Brightest Is Hiring an EMEA Associate Account Executive | Remote | Earn €45K + Equity

Overview

Brightest is a fast-growing social impact software company whose platform helps businesses, nonprofits, governments and supply chains measure and improve their environmental, social and governance performance, including sustainability initiatives and corporate social responsibility. It has headquarters in New York City and further operations in Amsterdam and Brooklyn. The company is hiring a full-time EMEA Associate Account Executive to work remotely within Europe, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, on a schedule of 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Central European Time.

The associate helps grow strategic partnerships in the EMEA region. Duties include prospecting and generating new business, building relationships with prospective customers and partners, running discovery meetings to understand client needs, supporting sales conversations from first outreach to closing, working with the CEO and product team to improve product-market fit, representing Brightest's mission and platform to potential clients and contributing ideas to sales strategy and customer relationships.

Requirements

Candidates should have one to two years of experience in sales, business development or corporate partnerships, a strong interest in sustainability, ESG, climate action or social impact, excellent English, solid presentation and public speaking skills, confidence in networking, an organized and self-motivated working style and an entrepreneurial mindset. They must already have the legal right to work in their country of residence in the EMEA region, as visa sponsorship is not available. Fluency in German, Swiss German, French, Swedish or Danish is preferred, as is experience with HubSpot, Salesforce, enterprise sales, cold calling or prospecting.

What you get

The salary is 40,000 to 45,000 euros per year, with 0.1 percent equity. Benefits include fully remote work across Europe, worldwide healthcare coverage through SafetyWing, mental health support through Spill, an unlimited vacation policy, flexible European working hours and close collaboration with leadership and product teams in an early-stage international startup.

How to apply

Applications are submitted through the application link on the vacancy.