Sales Development & Growth Representative

Macmillan Learning; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with Fidelity

Paid time off

Sick time

Discretionary days

Paid holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Education assistance

Life and AD&D insurance

Job summary

Macmillan Learning seeks a Sales Development & Growth Representative to own and close smaller revenue opportunities within the High School sales division. You will craft personalized, multi-channel outreach to re-engage prospects and use AI tools to sharpen your approach, while collaborating with senior reps, marketing, and sales operations.

Remote role with travel up to 5%. The position emphasizes testing new tactics, maintaining Salesforce data quality, and supporting contractor work as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, with persuasive sales messaging.
• Proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset, able to spot gaps and propose fixes.
• Comfort with CRM data, tracking trends, and maintaining metrics.
• Ability to manage your own workload, prioritize deals, and direct contractor tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own and close small-deal opportunities from qualification through execution.
• Create and run multi-channel outreach (email, video, phone, mail) to re-engage prospects.
• Keep accounts active with regular outreach to prevent gaps.
• Partner with senior reps, marketing, and sales ops to align outreach with goals.
• Use AI tools and sales tech to speed up research, messaging, and prospecting.
• Identify new pipeline using data sources like government spend data and district overlays.
• Test new outbound tactics to scale results.
• Maintain clean Salesforce data and run pipeline reviews.
• Direct contractor support for outreach or admin tasks as needed.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Sales messaging

Proactive mindset

CRM data

Workload management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Groove

Outreach

Vidyard

Google Suite

Job description

At Macmillan Learning, we're committed to driving innovation that transforms education. We seek team members who thrive on pushing boundaries, envisioning future possibilities, and building solutions that make a lasting impact. Whether you're a Pioneer shaping bold new ideas, a Builder turning possibilities into reality, or a Stabilizer optimizing for success, you'll play a vital role in advancing our mission. If you're excited by the prospect of testing new technologies, implementing transformative strategies, and thriving in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we'd love to hear from you!

As a Sales Development & Growth Representative, you'll own and close smaller-revenue opportunities within our High School sales division, freeing up senior reps to focus on our largest and most complex accounts. You'll build creative, multi-channel outreach that keeps prospects engaged, and you'll use AI tools and modern sales technology to find new opportunities and sharpen your approach. This role sits at the intersection of sales execution and experimentation: you'll partner closely with senior sales reps, marketing, and sales operations, and you'll have real latitude to test new tactics and find what works.

We know some talented people hesitation to apply when they don't check every box on a list. If this role has you excited and you believe you could do the work well, we want to hear from you, even if your path here doesn't match every requirement exactly. We're looking for people who care about our mission and bring their own perspective to the table. Different backgrounds, skills, and ways of working make us better at what we do. If this opportunity speaks to you, tell us how your experience and abilities could add value here. We want Macmillan Learning to be a place where everyone can do their best work and where different viewpoints are genuinely welcome, so if you're a qualified candidate, we hope you'll apply. We're looking forward to learning what you'd bring to the team.

What You'll Do

• You'll own and close sales opportunities under our small-deal threshold, from qualification through final execution
• You'll craft and run personalized, multi-channel outreach campaigns (email, video, phone, and physical mail) to re-engage prospects and keep open deals moving
• You'll keep every account active, maintaining regular outreach so no relationship goes cold
• You'll partner with senior sales reps and marketing to align your outreach with broader sales goals
• You'll use generative AI and modern sales tools to speed up research, messaging, and prospecting
• You'll uncover new pipeline opportunities using data sources like government spend data and district overlays
• You'll test new outbound tactics, from personalized video to automated cadences, to find what scales
• You'll keep Salesforce data clean and accurate, and run regular pipeline reviews to catch deals at risk
• You'll direct contractor support as needed for specialized outreach or administrative work

What You'll Bring

• A bachelor's degree
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, with a knack for writing persuasive, engaging sales messaging
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, comfortable spotting gaps and proposing fixes
• Comfort working with data in a CRM, including tracking trends and maintaining accurate metrics
• The ability to manage your own workload independently, prioritize across deals, and direct contractor tasks when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience managing or closing sales, ideally in K-12 education, publishing, SaaS, or a related field
• Experience using AI tools (such as ChatGPT or Claude) and sales stack applications like Salesforce, Groove or Outreach, Vidyard, or Google Suite

Salary Range

$55,000-$65,000

Job Location

Remote

Travel

This role involves occasional travel, less than 5% of the time, which may include visits to schools or districts.

Physical Requirements

This role requires periods of close concentration and the ability to multitask. You may occasionally need to travel and to work more than 40 hours a week as needed.

Benefits

Regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their dependents are eligible for Macmillan benefits, effective on the employee's date of hire. Macmillan also offers health benefits coverage to qualifying same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners (may require additional documentation) of active employees.

• Competitive pay and bonus plan
• Generous Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
• Generous paid time off, sick time, discretionary days, and paid holidays (International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, and more!)
• Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
• 100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
• And much more!

About Macmillan Learning

Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned company that inspires what's possible for every learner. We envision a world in which every learner succeeds. Through our content, tools and services, we aim to make that a reality. To learn more, please visit macmillanlearning.com, join our Macmillan Community, stay connected to our Learning Stories blogs, or see us on LinkedIn, Facebook, or X. Macmillan Learning is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a global media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Macmillan Learning, we believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our mission to improve lives through learning. We actively seek candidates who reflect a wide range of identities, experiences, and communities. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background, geographical status and background, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.

Employer Classification

The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.