Founding Account Executive
As a Founding Account Executive, you will build and own a pipeline of qualified opportunities while managing the sales process from prospecting to closing. You will also help shape the company's sales strategies and processes.
- On-site
- Toronto, ON
- Posted Jul 18, 2026
- 1 position
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Job summary
What You'll Do As one of the first Account Executives at SnapWrite, you'll play a critical role in building our go-to-market engine. This is a highly entrepreneurial role where you'll own the sales process from pipeline generation to closing customers while helping shape how we sell as a company. We are looking for someone with at least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role. Your responsibilities include: Build and own a pipeline of qualified opportunities through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, and partnerships. Identify and engage brands, retailers, manufacturers, and strategic partners that are a strong fit for SnapWrite. Develop relationships with senior decision-makers across merchandising, eCommerce, product information, digital transformation, and operations teams. Lead discovery calls, product demonstrations, and solution discussions. Manage opportunities from first conversation through proposal, negotiation, contract signing, and customer handoff. Build and continuously improve SnapWrite's sales playbook, messaging, outreach strategies, and sales processes. Experiment with new outbound strategies and identify scalable ways to generate pipeline. Maintain accurate CRM records and sales forecasting. Represent SnapWrite at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings. Work closely with the founders to refine positioning, pricing, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy. Help establish the foundation for a high-performing sales organization as the company grows. What Success Looks Like Build a predictable pipeline of qualified opportunities. Consistently generate meetings with ideal customers. Close new enterprise and mid-market customers. Develop repeatable sales processes that can scale as the team grows. Become a trusted advisor to prospects and long-term partners. Eligibility This position is supported by a grant. To be eligible, candidates must meet all of the following requirements: Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment. Be a graduate of a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP, or recognized technical institute). Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person with refugee status in Canada. Be legally entitled to work in Canada under the applicable provincial or territorial legislation. Be a first-time participant in a Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) work experience program for post-secondary graduates. Be based in Toronto, ON or Montreal, QC, or be willing to relocate before their start date. Be available to work in person from our office.
What you’ll do
As a Founding Account Executive, you will build and own a pipeline of qualified opportunities while managing the sales process from prospecting to closing. You will also help shape the company's sales strategies and processes.
Requirements
Candidates should have at least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role and must meet specific eligibility criteria related to age, education, and residency in Canada. They should also be first-time participants in a Youth Employment and Skills Strategy work experience program.
Other relevant skills
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- Sales Process
- Outbound Prospecting
- Networking
- Relationship Building
- CRM Management
- Negotiation
- Product Demonstration
- Pipeline Generation
- Strategic Partnerships
- Customer Engagement
- Sales Playbook Development
- Market Strategy
- Decision-Maker Engagement
- Digital Transformation
- eCommerce
- Operations
Job areas
- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer Service & Support
Additional details
- Minimum education
- High school
- Minimum experience
- 2+ years
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
- Application method
- Direct apply is available
