Specialist Business Development Representative

Our CompanyChanging the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! The OpportunityAdobe is looking for a high-energy, driven, and self-motivated individual to join Adobe's Sales Development team as a Business Development Representative (BDR) for the Adobe Experience Cloud. Becoming a Business Development Representative is the first step to a rewarding and lucrative career in software sales. Adobe is welcoming driven individuals who are recent college graduates or looking to make a career change! As an Entry-level Sales Representative, you will have the opportunity to learn about the industry and set the foundation for career advancement. Take your first step by applying online today!What You'll DoProspect, educate, qualify, and develop Target Accounts and inbound leads to create sales-ready meetings and opportunities. This includes target market penetration, calling on CXOs, senior-level executives, trade show attendance, following up on marketing-generated leads, webinar and event follow-up, creative campaign and door opener outreach, and moreInteract with prospects via telephone, video correspondence, and emailResearch accounts, identify key players, generate interest, and develop accounts to stimulate opportunityDisseminate opportunities to appropriate AE, educating each rep as necessary about the opportunityEffectively handle and overcome prospect objections with confidenceBecome a trusted resource and develop productive relationships with prospectsUpdate lead scoring and prospect interaction in salesforce.com to ensure efficient lead managementMeet and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual pipeline-generating targets to ensure territory revenue objectives and pipeline linearityProvide closed-loop feedback to ensure continuous process optimizationMaintain professional internal and external relationships that meet our core values and cultureWhat you need to succeedSelf-starter with a track record of successful lead follow-up and sales development at multiple executive levels within an organizationPre-call planningOpportunity qualification and objection handlingCall structure and controlTime and territory managementAbility to handle ecosystem relationship management to achieve joint goalsConsistent track record of achieving measurable inside sales goals in a sales environment where accurate entry and management of lead data in a CRM system was requiredAbility to work in a high-energy sales team environment; phenomenal and collaborative teammatePositive and energetic phone skills, excellent listening skills, strong writing and presentation skillsThe highest level of integrityProficient with standard corporate productivity tools (email, voicemail, MS Office)Sales training and salesforce.com experience a plus4-year college degree or equivalent experience requiredAdobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more. Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.