We are a talented, hardworking, and spirited team with a passion for Powering Revenue Growth for our B2B clients. If powering your career and working with a great team appeal to you, apply for one of our open positions.
Why Work For Athena?
We want to make a difference. Whether it is through helping clients grow their businesses, giving back to the community, or contributing to employee growth, we understand the impact we can make on the lives of others. As an Athena employee, you will work in a fast-paced but casual environment. Training is continual through a monthly lunch-and-learn program so you can learn new skills, brush up on rusty skills, or teach your colleagues something new. With friendly coworkers, a fun working environment, and great benefits, it’s no wonder our employees love working here. We think you will, too.
Incentives and Profit Sharing
Who doesn’t like a little extra cash in their pockets? Whether it’s a gift card for meeting a challenge or an end-of-year profit-sharing check, there is plenty to incentivize good work.
Team Collaboration
We are all in this together! Collaborate with a great team that will actually listen to your ideas. But don’t worry, individual achievements get recognized, too! Plus, we have regular team building and fun social activities.
Dress For Your Day
Casual Fridays meet the rest of the week. Unless you are meeting with a client, jeans are a go throughout the week.
Great Benefits
As a subsidiary of The Bonadio Group, we offer our full-time employees medical, dental, vision, 401K with profit sharing, paid holidays, 3 weeks paid PTO, and employee appreciation days.
Current Openings
Do you write well and care whether the work is accurate? Do you pick up new subjects without much hand-holding? Are you looking for a role where what you produce directly impacts client results?
Athena SWC is a sales and marketing development agency based in Amherst, NY. We work as an outsourced lead generation and content team for B2B clients, helping them move prospects through the sales process. We are hiring a Junior Copywriter to handle content work across a range of client accounts.
About the Job:
The Junior Copywriter produces content for our B2B manufacturing clients. Day-to-day, the work is a mix of web copy, blogs, and social content. This role reports to the Operations Manager and works alongside other writers and internal team members.
Your Work:
- Produce monthly blogs, web pages, and social media content for assigned clients
- Provide copy support to the web development and design team, as required
- Join client calls to understand the client’s environment and write strong content that brings in quality web traffic
- Use Google Analytics and Search Console to inform content decisions
- Work in platforms including Moz, WordPress, Pipedrive, and others
Your Qualities:
We will train you on our process, clients, and their industries. Here is what we need you to bring:
- A love for writing
- 1-2 years in a writing, content, SEO, or marketing role
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field strongly preferred; associate’s degree required
- Self-starter with a track record of hitting deadlines and working without much oversight
- Eager to take on new client industries and subject matter, including manufacturing and technical topics
- Driven to keep improving — on the craft, the tools, and the results
- Open to feedback and willing to revise without taking it personally
- Collaborative, reliable, and straightforward with teammates and managers
- Reads a room — understands when to push, when to listen, and when to ask for help
- Self-aware enough to know their own gaps and proactive about filling them
- Comfortable in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
- Familiar with project workflow tools such as Basecamp
- Some exposure to SEO tools such as Moz, SEMrush, or Google Keyword Planner
- Experience writing for manufacturing clients is a plus
- A technical writing background is a plus
- Experience with WordPress is a plus
Benefits/Perks/Salary:
- Compensation Range – $45,000 to $55,000, includes an average estimate of annual profit-sharing bonus
- Fully remote or hybrid work environment, depending on employee location
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) options
- Paid holidays, 2 flexible holidays per year, and 3 weeks annual PTO
- PTO increases with tenure
- Employee appreciation days and team events
- Dress for your day policy
- Regular training and ongoing feedback
What’s in It for You:
- Build a writing portfolio across a range of industries and formats
- Learn SEO, AEO/GEO, content strategy, and inbound marketing on real client accounts
- Get hands-on experience with multiple tools and platforms
- Work with a team that takes quality and results seriously
- Room to grow into expanded roles at Athena SWC
A Note on AI:
We use generative AI tools to support certain parts of the workflow. That said, all finished client work must be written by a person. We deliver content made by people, and our writers are expected to own everything that goes out under a client’s name.
About Athena SWC:
Athena SWC LLC is headquartered in Amherst, NY. We serve as an outsourced sales and content team for B2B clients, helping them connect with prospects and move opportunities through the pipeline.
About the job
Athena SWC LLC, headquartered in Amherst, NY, is a sales and marketing development agency that serves as an outsourced lead generation team for our B2B clients. We help our clients engage with prospects and assist them by moving sales opportunities through the sales pipeline by providing tools and a team of people to execute and manage the sales process.
We are looking for a goal-oriented individual who can help build a sales pipeline and drive new business development through outbound prospecting, following up with inbound leads, qualifying and data gathering. In this critical role, you will be the first point of contact to potential customers on behalf of our clients.
Successful people in this role will become front end sales experts in multiple environments and industries. Understanding the importance of this role to the team and sales pipelines of our clients is significant.
Your Work:
- Perform frequent outbound phone calls and email activities to create qualified sales ready appointments
- Engage and educate decision makers and C-level prospects based on provided target lists
- Research further potential targets
- Act as a consultative partner for potential customers; fielding questions and handling objections to provide value to key decision makers when needed
- Master tech platforms and CRM systems such as LinkedIn, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Outlook, Office 365, etc.
- Collaborate with team members and make suggestions on how to improve outreach efforts
- Participate in team meetings and on-going training
Your Qualities:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field strongly preferred, minimum Associate’s Degree Required
- A strong interest in beginning a career in sales is required
- Competitive spirit to hit program goals
- Readiness to cold call
- Self-starter who works well in a highly collaborative/team environment
- Strong written, verbal, and communication skills
- Adaptability and eagerness to learn sales process skills
- Curiosity to work with new industries
- Coachability
- Inside sales and prospecting experience are a plus
Benefits/Perks/Salary:
- Compensation Range – $43,000 to $50,000 includes average estimate of annual profit-sharing bonus
- Hybrid work flexibility (Mondays & Fridays are remote, along with 2 additional days each month)
- Competitive medical, dental, 401k, etc. benefits options
- Compensation review 6 months after employment
- Employee appreciation days, paid holidays, 2 flexible holidays each year
- 3 weeks annual paid time off
- PTO allotment increases based on years of service
- A vibrant culture including other like-minded sales professionals
- Regular team building and fun social activities
- Dress for your day policy
- Consistent and on-going training
- Professional office space
- Additional perks awarded for individual and/or team performance
What’s in it for you:
- Learn the foundation of sales prospecting, process, and best practices
- Build communication skills, copywriting skills, manufacturing industries
- Learn how to sell in multiple environments and industries
- Master using multiple sales tools, platforms, and technologies
- Chance to showcase out of the box thinking
- Gain experience to expand career path in sales
- Opportunity to grow into higher roles within Athena
- Inclusive environment
Submit your resume below if you’d like to work with us at Athena!