Senior Associate of New & Growth Business, Axios
$46.2-58.1k
Total compensation offered for this role includes a sales incentive component, which is contingent upon the successful achievement of predetermined sales targets
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News media company
Open for applications
News media company
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$46.2-58.1k
Total compensation offered for this role includes a sales incentive component, which is contingent upon the successful achievement of predetermined sales targets
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To get you smarter, faster on what matters.
Role
Who you are
- This is a high-energy role that requires superior communication skills, an ability to understand partner business priorities and develop creative solutions, and a proven ability to generate leads
- Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for Axios’ mission
- 2-3+ years experience in customer or client services
- Understanding of how key relationships with agencies and brands function
- Experience managing top-of-funnel sales pipelines including researching, prospecting new business leads, outbound outreach, and organizing inbound interest
- Knowledge of digital media, online marketing technology, and Axios’ competitive landscape
- Ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively across internal teams within Axios
- Detail-oriented with strong time management skills and an ability to prioritize effectively
- Prior experience using CRM software to manage sales processes and pipelines
- Knowledge of G-Suite tools a plus
What the job involves
- Be a key player on the Client Partnerships team and a brand ambassador for Axios
- Manage new and existing relationships for Axios’ Core Media team, proactively network with new and growing partners to create new opportunities for our company
- Develop and maintain trusted, strategic relationships with agency and client partners to expand Axios' footprint
Our take
Axios is a digital news site covering business, tech, politics, and media trends, with a focus on smart and efficient coverage. Much like rival comparable sites The Economist and Politico, it’s also diversified its media to include podcasts, newsletters, and a mobile app. Whilst it remains a major national and international news outlet, it’s also pursuing a new avenue to help shore up its position: local news.
Local news outlets have been in sharp decline over recent years: it’s too costly, with too little revenue. Axios’ plan is to opt instead for local newsletters. They’re highly advertiser-friendly, and the model itself is exceptionally scalable. So Axios may succeed where traditional efforts by other outlets like The Huffington Post (and countless local outfits) have failed.
Axios was previously held up as an exception to the mergers and acquisitions other news outlets were having to undergo to weather the decline of print media. However, in order to fund the expansion into local news, Axios has been acquired by the global conglomerate (and previous investor in the company) Cox Enterprises. This is good news - Cox Enterprises owns and protects local newspapers in Ohio, and looks set to be a hands-off and values-aligned new Axios owner.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$27m
SERIES C
Nov 2017
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57m
Company benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
Company values
- Audience first: Deliver the cleanest, smartest, most efficient, and trust-worthy experience
- Excellence: Strive for excellence in everything you do and never sell BS to Axios' audience, customers, or each other
- Candor: Remain direct and candid in respectful but unambiguous ways with the audience and each other
Company HQ
Radnor - Fort Myer Heights, Arlington, VA
Articles
Leadership
Jim VandeHei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, they then went on to found Politico and serve a decade as its CEO.
Mike Allen
(Co-Founder & Executive Editor)Spent nearly a decade as Politico's Chief White House correspondent before co-founding Axios in 2016.
Roy Schwartz
(Founder & President)CEO of Axios HQ. Spent time as a partner at The Gallup Organization, then as VP and ultimately CRO of Politico.
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