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Sales Placement

Egress Software Technologies is now looking for a new Sales Placement!

• Position: Sales Placement
• Location: White Collar Factory, Old Street, London
• Role Requirements: Second Year Undergraduate Student at a UK-based University, predicted a 2:1 or above in any degree
• Duration: 12 months, commencing Summer 2021
• Salary: 18,000 per Annum plus commission

Our success in hiring graduates, placement students and apprentices has been recognised at The National Undergraduate Employability Awards, where we have been shortlisted four years in a row for the ‘Best small to Medium-sized Employer’.

As Egress Software Technologies continues its path of exciting growth, we are offering the exceptional opportunity to join our Sales team. This candidate will be an undergraduate student looking to undertake a 12-month placement in our Sales department as part of their university degree, commencing Summer 2021.

Our Placement community consists of ambitious team players with excellent interpersonal skills and a get-up-and-go attitude. Our fast-paced growth and unique company culture welcomes new employees and inspires them to thrive.

What would I be doing as Sales Placement at Egress?

Our Sales department is crucial to generating new business and managing existing customers. The successful candidate will undertake Sales training and gain a wide range of experience in a rapidly growing international software business.

The role will involve the following:

• Promoting Egress Products and Services to customers through Egress’ Business Development process
• Contacting potential new businesses as pre-defined in the Sales Territory Plans via various channels including phone, email, and social media.
• Undertaking team outfit-themed call-out campaigns to generate leads for new business and managing the new customer process (using BANT qualification models)
• Managing Inbound leads generated through Trial Downloads, Web Enquiries, Web Chats, Webinars, Events, etc.
• Becoming an expert in the information security industry, including knowledge of products, competitors and customer requirements
• Using your product expertise to advise customers on how Egress can be used to meet their requirements and develop their business
• Meeting quarterly targets aimed at increasing pipeline, revenue and performance

Who is Egress looking for?

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic second year student at university who is studying in a UK based university, predicted a 2:1 or above in any degree. We don’t expect you to have previous experience in Sales (although previous exposure would be beneficial). You will be well-suited if you are interested in pursuing a career in a role similar to this.

These role will suit you if:

• You are good at building customer relationships
• You have first-class communication skills
• You have excellent organisational skills
• You are self-motivated, reliable and able to work on own initiative and in a team
• You have good persuasion and negotiation skills
• You are computer literate – able to produce letters, e-mails, reports
• You are computer numerate – able to produce reports and spreadsheets
• You are energetic, enthusiastic and target motivated
• You are process-driven
• You are target driven and money motivated
• You are a team player who drives a healthy competitive environment but also reliable and able to work on their own initiative
• You are interested in IT and emerging technologies

What rewards and benefits would I get in this role?

• 25 days annual leave
• Charity events
• Monthly staff socials funded by the company
• Annual fully-funded Kick Off events
• Beer o’clock
• Free eye care vouchers
• BUPA private health cover
• Discounted gym membership
• Company sports teams
• Cycle to work (discounted bike and equipment scheme)
• RAC Discounted Breakdown Cover
• Internal Recognition Scheme
• White Collar Factory Office Perks e.g. Discounted Theatre and Concert Tickets

To protect the wellbeing of our employees, our company policy states that all employees must live within a 90-minute commute or be willing to relocate for the year.

The role will be based at Egress’ headquarters in Old Street, London. However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic we have implemented a number of working from home measures at Egress. Pre-pandemic, every Egress office is a fantastic place to work. Now, with remote working the ‘new normal’, we’ve made sure that we’ve kept the great office atmosphere, wherever you’re working. Weekly all staff calls, our new ‘Home Working Legend of the Week’ award, and regular giveaways mean the Egress culture is definitely still in full flow.

About Egress

Our vision is for a connected world in which people communicate efficiently and securely. To achieve this, we provide human layer security to protect individual users and stop breaches before they happen. Our patented technologies are built using leading-edge contextual machine learning and powerful encryption that mitigate modern risks in ways that other solutions simply can’t achieve. Today, we provide intelligent email security and collaboration solutions that prevent accidental and intentional breaches, protect sensitive data, and equip CISOs and their teams with the detailed reporting required for compliance purposes.

Egress is headquartered in London, with regional offices in the UK, the US, Canada and the Netherlands.

How to apply

If you think you could be our next Sales Placement Student, click the link above that will take you to our Undergraduate careers page and please attach your CV and accompanying Cover Letter. Please note that applications without a Cover Letter will not be considered.