International Business Development Internship

Description: Does your brain thrive on challenges? We have a business development challenge you can not only thrive in but also own the successes of. If you are an ambitious student or recently graduated looking to for a challenging internship to give you a taste of what a career in a growing technology company would be like and expose you to a network of the top people in higher education, apply to become our next International Business Development Intern. We believe that to face the challenges of modern society, education needs to cultivate constructive critical thinking worldwide. This is why our team is on a mission to help teachers with facilitating new, engaging and interactive learning methods in their courses. In practice, we do that by co-creating apps together with the leading universities in the Netherlands and beyond as part of an EdTech Consortium. We bridge the gap between technology and educational science and make both accessible to the teachers, looking to improve their education. Learning business while doing business. As a business strategy intern, you work together with the Sales team on all matters regarding new business. You work the reactive and proactive sales funnels, identify leads and build relationships with top management of educational institutions like Harvard and MITx. In this role, you need great communication skills, persistence in following up and eagerness to learn the true needs of stakeholders. Responsibilities : 1. Business development (75% of your time): -Managing reactive funnels -Provide product demonstrations -Explain the core of FeedbackFruits to new prospects -Assist prospects using tools when integrated into Sandbox environments -Find new prospects -Attend industry events and possibly international sales trips 2. Sales team support (25% of your time): -Maintain our demonstration environments -Assist in developing marketing materials -Write content 3. Provide knowledge and input on the business strategy of FeedbackFruits (5% of your time) Qualifications: -Self-driven, highly motivated, and passionate about improving higher education with technology -You are the first to follow up and love getting things done -Are not too salesy and willing to learn pedagogy and didactics -You seek constructive criticism and being direct and open with others -You are flexible, e.g. calls with Australia or the US at very early or late times of the day -Minimum HBO/Bachelor student, based in the Randstad area -You have experience with client-facing role e.g. sales, customer success/support (Pre) -You have sales experience in a B2B market (Pre) -You have experience as part of an education providing or student organization (Pre) What You Get: -Working with an impact -Having real responsibilities -Flexible working hours (partially from home if desired) -Transport allowance -Benefits package including a Swapfiets -Daily lunch, weekly dinner, team activities, and Friday drinks -In-house sales training by senior sales executives