Full-Time

Sales Development Representative

Cision

Cision

1,001-5,000 employees

Public relations software for media distribution

No salary listed

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Cleveland, OH, USA

In Person

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Cold Calling
Salesforce
Requirements
  • An individual with a passion to start / grow a career within Sales.
  • Relentless and always wanting to learn
  • Received a 4-year degree from an Accredited College.
  • An interest in moving to a consultative Sales position within a software company.
  • You will have an innate hunger, self-motivation, and work ethic.
  • Be confident running high-volume pipelines in dynamic, quick-moving and rapidly changing environments.
  • Positivity and desire to uplift and share knowledge with your TEAM.
Responsibilities
  • Scheduling quality demos for sales team by identifying, researching, and contacting potential customers and ensure those demos occur.
  • Hitting or exceeding a monthly quota and acting as the first point of contact for potential clients while executing marketing and sales tactics.
  • Making 60+ outbound cold calls and customized emails per day using sales enablement tools
  • Prospecting quality contacts and accounts that are a best fit for using the Cision platform, while partnering with sales representatives to ensure that opportunities are moving forward
  • Collecting market data before and during customer outreach to understand prospective customer needs and effectively communicate those needs to the sales team
  • Become an expert with the Cision products and services, buyer types and the tools necessary to be successful: Salesforce CRM, New Voice Media, Microsoft Outlook, LinkedIn, etc.
  • Begin to expand your knowledge of Cision’s broader Sales methodology and sales cycle

Cision helps businesses, PR agencies, and media professionals manage public relations by distributing stories, targeting specific audiences, monitoring media coverage, and measuring impact through analytics. Its platform combines media distribution, influencer outreach, media monitoring, and analytics, allowing users to draft and send messages, reach journalists and influencers, and track engagement with dashboards. Unlike many competitors, Cision offers a global reach with a trusted network of journalists and outlets, a comprehensive, integrated suite of PR tools, and ongoing research like the State of the Media Report to provide actionable insights. The company’s goal is to simplify and optimize how organizations communicate with the media and their audiences, delivering clear, data-driven guidance to improve PR outcomes.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1866

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $250 million financing in 2026 extends debt maturities and boosts financial flexibility.
  • Partners with 84% of Fortune 500 companies, solidifying PR software market dominance.
  • Global operations across 15 countries serve over 100,000 PR and marketing professionals.

What critics are saying

  • Meltwater's superior AI analytics erodes Cision's subscription revenue within 12-24 months.
  • Brandwatch-Trajaan integration fails, causing client churn from unreliable insights in 6-12 months.
  • OpenAI generative tools disrupt media intelligence, collapsing Cision's model in 12-18 months.

What makes Cision unique

  • CisionOne integrates AI-powered media monitoring, analytics, and influencer outreach in one platform.
  • Acquired Trajaan in 2025 to combine search data with social media and generative AI insights.
  • Acquired Factmata to enhance online narrative monitoring and content authenticity tools.

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Benefits

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Dental Insurance

Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Paid Holidays

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Sabbatical Leave

Gym Membership

Cycle to Work

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PR Newswire
Dec 11th, 2025
Cision acquires Trajaan to expand AI and search intelligence capabilities

Cision, a global consumer and media intelligence company, has acquired Trajaan, a search intelligence platform, to expand its AI capabilities and data offerings. The acquisition builds on a partnership between Cision's Brandwatch division and Trajaan established in August 2025. The deal aims to provide customers with comprehensive consumer behaviour insights by combining search data, social media conversations and generative AI intelligence within a single ecosystem. Cision says the acquisition accelerates its AI and data strategy, enabling clients to understand what consumers search for, discuss and intend to do. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition represents Cision's continued investment in artificial intelligence technology to enhance its intelligence platforms.

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Apr 14th, 2025
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