About Aetherbloom
Aetherbloom is not your average BPO. We are a female-founded digital business hub connecting South Africa's brightest professionals with leading UK clients, delivering customer experience, digital services, and operational excellence from Johannesburg to London. Our work is purpose-driven and our standards are high. We are building a team of professionals who are as invested in growth as we are. Aetherbloom supports UK businesses with dedicated remote talent based in South Africa. We work with founders, SMEs, charities and growing teams that need reliable support across administration, customer service, operations and other business functions.
The role
We are hiring a Junior Business Development Executive to join our Sales Academy and develop into a Business Growth Partner. This role suits someone at the start of a sales career, or someone with the personality and determination to build one.
A polished sales background is optional. We care about nerve, grit, competitiveness, curiosity and follow-through. You should be comfortable backing yourself, speaking to people you have never met and making the next call when the last one went badly. You need enough confidence to ask for the conversation, enough self-awareness to take coaching and enough discipline to keep doing the work when the novelty wears off.
We will teach you the sales process. You will learn it by doing the job, with regular coaching, practice and feedback from the team.
Responsibilities
Research UK businesses and identify prospects that fit Aetherbloom.
Find the right decision-makers and a credible business reason to contact them.
Make outbound calls and start confident, professional conversations.
Write clear, researched outreach by email and LinkedIn.
Ask good questions, listen properly and identify genuine sales opportunities.
Book qualified discovery calls and pass useful context to the senior team.
Follow up consistently and keep your pipeline moving.
Keep HubSpot accurate and use coaching, call reviews and role plays to improve.
About you
Confident speaking to new people, particularly on the phone.
Competitive and motivated by clear targets and measurable progress.
Persistent. Rejection may frustrate you, but it does not stop you.
Quick to learn and willing to try a different approach after feedback.
Proactive and comfortable creating your own next step.
A natural communicator who can also listen and ask useful questions.
Curious about businesses, people and how decisions get made.
Reliable, organised and willing to take responsibility for your own results.
Experience
Previous B2B sales experience is welcome but not essential. Experience in customer service, retail, hospitality, recruitment, fundraising, telesales, events or another people-facing role can be useful. We will also consider applicants without direct sales experience who can show determination, initiative, confidence and a record of sticking with difficult goals.
Aetherbloom Sales Academy
The role includes structured sales training and hands-on coaching in UK B2B prospecting, cold calling, outreach, discovery, objection handling and pipeline management. Support is closer at the start and reduces as you become more capable. Progression into the Business Growth Partner role is based on how well you apply the training and handle the core sales responsibilities.
Applications
Applications close on Friday 23rd October 2026
Skills Required
- Confident speaking to new people, particularly on the phone
- Competitive and motivated by clear targets and measurable progress
- Persistent and able to continue after rejection
- Quick to learn and willing to adapt based on feedback
- Proactive and comfortable creating the next step independently
- Strong communication, listening, and questioning skills
- Curiosity about businesses, people, and decision-making
- Reliable, organized, and accountable for personal results
- Previous B2B sales experience
- Experience in customer service, retail, hospitality, recruitment, fundraising, telesales, events, or another people-facing role
What We Do
Aetherbloom is a UK-based Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partner and social enterprise that connects UK businesses with highly skilled, pre-vetted professionals in South Africa. They provide scalable solutions including digital customer success, call center operations, and back-office support. By combining ethical recruitment with professional development, Aetherbloom streamlines business operations for its clients while creating meaningful economic opportunities and professional careers for South African talent.
