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Your Opportunity: Taymark, a subsidiary of Taylor Corporation, is looking for a Business Development Representative to join their team! In this role, you will focus on building new school partnerships within our adult graduation market. You’ll introduce our graduation solutions to high schools and colleges, learn what’s most important to them, and guide them through onboarding. Once partnered, you’ll continue supporting their graduation needs and identifying opportunities to expand our relationship.
Every school is unique — there are no scripts here. We value authentic conversations and relationship-based selling. You’ll serve as each school’s main point of contact from first outreach through long-term partnership, while order processing and production are handled by another member of our team.
We’re growing quickly in this market and are excited to welcome someone who enjoys prospecting, values relationship-building, and wants to make a long‑term impact.
What You’ll Do:
- Build relationships with new and existing school partners
- Engage schools through outbound calls, emails, and warm lead follow‑up
- Understand school needs and recommend graduation solutions
- Support the onboarding process and ensure a smooth transition
- Identify opportunities to expand product usage over time
- Assist with occasional sales forecasting, quoting, and documentation
- Achieve sales and margin goals by growing your territory pipeline
- Help schools create memorable graduation experiences for their students
Skills/Experience That Our Ideal Candidate Brings:
- High School diploma
- 2+ years of outbound sales experience (ideally involving direct engagement with high schools and/or colleges)
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Excellent listening, organization, and time‑management skills
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled at building rapport
- A natural prospector who enjoys reaching out and starting conversations
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple active opportunities
We Would Also Prefer:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field
- Experience working with schools, nonprofits, or education-focused clients
- Familiarity with graduation-related products (caps, gowns, diploma materials, etc.)
- Background in consultative or relationship‑based selling
- A growth mindset and comfort navigating different sales cycles
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $55k - $65k. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The range listed is just one component of Taylor Corporation’s total compensation and benefits package for employees.
About Taylor Corporation
One of the largest print and communications firms in North America, Taylor’s family of companies provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies that address the toughest business challenges. We work diligently each day to create printed and digital marketing communication solutions that help power many of the world’s most recognizable brands.
With more than 50 years of category expertise and 10,000 employees spanning dozens of U.S. states and multiple countries, Taylor serves businesses and distributors both large and small. Our employees enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including a choice of several health plans, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay.
The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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