Sales Account Executive

Are you a persuasive communicator with a passion for sales? We're seeking a Sales Account Executive to help grow our subscriber base by closing sales and maintaining strong customer relationships. This is a fast-paced role where you'll be rewarded for your ability to meet and exceed sales goals.

As a key contributor to our revenue team, you'll connect with prospective and existing customers to share compelling offers, highlight valuable product bundles, and help guide subscribers to the right solutions. This position requires strong communication skills, a natural drive to succeed, and the ability to learn quickly and sell effectively.

This role will be part of our Baltimore-based Telesales team and is a hybrid role with in-office work required Tuesdays through Thursdays and remote flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contact potential and existing customers via phone and email to promote product offerings.
• Help customers upgrade subscriptions or select the right bundles based on their goals
• Learn the ins and outs of current campaigns, promotions, and content to effectively position value
• Review internal communications and stay familiar with website layout and content.
• Ask probing questions to understand customer needs and close sales.
• Use Salesforce to log interactions and maintain accurate customer records
• Take and process orders accurately and professionally.
• Handle difficult customer interactions with patience and escalate when needed.
• Consistently meet or exceed sales quotas.
• Safeguard customer credit card information.
• Collaborate with teammates and leadership to share insights and improve the customer journey
• Stay adaptable and ready to support occasional after-hours outreach (3–5 times per quarter)
• Follow company policies and telesales procedures

Must Have Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent sales experience.
• 1–2 years of experience in telesales or a similar sales role preferred
• Proven track record of meeting sales quotas via phone.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce (or similar CRM) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Clear, persuasive communicator with strong listening skills
• Comfortable navigating objections and rejection while staying focused and upbeat
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Experience in financial publishing is a plus

What We Offer:

• Be part of a creative, fast-paced team that directly impacts customers.
• An entrepreneurial and innovative environment
• Competitive base salary of $52,000, plus commissions.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401 (k) match, and 12 paid company holidays.

About MarketWise

At MarketWise, we thrive on new ideas and the entrepreneurial spirit. Naturally, we are always looking for new people, explorers, and innovators. If you are interested in a career where your ideas will not only be heard but celebrated, we'd like to hear from you.

MarketWise started in 1999 with one brand and the simple idea to publish intelligent, independent, insightful, and in-depth investment research and treat the self-directed investor the way we would want to be treated. That simple idea worked and has guided our decisions ever since. Our companies provide our subscribers with the research, education, and tools that they need to navigate the financial markets.

Since our inception, we have evolved significantly, expanding into a comprehensive suite of diversified investment research products and solutions from various financial research companies. Today, MarketWise subsidiaries offer research across various platforms, including desktop, laptop, and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones.

We offer a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality, independent, and spirited investment research, as well as several software and analytical tools, on a subscription basis. MarketWise's editors cover a broad spectrum of investments—ranging from commodities to equities, distressed debt, and cryptocurrencies—offering over 100 products across multiple platforms through seven customer-facing brands.