Sales Development Representative - French Speaker

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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office
Junior
Artificial Intelligence
The Role
Drive growth through inbound and prospecting activities, generating leads, educating prospects, and conducting follow-ups to set meetings.
Summary Generated by Built In

Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.

As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.

Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.

Welcome to the video first world!

From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and at work. If you’re reading this and nodding, check out our brand video.

Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now….

Meet Synthesia

We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Read stories from happy customers and what 1,200+ people say on G2.

In 2023, we were one of 7 European companies to reach unicorn status. In February 2024, G2 named us as the fastest growing company in the world. We’ve raised over $150M in funding from top-tier investors, including Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Google and top founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.

The role...
  • Drive Synthesia’s growth through inbound and cold outreach/other prospection activities

  • Educate and work on leads through inbound or outbound activities via phone calls, emails, Linkedin messaging, social media, events, webinars, and campaigns

  • Develop an in-depth understanding of each lead generation process, supporting marketing activities, prospect touch-points, and Account Executive hand-off

  • Create and activate emails sequences, make cold-calls to map and penetrate accounts

  • Conduct discovery and follow-up calls/ emails until meetings are set

About you...
  • Must be fluent in French + English and based in Paris

  • At least 6+ months of B2B outbound experience, preferably with Software / SaaS solutions / Consulting / Web3 / Other-tech-stuff

  • History of quota attainment

  • Interpersonal and presentation skills

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing environment

  • Attention to detail and outstanding communication skills (including phone skills, listening skills, and writing skills)

  • Self-driven with the desire to help Synthesia grow, you’ll have the support and autonomy to create scalable processes for success

  • You have an entrepreneurial spirit/experience with a strong growth mindset

  • Ambitious and self-motivated with comfort in a quota-carrying environment

Bonus points...
  • Prior experience using Sales Automation/Prospecting Tools (Cognism , Outreach, Lusha) & CRM (Salesforce)

  • You've worked at a fast-growing startup

  • You ace cold calling and relationship building

  • If you cold call your future manager

The good stuff...

In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer...

💸 A competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing Series E start-up.

🏥 Private Medical Insurance

🍼 Paid parental leave entitling primary caregivers to 16 weeks of full pay, and secondary 5 weeks of full pay

🌴 25 days of annual leave + public holidays in the country where you are based.

🚲 Cycle to work scheme

🥳 Regular socials and company retreats + free office snacks and regular tasty lunches!

👉 A generous referral scheme.

🧓 Pension contribution

💻 A brand new computer + monitor and an additional home office set-up budget.

🚀 A huge opportunity for career growth as you’ll help shape a market-defining product.

 

Skills Required

  • Fluency in French and English
  • 6+ months of B2B outbound experience
  • History of quota attainment
  • Interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Attention to detail and outstanding communication skills
  • Self-driven with a desire to help Synthesia grow
  • Entrepreneurial spirit/experience
  • Ambitious and self-motivated

Synthesia Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Synthesia and has not been reviewed or approved by Synthesia.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Leave benefits are positioned as generous, including substantial annual leave plus public holidays and an additional long-tenure sabbatical with a cash award. Flexible working hours and hybrid/remote arrangements further strengthen perceived time-off and flexibility value.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as robust, including private medical insurance with mental health support and dental/vision coverage. Added features like cashback options and gym discounts extend the package beyond basic medical coverage.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is framed as a meaningful part of total rewards through a generous stock options plan and a recent employee liquidity event tied to a major funding round. This can materially improve the perceived value and accessibility of long-term incentives versus options that remain purely paper value.

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The Company
HQ: London
428 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Synthesia is the #1 rated AI video communications platform. Thousands of companies use it to create videos in 140 languages, saving up to 80% of their time and budget. 👉 Trusted by Zoom, Xerox, Teleperformance, Amazon and mor

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