Jumpstart your startup career. For those with 0-2 years of experience looking for a high-growth sales role. Perfect for aspiring founders.
A job search that puts you first.
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Exclusive startup opportunities.
No more needle-in-a-haystack searching. Access high-growth opportunities in VC-backed startups.2
Top founders pitch to you.
Uncover what a role is *actually* like & ask your questions. Receive nudges from startups & get fast-tracked to interview.3
Join an inspiring community.
Land a role & you'll join our 400+ community to support your growth - think events, mentorship, training & more!Is Jumpstart right for me?
If you’re an aspiring founder, sales is the perfect place to grow your career.
Experience-wise, we look for:
Proactive grads – i.e. uni society president, side-hustles & impressive fundraising achievements.
Customer-facing or junior sales experience (~1-2 years) – e.g. boutique recruitment, Teach First, Police Now & fundraising.
Sales experience (~2 years) – in a startup or high-growth tech company
More importantly, we want to know about your side hustles, sporting achievements, the targets you’ve exceeded and *that* difficult customer you successfully managed.
Sales Development Representative (SDR)
Perfect for super proactive grads, this role is common in startups that are Series A and beyond. As an SDR, you'll play a critical role in scaling a company's growth, using various sales tactics to source new leads. The role is a great place to learn the fundamentals of sales and if you're ambitious and target-driven, the role offers rapid career progression (e.g. to Account Manager).
Business Development Representative (BDR)
The BDR role is perfect for those with some sales or customer-facing experience. Whilst similar to an SDR, a BDR has more involvement in setting up sales strategies (i.e. making cold calls, running demos & setting up email sequences). The role is most common in seed stage startups where a company has a product and an idea of target customers but hasn't yet set up their outreach tactics.
Account Executive
The Account Executive role is perfect for those with 2+ years of SDR or BDR experience in a startup or high-growth tech company. Most common in startups that are Series A and beyond, responsibilities will involve running demos and closing deals. You might also be managing SDRs. There are lots of opportunities to progress in this role, commonly to Head of Sales.
Partnerships Executive
The Partnerships Executive role is common in startups with more complex products or longer sales cycles. The role requires you to establish relationships with high net-worth clients via outbound, and nurture these relationships across lengthy sales cycles. If you have previous sales or customer-facing experience and are brilliant at communicating complex products succinctly, this could be a great role for you!
Something else?
Each cohort has a real variety of sales roles, so you’ll definitely find something that suits you. You might even be surprised about which role takes your fancy when you start hearing from the startup founders and teams. Our startup spotlights (where you hear directly from teams and founders over Zoom) allow you to really dig into the reality of each role.
How does it work?
Applying takes less than 2 mins! Within weeks, you could be starting your new role & joining our community.
1. Complete the application form
No wasting time on lengthy applications. Apply in 30 seconds with your CV, answer a few basic questions and you’re set.
2. Interview with the Jumpstart team
We’ll review your application & if we think you’re a great fit, we’ll invite you to an interview. If you’re successful, you’ll join our next sales stream!
3. Join Jumpstart’s Sales Stream
Startups pitch their roles to you over zoom, receive personal nudges from startups who think you’re a standout and get fast-tracked to interview at your fave companies.
Average salaries: £30-50k + commission + equity.
We work with hundreds of startups across tons of industries, and around 20 of the best pitch their roles to each cohort.
Hear from the people who matter
Want to hear from more members of our community? Check out our wall of love.
“Jumpstart was a beacon of light in my job search.”
Alexandra Prickett Business Development Representative @ Lune
“Jumpstart has truly changed the game and I am already recommending them to all my friends.”
James Williams Sales Executive @ Karma Kitchen
“Jumpstart made the process easy. The founders' pitches were more dynamic and compelling than a job description, which made it easy to feel confident that I'd be a good fit.”
Jake Gill Enterprise Partnerships @ Arwen.AI
“Jumpstart's promethean approach to the recruitment process exceeds the means of any ordinary job description. I've accepted an opportunity that exceeded my expectations.”
Sicilia Corbisiero Sales Development Representative @ Abatable
“Jumpstart is the only recruitment company that showcases candidates as the prize. I would never have found Lux through my traditional job search.”
Riccardo Berto B2B Partnerships Manager @ Lux Rewards
“Jumpstart’s process makes for the most seamless job transition you could ask for. The whole team were so helpful and I’m extremely happy in my new role!”
Willem Martin Senior Sales Development Manager @ The Business of Creativity
“From understanding the ICP and starting cold outreach in week 1, to now running discovery calls and demos with clients, it's been a steep learning curve but a very rewarding process.”
Josh Campbell Sales Associate @ Auquan
“Sales is such a rewarding career and I love the challenge of meeting business objectives and goals!”
Lydia MacMillan SDR @ Autogen AI
“Jumpstart was a breath of fresh air when it came to looking for jobs. The put the best startups in the UK right in front of you. I loved every second of the process.”
Ciaran Hughes EMEA Partnerships Manager @ PropTech Connect
“The spotlights shed light on exciting opportunities and provide valuable insights into the startup world. The Jumpstart team are great and have continued to provide genuine support throughout the process and beyond.”
Sophia Harpin Sales Development Representative @ Enode