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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What You’ll Do

As a Brand Sales Specialist (Entry-Level), you will help drive demand for the confidential client’s technology and services by building relationships, qualifying opportunities, and communicating value to customers across business and technical audiences.

• Create demand and identify new opportunities within assigned accounts, territories, and offering portfolios.
• Prospect and qualify leads using phone, email, social media, video outreach, events, marketing programs, and other digital channels.
• Build and maintain an active pipeline: identify expansion, renewals, upgrades, modernization needs, and lifetime value opportunities.
• Conduct discovery conversations to learn customer objectives, priorities, challenges, and buying criteria.
• Position brand value propositions by aligning offerings to customer goals, industry trends, and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with sellers, technical specialists, customer success managers, account executives, partners, and marketing to move opportunities forward.
• Prepare and present proposals, account plans, and business storytelling tailored to business and technical stakeholders.
• Use digital and AI-enabled sales tools, customer data, and market insights to refine outreach and improve results.

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What We’re Looking For (Required)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (completed by start date) in Business, Communications, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related field.
• Strong interest in technology, consultative selling, business development, and solving client challenges.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Analytical thinking, curiosity, adaptability, and a customer-first mindset.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and communicate with both business and technical audiences.
• Willingness to learn product offerings, competitive landscape, industry trends, and digital selling tools.

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Preferred Qualifications

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

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Compensation (Estimated)

• Estimated base: $73,340 per year (reported / estimated). Actual compensation will depend on experience, location, and other factors.

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Location & Employment Type

• Location: Washington, D.C. (20080).
• Employment type: Full-time.
• This is an entry-level role intended for candidates launching a career in technology sales and client leadership.

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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.

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