Coachable Over Credentialed
We would rather train the right person than hire an imperfect fit with a longer résumé. Feedback is given directly and taken well.
01 About Us
We build people first, and the business follows.
Tier 1 Marketing is a leadership development and sales organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We develop motivated individuals into strong business professionals and future leaders.
02 Our Approach
Sales is the classroom. Leadership is the subject.
Every team member begins the same way: learning the fundamentals of representing major telecommunications clients, working directly with business customers, and building real communication and sales skills.
That foundation is deliberate. Business-to-business sales forces the skills most professionals never fully develop — clear communication, resilience, preparation, listening, and total ownership of an outcome. Once someone can do the work reliably, the development program expands into coaching and mentoring others, team management, performance development, recruiting and business operations.
The goal is not a bigger sales number. The goal is a long-term career for people who are competitive, coachable and motivated to grow into leadership and management roles.
Our Team
03 How We Operate
Four standards we do not flex on.
These are the things every person on our team is measured against — from their first week to their first management role.
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Performance Over Politics
Advancement is based on results and leadership. What you produce and who you develop is the whole scorecard.
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Teach, Then Trust
Nobody is dropped in the deep end. You are trained hands-on, supported daily, then given real responsibility.
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Promote From Within
Leadership roles are filled by people we developed. Growing our own is the business model, not a perk.
04 Development
What we actually teach.
Our development program is structured, not improvised. It moves in stages, and each stage has skills you are expected to demonstrate before you take on the next level of responsibility.
- CommunicationPresenting clearly, asking better questions, and handling objections without losing the room.
- Customer acquisitionIdentifying business customers, qualifying need, and earning the account.
- Business-to-business salesRepresenting telecommunications clients to business decision-makers, professionally and accurately.
- Team developmentTraining, coaching and mentoring newer team members toward their own results.
- Leadership & managementPerformance development, recruiting, interviewing, and running day-to-day operations.
Our Standards
Pittsburgh & Surrounding Area
05 The Work
What a week looks like.
We are a full-time, in-person team based at our office on Holiday Drive, serving business customers across Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. Mornings start together — training, role-play, goals and client updates. The rest of the day is spent in the field with business customers.
Afternoons close with a debrief: what worked, what did not, and what each person is working on tomorrow. People in development roles also run training for newer team members and sit in on interviews.
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pmA consistent, professional schedule — no rotating nights or weekends.
- In person, as a teamCoaching is hard to do remotely. We train shoulder to shoulder.
- Daily feedbackYou will always know where you stand and what to work on next.
06 Next Step
Think you would fit here?
We review every application personally and respond within one business day.