Business Development Intern

Responsibilities: - Arranging business development meetings with prospective clients. - Servicing, nurturing, and developing new and existing client relationships through phone calls, meetings, and networking events. - Understanding the client's needs and delivering personalized solutions. - Bringing new clients into the business through various business development techniques. - Own your entire sales process; from lead generation, value creation to negotiation and execution. - Consult with companies on how they use news and social media data to inform strategy and decision making. - Drive the entire sales process from start to finish from prospecting to servicing; opportunity identification, pitching and setting up client meetings, product demonstrations, till negotiations and closing of the sale. - Manage a pipeline of inbound and self-sourced leads to identify, engage, and develop relationships with potential prospects. - Educate and guide prospects through the buyer’s journey to help them understand how we can help drive their business goals and objectives. - Collaborate and work closely with key internal stakeholders such as Client Success, Operations and Legal, etc. Requirements: - Experience in customer support is a plus. - Proficiency in MS Office and CRM software. - Proficiency in English. - Market knowledge. - Communication and negotiation skills. - Ability to build rapport. - Time management and planning skills.