Role Overview
As a Sales Executive, you will be responsible for generating new business opportunities, reaching out to potential clients, understanding their requirements, and converting prospects into active TalentTasker clients.
This role is ideal for someone who is confident in communication, comfortable with outbound sales, and enjoys speaking with business owners, founders, HR teams, and decision-makers.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and research potential business clients who may need freelancers or specialized talent.
- Generate leads through LinkedIn, email, cold calling, online platforms, referrals, and other channels.
- Contact prospects through calls, emails, LinkedIn, and other relevant channels.
- Understand client requirements, project needs, budgets, timelines, and skill requirements.
- Present TalentTasker and explain how our platform can help businesses access specialized freelance talent.
- Schedule and conduct discovery calls or meetings with potential clients.
- Follow up consistently with prospects and move qualified leads through the sales pipeline.
- Convert qualified prospects into paying clients.
- Coordinate with the Talent/Operations team to help fulfill client requirements.
- Maintain accurate records of leads, conversations, follow-ups, and opportunities in the CRM.
- Build long-term relationships with clients and identify opportunities for repeat business.
- Meet monthly and quarterly sales targets.
- Track sales performance and provide regular reports to management.
- Research competitors, market trends, and new opportunities in the freelance and staffing market.
Ideal Candidate
- 14 years of experience in B2B Sales, Business Development, Inside Sales, SaaS Sales, Recruitment Sales, Staffing, or similar roles.
- Excellent spoken and written English communication.
- Confident in making cold calls and speaking with business decision-makers.
- Strong lead-generation and prospecting skills.
- Ability to understand customer pain points and present solutions effectively.
- Good negotiation, persuasion, and objection-handling skills.
- Comfortable using LinkedIn, CRM systems, email outreach tools, and sales tools.
- Target-oriented and self-motivated.
- Strong follow-up discipline.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of the sales pipeline.
Preferred Experience
Candidates with experience selling any of the following will be preferred:
- Freelance/contract staffing
- Recruitment or staffing services
- SaaS or technology services
- Digital marketing services
- IT services
- Business consulting
- HR services
- B2B marketplaces or platforms