Tech Startup Associate (Entry Level/New Grad)
Hoffman Estates, ILJob$50–55K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Atom is hiring an entry-level associate to work with founders and startup teams on business names and domains. The role guides customers from initial conversation through purchase, manages client relationships, and spans sales, marketing, and partnerships. Associates use AI tools for research and writing, receive training, and take on responsibility early while learning how a technology business operates.
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Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
Join a team at a growing tech company and work with the founders and startups building new brands. You'll take on real work from your first week.
About Atom
Atom is an AI-native company that helps businesses build their brands, starting with the right name. We've served more than 100,000 customers, been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies five years running, and won the Internet Commerce Association's 2025 Trailblazer Award. AI is built into what we make and how we work, and we're growing the team.
What You'll Do
- Work with founders and startup teams to find the right name and domain for their business
- Guide customers from first conversation to purchase
- Manage a book of client relationships and grow it over time
- Work across sales, marketing and partnerships, and see how a tech business runs end to end
- Use AI tools every day to research, write and move faster
Why this job
- A real start. No experience needed. We'll train you and give you real responsibility early.
- Room to grow. We're growing, and we promote the people who grow with us.
- Startup culture. Fast pace, small teams, direct access to leadership, and no layers of red tape.
- Learn AI on the job. AI is part of how we work every day, so you'll build skills every employer wants.
What You Need
- Bachelor's degree (business, marketing, communications, entrepreneurship or any major)
- 0–2 years of experience (recent graduates welcome), including internships
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Self-starter who likes variety and learns fast
- Interested in startups, tech and AI
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
How this job compares
Set against the 53,565 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$50–55K/yr
- Illinois median$90–132K/yr1,182 salary ranges
- US median$95–148K/yr26,043 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $53K, is 54% below the Illinois median midpoint ($114K) — in the lowest quarter of Sales salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,977 open Sales jobs in Illinois and 53,565 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Home Depot98 open
- Accenture54 open
- Enterprise Mobility44 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (29,730 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 10,985 of the 53,565 open Sales jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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