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Digital Sales Intern - West

Title:
Digital Sales Intern - West

This intern may be remote (US)

Description:

IZEA’s Client Development team is tasked with maintaining existing business and establishing new brand relationships with Fortune 1000 Brands for several different regions of the United States. Our Digital Sales Intern - West will be tasked with assisting our Client Development team in their day-to-day tasks, as well as aid them in obtaining new business while maintaining current business.  

About IZEA:
IZEA was built to connect the world’s top brands with influential content creators and publishers to enable influencer marketing and content production at scale. With over 500,000 Creators reaching over 3 billion fans and followers around the globe, IZEA is unmatched in its industry experience, network diversity, and technology ecosystem. A career at IZEA offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing organization! 

Internship Details:
We’re looking for Undergraduate Juniors & Seniors and Graduate-level students who are interested in a remote internship this Summer. Best fits are those majoring in or who have experience in the following areas: Sales, Marketing, PR, Advertising or Communications. You will report to a Senior Director, Client Development who is based on the west coast.
  • Currently recruiting for Summer 2021 (Mid May - Mid August)
  • All IZEA internships are for-credit-only arrangements 
  • Students must receive academic credit for the internship, please confirm with your school that this is available
  • NDA paperwork will need to be signed by students
  • Availability for at least 15-20 hours a week

IZEA Provides

  • Relevant work assignments (individual and group) across IZEA departments including Client Development, Account Management, Influencer Ecosystem, Customer Service, and Campaign Fulfillment
  • Personnel, time and facilities to assist interns
  • An assessment of individual interns at the end of the program
As a Digital Sales Intern, you will gain experience with:
  • Industry research to determine when accounts have transitioned agencies, new products/programs are launching, etc.
  • Aid in custom pitch creation when needed
  • Assist Account Directors (AD) in major client meeting preparation
  • Shadow ADs on phone calls and online presentations
  • Research competitors that clients mention or could be considering to be able to articulate IZEA benefits over those competitors
  • Complete meeting request forms, RFP templates
  • Aid in Salesforce integration
You will also learn about:
  • Emerging social platforms, social and marketing trends
  • Sales outreach strategies
  • The basics of influencer marketing
  • Exposure to other cross-functional teams
Required Skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Critical thinking and self-motivation
  • Knowledge of digital and social media landscape
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and Google Docs
  • MAC OSX and Salesforce knowledge are a plus

Additional relative job titles include - Sales Intern, Influencer Marketing Sales Intern, Digital Marketing Sales Intern

Why would you want to intern here?

As an intern, you have the opportunity to be part of a company that is constantly evolving in an ever-changing world. Your time here will be exciting and educational as you gain real-life experience in the world of content marketing. Our interns are not used for coffee runs. Instead, we focus on developing skills that will further assist you in your career goals.

With IZEA, you have the opportunity to join a non-traditional corporate culture, where creativity and productivity are valued over a suit and tie. As an intern, you will be welcome to join in with all IZEA events and activities. We treat our interns as employees-in-training. We look to interns first when filling full-time position openings. As such, we expect interns to be hardworking, dedicated and perhaps a touch quirky.

You get the opportunity to work with the latest technology and tools that make us the best in the industry. As an intern, the work you put in will directly affect what you get out of the internship. We push each other, learn from each other, and strive to continually grow as a team.

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