Location: Remote

Type: Full Time

Currently reports to: CEO

About The Folklore

The Folklore is a platform providing consumer goods brands with resources to grow their business and collaborate with global partners. Our software and marketplace tools help fashion, beauty, and home brands manage their wholesale business and access capital, while enabling retailers and service providers to better discover diverse and emerging market brands. The Folklore’s technology, education and community offering empowers emerging brands to globalize and scale their business.

The Folklore is a Techstars (Techstars Seattle 21’) and venture capital-backed company that has been featured by Vogue, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., Bloomberg, and Entrepreneur. The company works with enterprise retailers like Nordstrom, Shopbop, and Revolve.

About The Role

The Folklore is searching for an experienced Director of Brand Sales & Account Management to close new VIP brand users and lead the brand account management team. This role is a key part of the leadership team that will help with developing strategies across brand sales and brand account management. A core responsibility will be sourcing and acquiring VIP brands as an individual contributor. They will also lead a one person account management team. This role will have a significant impact on the company's revenue, roadmap, and external relationships. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground level and work closely with our CEO to develop a barrier breaking world-class company.

Responsibilities

Subscription Sales – Individual Contributor

• Personally identify and create a sales pipeline of VIP brands and hit company targets
• Personally manage every stage of the VIP brand sales pipeline from sourcing deals, pitching, and closing deals
• Execute and augment the brand sales pipeline playbook
• Execute and augment brand sales pitch email and meeting scripts

Account Management / Team Management

• Manage existing and recruit new brand account management team members
• Oversee and provide support to brand account management team & ensure they hit their goals
• Handle issues that are escalated by direct reports
• Create account management reports on business status, risks, and revenue attainment
• Execute and augment the account management playbook
• Execute and augment the account management pitch emails and meeting scripts
• Develop and oversee upselling opportunities with existing brands

Strategic Development

• Collaborate with CEO to set and manage brand sales and brand account management objectives, goals, and KPIs
• Help CEO develop brand sales and brand account management strategies to achieve business objectives
• Provide insight on product roadmap based on customer needs and company objectives
• Collaborate with Marketing to evaluate external partnerships that lead to brand growth and retention

Who You Are

• You have B2B sales and account management experience with a proven track record of successfully scaling revenue at an early stage company
• You have played a key supportive role in successfully scaling revenue at an early stage company
• Willingness to adapt to an expanding and demanding startup environment that requires fast decision making and shifts in priorities.
• Extremely well organized and can manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively
• A strong executer willing to take a hands-on approach 
• Great communication skills, continuous learning, and bias for action
• Great team player with passion for encouraging cross-functional collaboration and alignment
• You have experience with building and scaling internal tools which drive efficient and effective sales operations and customer experience
• You are a creative problem-solver. You excel at identifying simple solutions to tough problems.
• You are relentlessly resourceful. When something needs to get done, you always find a way to make it happen. Even when the work is hard, you have the drive to power through it and execute with limited information and ambiguity.

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 5-7 years of professional sales experience 
• Minimum of two years managing teams
• Experience at small company or early stage startup
• Experience with CRM systems

Your Life And Career At The Folklore

• Stock options
• Unlimited paid vacation
• Work remotely
• Be part of a world-class startup team
• Think and act like an owner- operator
• Potential for a rewarding career advancement opportunities

To Apply send your CV to careers@thefolklore.com