Sales and Marketing Internship

Sales and Marketing Internship

Responsibility Statement: The sales and marketing intern is responsible for supporting all efforts related to sales and marketing.

FirstIgnite supports researchers capable of changing the world. We’re seeking someone who will go above and beyond to begin the creation process of powerful outside relationships for our partners.

Responsibilities:

·        Prospect new sales leads using internet search for our university products.

·        Support our outbound email marketing campaigns.

·        Support our outbound LinkedIn marketing campaigns

·        Prospect new sales accounts using various company databases for our corporate products.

·        Conduct market research on companies to support our university marketing activities.

·        Generate content for case studies on behalf of both university and corporate product.

·        Support the Head of Partnerships by executing LinkedIn outreach to sales leads.

·        Provide quick and actionable feedback to the product development team in order to continuously improve functionality and effectiveness of the FirstIgnite platform.

Requirements:

·        Background and Education: We’re looking for an ambitious individual with 0-2 years of sales or business development experience. Sales and marketing degrees preferred but all backgrounds are welcome to apply. This is a fantastic resume building position which can be leveraged into new roles in the future.

·        Mission Oriented: We take our mission seriously. Our leadership team is driven by the understanding that if we do our job successfully, we will play a small part in helping make the world a better place. It’s important our entire team is passionate about the mission.

·        Willingness to Learn: We work with very complex technologies. You do not need to be an expert on any individual technology, but you will constantly be learning enough from our clients in order to share the story of that technology with the world.