Cision

Item: Cision
Rating: 3.1
Author: Anonymous

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Profile Highlights

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

2.9

42nd%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 268of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Base Compensation

2.6

18th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 381of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

3.0

38th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 287of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Product - Market Fit

3.7

62nd%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 174of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.7

39th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 282of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.8

62nd%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 173of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.9

65th%of Professional / Business Services orgs

# 160of 462 Professional / Business Services orgs

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About Cision

cision.com

Professional / Business Services

Private Equity

1,001-10,000

Chicago

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?

Typical46%of team members typically hit their quota

Professional / Business Services Industry Average

45%

Global Average

44%

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$60k

OTE$95k

Top Performers$142k

Sales Development RepresentativeSalary data from 5 ratings

Salaries at Cision

Reviews

Current Employee

3.1

Sep 4, 2025

Not much care for its employees, way more work than a regular SDR role but has SDR salary. Good for learning a lot if it's your first sales role. Not much room for growth, no salary increases in several years.

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Current Employee

3.4

Jun 26, 2025

Good experience. Great people. Company is innovative and continues to make strides in implementing AI into our platform

Useful

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Reviews at Cision

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

357

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

89%

Job Categories

Account Executive

193

54%

Account Management

20%

SDR / BDR

12%

Leadership Roles

Sales Enablement

Other

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

223

62%

Ratings submitted by former employees

134

38%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cision has an overall employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 75.45. They are ranked #265 out of all Professional / Business Services organizations.

Currently it is reported that 46.1% of the reps at Cision are hitting quota.

Cision has a rating of 2.9 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #3,519 in this category out of 5,956 companies.

Cision has a rating of 3.7 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #174 out of 462 Professional / Business Services companies.