Earlywork Hiring for Junior Account Executive at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Full Time

Earlywork is the fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech.

We’re building Australia’s first tech bootcamp with a job guarantee, Earlywork Academy, starting with tech sales.

Over time, we aim to build the fast-track business school for the tech industry globally.

Earlywork has raised a $700k pre-seed round led by Square Peg, and has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, ABC &SmartCompany

Ultimately, we’re on a mission to close the gap between education and careers.

About the role ℹ️

The Company Partnerships team is responsible for bringing on fast growing startups and tech companies into our Earlywork ecosystem.

You’ll be a meaningful contributor to a team that is critical to driving meaningful employment outcomes for our diverse, ambitious fellows.

You’ll be responsible for initial outreach to potential partners across various channels to start a conversation on how they can use Earlywork to assist their hiring needs.

You’ll also get the opportunity to work on company-facing marketing initiatives such as case studies, events, content series and more.

What you’ll be doing 💼

These are some of the core tasks you will be responsible for in the role:

• Research and identify potential company partners
• Reach out to ICP’s through email, phone, and social media in order to qualify sales opportunities
• Conducting discovery calls and pitching for SMB partners, providing potential buyers an articulate understanding of Earlywork’s mission and value proposition
• Help navigate through complex sales through call prep, and targeted follow-up
• Create thoughtful and engaging company-facing content across all channels
• Execution on other company-facing initiatives such as events and content series
• Strives to engage the local tech scene and build meaningful relationships with key influencers in the ecosystem

Our dream candidate profile ⭐

Note: if you don’t have 100% of the skills here, definitely still apply!

We’re flexible on what this role can look like, so we can adjust for the right person.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence others.
• Outbound prospecting experience including cold outreach across calls, phones and LinkedIn
• Experience with HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and other prospecting tools
• Ability to demonstrate time management, resilience, drive, coachability, and curiosity
• Background, experience and passion for customer-facing roles in tech
• Strong relationship builder and ability to build rapport with diverse individuals
• Able to think on your feet, try new approaches and bounce back when things don’t go your way
• Confidence communicating in both 1:1 and 1:many situations

What you’ll get 😎

We’re a tight-knit crew of passionate community builders, content creators and sellers determined to fix the disconnect between education and work, solving a meaningful, high-leverage human problem.

That passion came from years of leading student organisations focused on startups, alongside working for leading tech companies.

And in how we hire, we bias for smart, young generalists like Ryan and Ben, who’ve already built their own projects before joining our team.

In doing so, we want to be a breeding ground for tomorrow’s commercial leaders and founders in the startup ecosystem.

Beyond that you’ll also get:

• Competitive salaries with attractive ESOPs
• We will invest in you and help you make strides in your development.
• We’re a company built around careers and community, so mentorship from the best is only an introduction away.
• In building a global ecosystem of communities, you’ll elevate your personal brand among current and future leaders in the startup industry.
• A buzzing office near central CBD shared with other cool startups.