Summer 2018 - Business Development/Marketing Intern
Solstice is an innovation and emerging technology firm that helps Fortune 500 companies seize new opportunities through world-changing digital solutions. We are not a conventional company, and we have no intentions of becoming one. Our culture is one that fosters innovation and creative thinking without the bindings that are typically introduced with large organizations.
We are looking for a creative, proactive and detail-oriented Business Development & Marketing Intern to join our team. You will help cultivate opportunities, grow our revenue across a number of territories and industries, and make an impact through campaign execution of our Business Development & Marketing machine. The most successful people in this role have a passion for the emerging tech space and are highly motivated, productive, analytical and organized. If you are a solution-oriented hustler with an entrepreneurial mindset, let's talk!
What you’ll be doing:
- Prospect, develop, and initiate new business opportunities in key verticals (financial services, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and retail) through cold calling, social selling, and networking
- Conducting Marketing Research for service line and campaign initiatives
- Help the team develop, maintain, and expand a database of prospects within the organization’s pipeline
- Maintain a high level of Solstice solution expertise and competitive intelligence, becoming an expert on customer experience and emerging technology
- Work closely with Business Development and Marketing teams to develop strategy surrounding targeted industries and territories
- Organize and execute marketing campaigns
- Submit accurate and complete information in Salesforce.com and Hubspot and provide regular updates to management regarding opportunities, trends and challenges
- Support in the development of inside sales and marketing strategies
- Event support planning, execution, retrospectives and follow-up
What we're looking for in you:
- Detail oriented and analytical
- Prominent organization, communication, and time management skills
- Have an interest to prospect, build lists, cold call and create new sales opportunities
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, self-directed entrepreneurial environment
- An understanding of enterprise IT concepts and mobile technology is desired, but not required
- Driven to succeed and grow is required
- Strong project management skills - experience seeing a project from ideation through execution
- Familiar with digital campaigning and digital marketing tools is desired (Hubspot, Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Salesforce, etc.)