About the role
About Artisan
We're building AI employees. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Autonomous digital workers that do real jobs.
Our first, Ava, is an AI BDR used by hundreds of companies. She researches leads, writes and sends emails in a customer's voice, runs multi-step outbound sequences, self-optimizes over time, and handles objections and meeting booking. She's not a tool someone uses. She's a teammate.
We're a YC W24 company, have raised $35M+ from investors including Y Combinator, and are at $10M+ ARR. We recently launched Ava 2.0, a step change in what an AI employee can do. And we're hiring.
Role overview
You'll be the first Business Development Representative on the Artisan team! This is a foundational GTM hire. You'll own outbound pipeline generation, working alongside Ava, our AI BDR. She handles the lists, the outreach, the records, and the scheduling. You handle everything she can't.
- You're not joining a BDR team. You are the BDR team.
- Cold call prospects and engage target accounts to generate qualified pipeline
- Call every inbound lead within minutes of them raising their hand
- Turn your conversations into booked meetings for our AE team
- Carry a quota of meetings held, not activity metrics
- Work with our product team to make Ava better
Location: Remote (US or UK, US business hours)
Team: GTM
Reports to: Walker, our Head of Sales
Compensation: $60,000-$80,000 on-target earnings (base + commission) for US-based candidates. UK compensation localized.
Who you are
- 1+ years as an SDR/BDR, or exceptional evidence you belong in sales
- Excellent communicator, quick on your feet, great at building rapport
- Confident on the phone
- Resilient. Rejection doesn't rattle you
