make sure our colleagues have the energy to do their work properly
- Regular social & team events: Once a quarter we celebrate our successes as a team
- Additional Pension Contributions: We offer above minimum pension contributions for all employees
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Mo Salam
(CTO)Previously worked at Dealogic as a Product Owner, and was VP of Product at Azur Underwriting and Head of Product at ByzGen. They also co-founded Hop Homes.
David Bartlett
(CEO)Former Business Development Executive at both Globaleye and Pareto Law, as well as Account Director at Ascential and Co-founder of My Digital College.
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