Cision

Item: Cision
Rating: 3.0
Author: Anonymous

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Competitive Salaries

OTE at Cision for Strategic Account Executives is highly competitive compared to industry peers. View salaries

Performance Category Ratings

See how employees rated Cision in RepVue’s key performance categories.

Category Score

Industry Percentile

Industry Rank

Culture and Leadership

2.8

37th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 275of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Base Compensation

2.6

15th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 370of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

3.0

40th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 261of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Product - Market Fit

3.6

55th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 194of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.8

42nd%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 256of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.8

59th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 176of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.8

55th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 192of 434 Professional / Business Services orgs

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About Cision

cision.com

Professional / Business Services

Private Equity

1,001-10,000

Greater Chicago Area

Cision is a leading global provider of earned media software and services to public relations and marketing communications professionals. Cision’s software allows users to identify key...More

Percent that Attain Quota?

Typical45%of team members typically hit their quota

Professional / Business Services Industry Average

45%

Global Average

43%

Quota Attainment at Cision

Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Sales ManagerSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$80k

OTE$160k

Top Performers$242k

Account ManagerSalary data from 13 ratings

Base Pay$52k

OTE$90k

Top Performers$137.4k

Sales Development RepresentativeSalary data from 5 ratings

Salaries at Cision

Reviews

Current Employee

2.4

Mar 26, 2025

Low pay and no real upward growth. Ae's have been in their roles for years without making it to Sr. Which are all external hires. Extremely low attainment with only about 5 people hitting annual numbers last year. It's a great product and we are the best tool in the industry but when working with PR departments who have limited budgets. We are often twice the price...Read More

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Current Employee

2.6

Mar 25, 2025

Good chance of coming close to hitting quota but hard to exceed and collect more earnings. Very few in position exceed 100% probably 5-7% of dept.

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Reviews at Cision

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

332

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

88%

Job Categories

Account Executive

180

54%

Account Management

21%

SDR / BDR

11%

Leadership Roles

Sales Enablement

Other

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

201

61%

Ratings submitted by former employees

131

39%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cision has an overall employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 74.57. They are ranked #270 out of all Professional / Business Services organizations.

Currently it is reported that 44.7% of the reps at Cision are hitting quota.

Cision has a rating of 2.8 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #3649 in this category out of 5495 companies.

Cision has a rating of 3.6 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #194 out of 434 Professional / Business Services companies.