Full-Time

Associate – Business Development

Posted on 9/17/2025

Axios

Axios

501-1,000 employees

Local news, information, and ads platform

Compensation Overview

$26 - $34/hr

Washington, DC, USA + 5 more

More locations: Austin, TX, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA

Remote

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Requirements
  • Worthy of your time: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for Axios’ mission and have the following skills:
  • * Proven customer or client service experience
  • * Experience managing top of funnel sales pipelines, including researching, prospecting new business leads, outbound outreach, and organizing inbound interest
  • * Detail-oriented with strong time management skills and an ability to prioritize effectively
  • * Strong project management skills and sales fundamentals
  • * Desire to collaborate with others
  • * Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • * Eager for and receptive to feedback
  • * Proficiency in using CRM software to manage sales processes and pipelines
Responsibilities
  • As a Business Development Associate, you will serve an integral role in securing, maintaining, and growing relationships for Axios’ core media team with thoughtful outreach and exceptional service to potential clients. Working on a growing team, you’ll be identifying and developing new revenue opportunities and, ultimately, growing the revenue of this successful team.
  • Go deeper:We are looking for an organized, proactive thinker to enthusiastically help generate and increase new business opportunities. This opportunity will allow you to work alongside our growing sales team and play a significant role in shaping new revenue opportunities and helping support sales growth.

Axios Charlotte provides local news and information for Charlotte, North Carolina, focusing on topics like real estate, startups, dining, and community issues. It distributes content through a daily newsletter with over 107,000 subscribers and on its website with local articles. Revenue comes mainly from advertising and sponsored content, with local businesses and organizations as clients. Its goal is to deliver practical, city-focused information that helps residents stay informed and connected while supporting local advertising.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$57M

Headquarters

Arlington, Virginia

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cox Enterprises acquired Axios for $525 million in 2022, ensuring stability.
  • Axios expands locally to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, Huntsville with OpenAI funding.
  • Axios HQ monetizes Smart Brevity software beyond news revenue.

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI trains on Axios content, generating competing Smart Brevity summaries.
  • Layoffs of 11 newsroom staff degrade content, losing subscribers to Charlotte Observer.
  • Multi-city expansion dilutes Charlotte focus, ceding market to local rivals.

What makes Axios unique

  • Axios employs Smart Brevity for efficient, trustworthy news delivery.
  • Axios Charlotte delivers hyper-local Charlotte coverage via 107,000-subscriber newsletter.
  • Axios licenses content to OpenAI, pioneering AI-news partnerships.

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Benefits

Competitive salary

Health insurance (100% paid for individuals, 75% for families)

Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave

401(k)

Generous vacation policy, plus company holidays

Company equity

Commuter and cell phone benefit

A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Annual learning and development stipend

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Mar 23rd, 2026
Axios CEO pitches AI 'moonshot' after laying off 11 newsroom staffers

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei told staff the company aims to become "the most useful news organisation in America" through AI adoption, describing the effort as a "moonshot" in a Friday memo. He said Axios ranks in the top 5% of companies its size for AI use outside Silicon Valley, with "productivity way up" whilst keeping journalism human-centred. The memo followed recent layoffs of 11 newsroom staff as Axios automates tasks. VandeHei acknowledged AI would "cost or change" some jobs, noting the product and tech team now does "twice the work with half the size" due to automation. That team cut 19 positions in November. VandeHei said Axios would increase investment in subject matter expertise and high-quality journalism. The company signed a content licensing deal with OpenAI last year and is discussing similar agreements with other AI firms.

Forbes
Apr 23rd, 2025
Why Is Effective Communication Still So Challenging In The Workplace?

Why Is Effective Communication Still So Challenging In The Workplace? gettyThere are plenty of hackneyed expressions about communication. Some you might be tired of hearing include: communication is key, get everyone on the same page, keep the lines of communication open, or there were mixed signals. Despite countless books, workshops, and corporate training programs promising to help everyone master the art of communication, miscommunication still ranks among the costliest issues in business. According to Axios HQ, ineffective communication costs businesses over $15,000 per employee every year and $2 trillion annually across the U.S. So, here’s the question I pose to my students, and now to you: if we know how important communication is, and we’ve had decades to get better at it, why aren’t we better? Shouldn’t we have figured this out by now?Why Is Effective Communication Still So Challenging In The Workplace? gettyWhy Is Effective Communication Still So Challenging In The Workplace?Part of the problem is the assumption that knowing what good communication looks like is the same as doing it. It’s not

Electrek
Apr 7th, 2025
Elon Musk sets the stage for Tesla to bail out Twitter/xAI at an insane valuation

In late March, Musk announced that xAI had acquired X in a deal valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $45 billion, while xAI would take on X's $12 billion debt.

Talking Biz News
Mar 10th, 2025
Axios hires Wang as media editor

Christine Wang has been hired by Axios to be its media editor.

PR Newswire
Feb 12th, 2025
72% Of Executives Plan To Embrace Ai In 2025, With A Quarter Targeting Ai For Specialized Tasks Like Translation

New report from DeepL dives into the state of enterprise AI adoption worldwide and the game-changing potential of Language AI for global businessesNEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepL, a leading global Language AI company, today unveiled its latest white paper, "The language revolution: how AI improves the way businesses communicate." Based on findings from a new DeepL survey of EMEA and US business leaders, as well as external sources, the report explores the intersection of language and AI in business, covering critical topics ranging from global corporate AI adoption trends, to the financial impact of poor communication on international businesses, and the real-world impact and value of Language AI tools."English has become the go-to language for international business, but the reality is that only about 20% of the world's population speaks it fluently," said Jarek Kutylowski, CEO and Founder, DeepL. "This has a significant impact on global businesses and professionals – over half of C-level leaders spend more than an hour each day dealing with ineffective communication, a challenge that also extends to other management and leadership levels. To address this, what we're seeing through our research is that businesses are increasingly turning to AI solutions – 72% are planning to integrate AI into daily operations, with 25% targeting specific tasks such as translation in 2025."Report highlights include:Businesses are budgeting for AI integration: In 2025, businesses will be looking more closely into how AI is bringing ROI-positive value to their organization. Across every region, top AI budgeting allocations include business operations (28%), workplace tools (19%) and specialized tasks such as translation (25%). The Netherlands shows the highest AI spending commitment, with 30% of businesses in the nation planning to integrate AI into all operations, closely followed by Germany (29%), Belgium (28%), France (26%) and the United States (25%).In 2025, businesses will be looking more closely into how AI is bringing ROI-positive value to their organization

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