Business Development Intern

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Chicago, Illinois and two nearshore delivery centres.

Internship overview

Velvetside is hiring a Business Development Intern for Sep 2027. The Business Development Team needs interns to build lead lists, reach out over LinkedIn, email and phone, and book demos for senior sales staff. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Chicago team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your projects

• Join demo calls as note taker and send the summary to the prospect afterwards.
• Draft email templates for different customer segments and test them.
• Research prospects before calls: company size, current tools, likely pain points.
• Send personalised outreach messages on LinkedIn and email, 40 to 60 a day.
• Follow up with leads who have gone quiet, using approved email sequences.
• Attend the daily sales huddle on Zoom.
• Update every interaction in HubSpot or Zoho CRM on the same day.

Basic qualifications

• Based in Italy for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Italy.
• Good internet connection that can handle video calls.
• Able to take rejection without taking it personally.
• Interest in B2B sales or SaaS products.
• Clear spoken and written English. Hindi, Urdu or another local language is a plus for some markets.

Nice to have

• Previous sales, telecalling or fundraising experience, even for a college event.
• Strong network in college clubs or startup communities.

What you'll learn

• How to use a CRM properly, which most fresh graduates never learn.
• Performance-based incentives on top of the stipend.

Program dates: Sep 2027, 6 months.

Intern pay: $800 - $1,100 per month

Perks

• Internet allowance.
• Online learning budget.
• Company laptop.
• Certificate of completion.
• Paid public holidays.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Sep 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetside, LLC.