Sales Development Representative

Univerze LLC

About Univerze

Univerze is a next-generation networking and career development platform designed to help students, young professionals, entrepreneurs, recruiters, and organizations build meaningful connections, discover opportunities, and accelerate professional growth. Through AI-powered networking, recruiting, career development, and community-building tools, Univerze is creating the digital ecosystem where the next generation of talent connects and succeeds.

Position Overview

Univerze is seeking highly motivated, ambitious, and relationship-driven Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) to help drive user acquisition, partnerships, recruiter engagement, and platform growth. This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy networking, building relationships, communicating with decision-makers, and contributing directly to the growth of a fast-paced technology startup.

As an SDR, you will serve as one of the first points of contact for prospective customers, university partners, employers, recruiters, student organizations, and business clients. You will identify opportunities, generate leads, schedule meetings, conduct outreach campaigns, and help expand the Univerze ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and qualify new sales opportunities through outbound outreach efforts.
• Build relationships with recruiters, hiring managers, business leaders, startup founders, and university administrators.
• Conduct outreach via email, LinkedIn, phone calls, social media, and networking events.
• Schedule product demonstrations and discovery meetings for senior sales leadership.
• Maintain and update customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
• Research potential customers and identify ideal target accounts.
• Follow up with leads and prospects throughout the sales process.
• Assist in developing sales campaigns and growth initiatives.
• Represent Univerze at conferences, career fairs, networking events, and campus activations.
• Collaborate with marketing, partnerships, and product teams to improve customer acquisition efforts.
• Track outreach performance metrics and contribute to weekly sales reporting.
• Educate prospects on the benefits of Univerze's networking, recruiting, and career development solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
• Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Comfortable engaging with executives, recruiters, founders, and professionals.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating within a team environment.
• Interest in startups, technology, networking, recruiting, sales, or entrepreneurship.
• Experience with CRM systems, sales tools, or customer-facing roles is preferred but not required.
• Current college students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on startup and sales experience.
• Direct mentorship from founders, executives, and industry professionals.
• Opportunity to build a professional network across universities, startups, and corporations.
• Exposure to venture capital, entrepreneurship, recruiting, and technology industries.
• Professional development training in sales, business development, communication, and leadership.
• Resume-building experience with a rapidly growing technology company.
• Potential advancement opportunities into Account Executive, Partnerships, Recruiting, Operations, or Leadership positions.

Success Metrics

Sales Development Representatives will be evaluated based on:

• Qualified leads generated
• Meetings scheduled
• Partnerships established
• Recruiters onboarded
• User acquisition performance
• Outreach activity and engagement rates
• Revenue and growth contributions
• Overall impact on platform expansion

Ideal Candidate

The ideal SDR is energetic, confident, highly driven, and passionate about helping people discover opportunities. They enjoy meeting new people, building relationships, solving problems, and contributing to the growth of an innovative startup. This role is perfect for individuals looking to gain real-world experience in technology sales, business development, entrepreneurship, and startup operations.

Required qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Preferred qualifications:

• 18 years or older
• At least bachelor's degree or higher
• Valid driver's license
• Background check
• Available to work: overtime