Growth Partner

About Unlocked AEO

UnlockedAEO is an early-stage startup focused on helping brands enhance their visibility and understanding within AI engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity. Our innovative platform conducts AI visibility scans, pinpoints critical missing signals, and translates these insights into a clear, actionable roadmap to improve AI search and discovery. We are pioneering a new category that emerged just two years ago and are seeking an ambitious individual to help us introduce this groundbreaking solution to the right audience.

What You'll Do as a Growth Partner

• Prospect and outreach to founders, marketers, agency owners, and heads of growth.
• Initiate conversations through LinkedIn DMs, cold email, and calls.
• Qualify leads and successfully book product demos.
• Consistently follow up with prospects and help advance deals through the pipeline.
• Maintain accurate notes in our simple CRM and provide valuable market feedback to the founders.
• Collaborate with the team to refine messaging, targeting strategies, and the overall pitch as we collectively learn and adapt.

Who We're Looking For

• Possess an entrepreneurial mindset, demonstrating strong ownership and the ability to move swiftly without constant supervision.
• Excited by the prospect of joining an early-stage startup and contributing to building something from the ground up.
• Comfortable with outbound sales activities and handling rejection gracefully.
• Exhibit strong writing skills crucial for crafting concise and effective outreach communications.
• Highly organized and consistent in follow-up processes.
• Naturally curious about AI, marketing, SEO, and the dynamics of product discovery among buyers.
• Bonus points if you have prior sales experience targeting agencies, SaaS companies, or marketing teams.

What You'll Get

• A ground-floor opportunity within a startup operating in one of marketing's fastest-growing categories.
• Engagement in a timely market space characterized by high inbound curiosity and natural conversation starters.
• Direct support from founders on messaging, demo execution, and closing strategies.
• Access to clear targeting guidelines, effective scripts, and a repeatable sales process.
• A genuine opportunity to transition into a permanent, paid role as Unlocked AEO scales, with top performers prioritized for these positions.

Important Information

This is initially a commission-only contract role. As an early-stage startup, we are reinvesting heavily into product development and market validation. As we achieve growth, permanent salaried positions will become available, and those who significantly contributed to our early success will be the first to be rewarded.

Key skills/competency

• Outbound Sales
• Lead Generation
• Sales Development
• CRM Management
• Cold Outreach
• Marketing Strategy
• AI Awareness
• SEO Knowledge
• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Communication Skills