Intern - Sales Development Representative
At Fluent, we are proud of our high-performing team and highly-engaged culture. By supporting both personal and professional development, we empower our interns to engage, connect, and grow in their time at Fluent and beyond. As a Fluent intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside extremely talented individuals and learn what it takes to build a thriving startup from our very own co-founders. Tasked with meaningful work, you will drive real business impact and walk away with an intimate understanding of the digital marketing space.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Actively prospect utilizing a variety of tools to generate new leads and meetings
- Respond effectively to inbound inquiries and aggressively prospect on an outbound basis
- Develop new relationships by way of phone, email, and social media in order to establish meetings with senior level decision makers in companies that could benefit from what we have to offer
- Assess the prospective client’s needs, explain Fluent's solutions, qualify the prospect, and schedule meetings for your Sales colleagues to begin their sales process
- Help to close the deal by learning as much as you can about a potential client and sharing that information with the Sales team so they can leverage that information at prospective meetings
- Work in tandem with Sales to research potential targets and identify key players and penetrate those targets by using creative strategies and tactics
- Apply your organizational skills by using our sales database and marketing tools to manage your pipeline and maintain accurate information about prospects and their companies
- Work closely with Marketing to document and analyze the performance of various marketing channels and programs
Requirements
- Strong research skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- Must be able to work independently in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- Enthusiastic and professional
Benefits
We treat our interns to catered breakfast and lunch weekly and are known to host some of the best company-wide events – including our annual summer Scavenger Hunt. Don’t forget to take advantage of free drinks from our in-house barista and game room complete with ping pong, air hockey, and pinball.
Fluent is proud to offer our interns the following:
- Competitive hourly pay rate
- Discounted Citi Bike membership
- Open office space for team collaboration
- Resume building and coaching
- Face-time with senior leaders
- The opportunity to work for a high-flying performance marketing company!
Fluent participates in the E-Verify Program. As a participating employer, Fluent, LLC will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Fluent, LLC follows all federal regulations including those set forth by The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC). The OSC enforces the anti-discrimination provision (274B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1324b.