About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Sales.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Position overview

Confidential Client is hiring an Entry-Level Brand Sales Specialist to join a technology-focused sales program in San Francisco (SoMa). This role is an early-career sales position focused on demand generation, digital engagement, and building trusted customer relationships across AI, data, automation, cloud, and infrastructure offerings.

Estimated compensation: $88,540 per year (estimated). Note: this is the salary figure provided in the source posting.

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What You’ll Do

• Create demand and identify new opportunities across assigned accounts, territories, and offering portfolios.
• Engage and qualify prospective buyers via phone, email, social media, video, events, and other digital selling channels.
• Build and maintain an active pipeline by uncovering expansion, renewals, upgrades, and modernization opportunities.
• Conduct discovery conversations to understand customer objectives, pain points, success criteria, and buying signals.
• Position Confidential Client’s value propositions as a trusted advisor aligned to customer goals and industry trends.
• Collaborate with Technology Sellers, Technical Specialists, Customer Success Managers, Account Executives, Partners, and Marketing to advance opportunities.
• Communicate technology value to business and technical stakeholders through presentations, proposals, and account plans.
• Use digital and AI-powered sales techniques, customer data, and market insights to improve outreach and conversion.

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Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed by start date in Business, Communications, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Strong interest in technology, consultative selling, and business development.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Analytical mindset, curiosity, adaptability, and customer focus.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate with both technical and business audiences.
• Willingness to learn product, cloud, AI, automation, and digital selling tools.

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Preferred qualifications

• Internship, co-op, project, research, or extracurricular experience in sales, customer success, marketing, technology, or entrepreneurship.
• Exposure to cloud, AI, automation, data, cybersecurity, infrastructure, or enterprise software.
• Experience presenting business or technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Leadership experience through student organizations, athletics, volunteer work, competitions, or community involvement.
• Relevant certifications or participation in technology-focused programs.

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Location & employment type

• Location: SoMa / San Francisco, CA (on-site or hybrid as defined by the client)
• Employment type: Full-time

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Why this role?

• Launch a career in technology sales with structured program training and mentorship.
• Gain experience with modern digital selling, AI-assisted outreach, and enterprise account engagement.
• Work alongside cross-functional teams and technical experts to learn consultative selling and deal execution.

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Legal & compliance notes (U.S.)

Confidential Client and Careertakes follow applicable U.S. employment laws. Where required by state law (for example, California), pay information is included when provided by the source. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities; please contact the hiring team if you need assistance during the hiring process.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.