Sales Lead

Build and lead the sales team from scratch — recruit agents, close clients personally, and own the pipeline that funds the studio's growth.

About the role

thematrixHQ is a creative subscription agency for founders, business owners, and teams. One flat monthly fee, unlimited design requests, unlimited revisions. Every piece of work moves fast because it's AI-accelerated, and every piece is checked by a human Art Director before it reaches a client.

We're Lagos-based and we work with clients anywhere in the world. We're building toward the kind of work that stands next to the best creative studios globally, not a discount alternative to them.

We're hiring our first Sales Lead. This is a build-the-team role, not a run-an-existing-playbook role. You'll recruit, train, and lead a small team of commission-only Sales Agents, close clients personally, and be the person who makes sure everything the team sells actually matches what we can deliver.

You'll work closely with the founder, who currently handles sales personally. This role exists to take that off their plate and build something bigger than one person closing deals.

What you'll do

• Recruit, onboard, and train Sales Agents, working with the founder on hiring decisions
• Run the team's rhythm: check-ins, pipeline reviews, performance conversations
• Make sure every Agent knows and follows the Sales Playbook
• Settle lead ownership disputes between Agents
• Flag underperformance or conduct issues early, not after they've become a pattern
• Run a fit check on every deal before it's signed, confirming the client is in scope and we have the capacity to deliver
• Escalate anything unusual in size, scope, or risk to the founder
• Watch early churn across the team and address the cause when it points to oversold or badly qualified clients
• Find and close clients directly, on the same terms as any Agent on the team
• Log every personal prospect in the CRM under the same lead ownership rules that apply to Agents

What you won't do

• Promise a deliverable, turnaround, or discount that isn't in the Sales Playbook
• Negotiate custom pricing, or authorise an Agent to do so
• Sign a client contract — only the founder signs

What we're looking for

• You've sold before, ideally in a service, agency, or subscription business — and you know what a real sales process looks like beyond "send more messages"
• You can lead people without a title doing the work for you. Commission-only teams don't stay motivated by accident
• You're comfortable being the one who says no to a deal that doesn't fit, even when it means walking away from a close
• You communicate clearly and directly — no vague reassurance, internally or with clients
• You're organised enough to run a CRM properly, because lead ownership and commission both depend on it being accurate
• Based in Nigeria or able to work Nigeria-friendly hours, and open to an independent contractor arrangement

Nice to have

• Experience building or managing a commission-only sales team
• Background in creative services, agency, or subscription businesses
• Existing network of founders, SMEs, or agencies who need design

Compensation

• Signing bounty on every client you close personally
• Monthly recurring bounty on your personal clients
• Team override on all revenue your agents bring in — uncapped, ongoing
• Fully remote and self-directed
• Direct line to the founder — you're building this together, not executing someone else's plan

What success looks like

• A team of Sales Agents who know the playbook cold and don't need to be micromanaged
• Deals that survive past 60 days — meaning the team is qualifying properly, not just closing
• A pipeline that's clean and current, not a black box
• The founder spending less time on sales, not more

Sound like you?
Let's talk.

Email us your portfolio and a short note on why this role. We read every application and reply within a few days.