Communications Associate job in London

Apolitical is a peer-to-peer learning and intelligence platform for government. Our mission is to make government great for citizens everywhere. We equip policymakers with the knowledge, skills and community they need to solve the world’s hardest challenges from the climate and refugee crises to cybersecurity and the future of jobs. Our platform is used by more than 100,000+ policymakers in 170+ countries ranging from mayors, ministers and heads of state to millennials pioneering digital innovations. Disrupt100 said, “This new approach to solving common problems could potentially impact everyone on the planet.” We are about to go into a Series A funding round, raising our ambition and making it an exciting time to join the team.

About this Position

This position is a full-time role and ideally based in London/UK. If you are currently based out of the UK, then you must have a right to work in the UK and you must be able to work remotely as per UK working hours. This role sits within the Sales team, led by the Chief Operations Officer, whom you’ll be managed by.

The Sales Team’s responsibility is to generate new client leads, prospect, and close enterprise deals for Apolitical. Enterprise deals at Apolitical are purchases of our products by government departments and foundations. The team works closely with the Customer Success team, who ensure our clients have the best possible experience and stay with Apolitical once they have partnered with us because of the impact we consistently deliver for public servants and the organisations supporting them.

To achieve our ambitious revenue goals we need to build our pipeline of potential clients, accelerate the sales cycle with more touchpoints and develop our reputation for offering great learning experiences for public servants.

This role’s primary accountabilities are to develop and build “Apoiltical’s enterprise voice” to bring inbound sales leads to us, and enable more successful sales outreach. You’ll experiment with multiple methods of generating and prospecting leads and will measure the results. You’ll build and execute an enterprise communications strategy which boosts our revenue. In the long term, you’ll help develop and evolve this strategy across our different regional markets.

In addition, you will directly support sales activity and strategy. You will play a critical role in identifying potential opportunities, gathering internal and external intelligence, project managing sales activity, strategising about how to pursue certain leads, and proposal and bid writing. While you will not be expected to lead sales calls there will be opportunities to interface directly with potential clients if you have the aptitude and desire for this.