Padlet

Account Executive – New York

Remote

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Educational TechnologyIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote (Ideal candidates based in New York)
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Salary: Not specified

Padlet is building software for a good education, aiming to inspire curiosity, creativity, and community. Their software enables this through visual content creation and collaboration in millions of classrooms worldwide, with a goal of reaching a billion users. They are seeking an Account Executive to drive sales and achieve this goal.

Requirements

  • Experience: Track record of success as an Account Executive.
  • Personal Attributes:
    • Likes working hard
    • Honest
    • Humble
    • A good sense of humor (bonus)
    • Experience selling to schools (bonus)

Responsibilities

  • Sell (be very good at it)

About Padlet

  • Vision: Every child in the world will grow up with Mickey Mouse and Padlet.
  • Product: Making the default way of collecting and sharing thoughts on the Internet.
  • Impact: 40 million users, making Padlet one of the most used apps on the planet.
  • Money: Venture backed and fiscally responsible, built to last one hundred years.
  • Team: Approximately 60 people (a million active users per person).
  • Key Team Members:
    • Julia Carnes: Friendliest person, but dangerous during game night (Catan). Wordsmith, videosmith, and sometimes blacksmith.
    • Colin Teahan: Lives for one-liners.

Application Instructions

  • Not specified in the provided text.

Skills

Sales
Account Management
School Market Knowledge
Communication
Persuasion
Relationship Building

Padlet

Collaborative platform for creating digital content

About Padlet

Padlet is a platform that allows users to create and share digital content collaboratively. It provides virtual boards where users can post various types of content, including text, images, videos, and other multimedia. This platform caters to a wide range of users, such as educators, students, businesses, and creative professionals. Padlet operates on a subscription model, offering different pricing tiers to meet the needs of individual users and large organizations. What sets Padlet apart from its competitors is its focus on user-friendly design and aesthetic appeal, making the process of digital collaboration both efficient and enjoyable. The goal of Padlet is to enhance the way people work together online by providing an accessible and visually appealing space for sharing ideas and content.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$12.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Consumer Software, EducationIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
Commuter Benefits
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Stock Options
Paid Vacation
Parental Leave

Risks

Increased competition from emerging digital collaboration tools with lower costs.
The rise of AI-driven content creation platforms may reduce manual content curation needs.
Privacy concerns related to data sharing could lead to user attrition.

Differentiation

Padlet offers a unique multimedia-friendly, free-form, real-time wiki experience.
The platform caters to diverse clients, including educators, businesses, and creative professionals.
Padlet emphasizes user-friendly design and aesthetic appeal in digital collaboration.

Upsides

Increased demand for digital collaboration tools due to remote learning trends.
Growing interest in multimedia content creation among educators and students.
The rise of subscription-based models aligns with Padlet's business strategy.

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