The Bright Evolve Growth Academy brings together growing B2B businesses that need additional sales capacity with young people looking to build a career in sales.
For businesses, it provides access to trained and managed Sales Development Representatives without the time, cost and responsibility of recruiting and managing an additional team member internally.
For Academy participants, it provides structured sales training, coaching and real-world commercial experience, creating a supported route into a career in B2B sales.
Need more time and resource dedicated to prospecting and business development?
The Growth Academy gives B2B businesses access to a named, trained Sales Development Representative, supported and managed by the Bright Evolve team.
Your SDR can support the full outbound sales process, from researching prospects and target accounts through to cold calling, email and LinkedIn outreach, lead qualification and booking qualified sales meetings.
They can also help keep your CRM up to date, refine messaging and objection handling, and provide regular campaign reporting so activity can be reviewed and optimised over time.
This type of support is particularly well suited to businesses looking to build a more consistent sales pipeline, reduce their reliance on founder-led sales, or free up senior salespeople to focus more of their time on closing opportunities.
It can also be a flexible option for businesses considering hiring an SDR but not yet ready to make a permanent appointment, as well as those wanting to test a new market, audience or outbound approach before committing further resource.
Ultimately, it gives businesses a more structured and consistent approach to business development without the immediate cost and commitment of building an in-house SDR function.
Bright Evolve takes care of the recruitment, training, coaching and ongoing management, while your SDR becomes an extension of your sales activity.
Before you commit to Growth Academy support, we'll assess whether your business is ready to get the most from additional sales capacity.
We'll look at your proposition, target market, sales process and existing commercial foundations and recommend the most appropriate next step.
If you're ready, we can build your Growth Academy plan. If you're not, we'll tell you what needs to happen first.
The Growth Academy isn’t only about helping businesses grow.
It’s also about creating opportunities for the next generation of B2B sales professionals.
The Academy provides young people with structured training, coaching and hands-on commercial experience, helping them develop the skills and confidence needed to build a career in sales.
Academy participants will develop experience in areas including:
Alongside client work, every Academy SDR has protected development time for training, coaching, call reviews and professional development.
You’re not simply placed into a sales role and expected to get on with it.
You’ll be supported by experienced Bright Evolve sales professionals throughout your development.
Who is the Growth Academy for?
The Academy is designed to create opportunities for 18–24-year-olds who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET) and who are interested in developing a career in sales and business.
You don’t need years of sales experience.
Businesses get the capacity they need. Young people get the opportunity they need.
The Growth Academy has been designed to create a positive outcome on both sides.
A flexible way to increase outbound sales activity with trained talent backed by Bright Evolve's commercial experience.
A structured pathway into sales, combining training, coaching and genuine business experience.
And because every SDR is supported by Bright Evolve, clients aren’t relying on an inexperienced salesperson working alone.
They benefit from the individual and the wider expertise behind them.
An outsourced Sales Development Representative provides prospecting and sales development support to your business without being employed directly by you.
Through the Growth Academy, your SDR is recruited, employed, trained, coached and managed by Bright Evolve while working on agreed outbound activity for your business.
Activity can include prospect research, cold calling, email and LinkedIn outreach, qualification, meeting booking, CRM updates, messaging development, campaign optimisation and reporting.
Every client has a named SDR. Accelerator clients receive exclusive access to their SDR during their contracted client-delivery capacity.
Growth Academy packages are based on recurring monthly capacity with a minimum six-month commitment.
This gives your SDR the time needed to properly understand your market, test messaging, develop relationships and continuously improve campaign performance.
Yes. Clients on the Accelerator package can progress towards permanently employing their named Sales Development Representative (SDR) after an agreed six- or twelve-month Academy period.
By that point, the SDR will already understand your business, proposition, target market, systems and sales process, while also having received structured training, coaching and performance management from Bright Evolve.
This gives you a lower-risk route to hiring someone who is already proven within your business, with less recruitment uncertainty and a shorter ramp-up period.
Any permanent hire is subject to an agreed transfer arrangement with Bright Evolve.
Whether you’re a business looking for additional sales capacity or a young person interested in starting a career in sales, we’d love to hear from you.
Find out whether the Growth Academy could help you build a more consistent and scalable outbound sales pipeline.
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