Sales Development Representative - French Speaker

Synthesia; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the AI video communications sector is seeking a Sales Development Representative fluent in French and English. The role involves generating leads, educating prospects, and driving growth through various communication channels. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, thrive in fast-paced environments, and have a passion for technology. The position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and generous benefits including medical insurance and paid parental leave.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Paid parental leave

25 days of annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Pension contribution

Home office set-up budget

Qualifications

• Must be Native/Bilingual in both French and English.
• Experience in a fast-growing startup.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth through inbound and prospecting activities.
• Educate leads via calls, emails, and social media.
• Conduct follow-up calls and emails until meetings are set.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Cold calling

Job description

Sales Development Representative - French Speaker

London

Welcome to the video first world!

From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and at work. If you’re reading this and nodding, check out ourbrand video .

Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now….

Meet Synthesia

We're on amission to make video easy for everyone.Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Readstories from happy customers, what1,200+ people say on G2 and being named as one of the "Top Startups to Bet Your Career On" in 2025!

In 2023, we were one of 7 European companies to reach unicorn status. In February 2024, G2 named us as the fastest growing company in the world. In 2025 we announced our series D funding. In total we’ve raised over $330M in funding from top-tier investors, including NEA, Atlassian Ventures, WiL, PSP Growth, and existing investors such as Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, GV and top founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.

The role...

• Drive Synthesia’s growth through inbound and some prospecting activities, generating leads that will turn into opportunities and closed business
• Educate and work on leads through inbound or outbound activities via phone calls, emails, social media, events, webinars, and campaigns
• Develop an in-depth understanding of each lead generation process, supporting marketing activities, prospect touch-points, and Account Executive hand-off
• Create and activate emails sequences, make cold-calls to map and penetrate accounts
• Conduct follow-up calls and emails until meetings are set

About you...

• Must be Native/Bilingual in both French and English
• Keen interested in Software / SaaS solutions / Consulting / Web3 / Other-tech-stuff
• Interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing environment
• Attention to detail and outstanding communication skills (including phone skills, listening skills, and writing skills)
• Self-driven with the desire to help Synthesia grow, you’ll have the support and autonomy to create scalable processes for success
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit/experience with a strong growth mindset
• Ambitious and self-motivated with comfort in a quota-carrying environment
• Commit to Tuesday's + Wednesday's in our Oxford Circus office
• You've worked at a fast-growing startup
• You ace cold calling and relationship building
• If you cold call your future manager

At Synthesia we expect everyone to...

• Put the Customer First
• Own it & Go Direct
• Make the Journey Fun

You can read more about this in this public Notion page

The good stuff...

In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer...

A competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing Series D start-up.

Private Medical Insurance (London)

Paid parental leave entitling primary caregivers to 16 weeks of full pay, and secondary 5 weeks of full pay

25 days of annual leave + public holidays in the country where you are based.

Cycle to work scheme (London).

Fun culture with regular socials.

Pension contribution/salary sacrifice. (London)

A brand new computer + monitor and an additional home office set-up budget.

A huge opportunity for career growth as you’ll help shape a market-defining product.

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