Contexte Is Hiring!

Sales Development Representative (SDR) - Brussels

About

Nous sommes Contexte, un média européen fondé en 2013. Nous produisons une information politique en profondeur pour permettre aux acteurs de la démocratie d'agir sur le monde.

Nous sommes radicalement indépendants, détenus à 100 % par notre équipe. Pas de publicité, pas de sponsoring, un seul modèle de revenus : l’abonnement.

Chez Contexte, nous publions une information rigoureuse, hiérarchisée et accessible. Elle permet de mieux comprendre son environnement, d’anticiper, de décider, de construire des positions plus solides — et, ce faisant, de mieux faire vivre la démocratie.

Nous nous adressons à tous ceux que les décisions publiques concernent au quotidien : des professionnels du public comme du privé, dans tous les secteurs, à tous les niveaux.

Nous sommes une centaine répartis entre Paris et Bruxelles, au sein de la rédaction et des équipes commerciales, finance, ressources humaines, marketing, tech, produit et design.

Job Description

About the Role

To support Contexte's growth, we are seeking a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to join our sales team. As the first point of contact, you will represent Contexte to our prospects. Your objective? Manage and qualify inbound leads. If you're passionate about sales and the media industry, join Contexte and play a key role in our commercial development!

Responsibilities

🔥 Managing and Qualifying Inbound Leads

  • Receive, analyze, and process leads from various channels (website, events, email, etc.).

  • Conduct constructive conversations to understand prospects' needs and challenges.

  • Qualify leads based on specific criteria and determine their level of interest.

🚀 Creating Business Opportunities

  • Convert qualified leads into engaged prospects by scheduling meetings for our Account Executives (AEs).

  • Ensure a smooth and effective transition of qualified leads to the EU Sales team.

🤝 Collaboration and Continuous Improvement

  • Work closely with the Sales, Growth, and Marketing teams to improve lead quality.

  • Challenge and refine listings received from the Growth team to maximize prospect relevance.

  • Share insights and trends to refine our acquisition and engagement strategy.

  • Maintain rigorous and detailed tracking of your activity via our CRM.

What It's Like to Work at Contexte

  • Apply the principle of subsidiarity, which emphasizes personal expertise and can be summarized as: the one who does, decides. This principle is at the heart of our collective culture, based on three strong values: freedom, governed by a collectively built framework; trust; and a combination of high standards and kindness.

  • Contribute to a company project marked by an ambitious societal commitment: producing and selling independent political information that empowers all actors of democracy, regardless of size, expertise, or orientation, to build common ground conducive to democratic dialogue.

  • Participate in building and developing a model of independence—capitalistic, economic, and editorial.

    • Ensure that power (i.e., the majority of the company's capital) belongs to individuals or organizations whose primary interest lies within Contexte.
    • Aim for profitability year after year, a sine qua non condition for independence.
    • Create conditions for journalists to practice their profession, within the editorial line, independently of external (economic and political) and internal (commercial interests of the company, shareholders' interests) powers.
  • Be an actor in the company's destiny: employees have the opportunity to become shareholders of Contexte through the employee company.

Preferred Experience

🔹 Experience and Skills

  • 1 to 2 years of experience in prospecting, business development, or lead qualification.

  • Proficiency in English.

  • Good command of CRM tools (Salesforce is a plus).

  • Previous experience in the media industry is a plus.

🔹 Qualities and Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication and active listening skills.

  • Organization, rigor, and ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.

  • Appetite for challenges and commercial performance.

  • Curious, you enjoy asking questions and discovering new sectors.

Recruitment Process

  • Interview with a member of the HR team.

  • Deep Dive with the Head of Sales.

  • Meeting with the EU Sales team and the Commercial Director.

👉 Find out what's new on contexte.com and follow us on LinkedIn & BlueSky.

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Bruxelles
  • Possible partial remote
  • Salary: between 30000€ and 35000€ / year

Sounds like something made for you?