Sales Intern (Digital Media)

Are you interested in developing a career in Sales and Business Development? At Fluent, we are proud of our high-performing team and highly engaged culture. By supporting both personal and professional development, we empower our employees to engage, connect, and grow in their time at Fluent and beyond. As an intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside extremely talented individuals and develop an intimate understanding of the digital marketing space. There is also an opportunity to grow with the company beyond this initial scope for successful candidates.

Our paid internship program starts on Monday, June 3rd and runs 11 weeks through Thursday, August 22nd. Interns will work alongside Fluent employees Monday – Thursday from 9 am to 6 pm with an hour lunch every day.
 
What You'll Do:

• Evaluate inbound leads based on predefined criteria to determine their potential as qualified prospects.
• Schedule follow-up conversations for qualified leads with the sales team post qualification.
• Build and maintain an organized and up-to-date pipeline with accurate information about inbound prospects and their companies.
• Provide valuable feedback on lead sources and quality to the marketing team for continuous improvement of our lead generation efforts.
• Utilize event lists and other sources to identify potential leads for outbound engagement.

During the second phase of this internship, you will be tasked with outbounding directly to our target accounts (brands & agencies). This will be accomplished by developing new relationships by way of calls, email, and social media in order to establish meetings with senior level decision makers in companies that could benefit from our offerings.

Requirements

• Strong communication and research skills.
• Proficient in using tools/technology such as 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, but resourceful and thrives in an autonomous setting.
• Willingness to learn and ability to work efficiently within a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines consistently.
• Hybrid: In NYC offices.

About Us

Fluent, Inc (NASDAQ: FLNT) is a leader in customer acquisition, leveraging its direct response expertise to drive engagement and power discovery for leading brands. Backed by proprietary data science, Fluent connects data-rich consumers to targeted offers, allowing them to find new opportunities, content, and products that enhance their lives. Established in 2010, and headquartered in New York City, Fluent's team of experts have invested over $1B in media across its digital media portfolio to build a global audience available through 500+ DSPs, DMPs, online publishers, and programmatic platforms. For more information, visit https://fluentco.com/

Benefits

At Fluent, we like what we do, and we like who we do it with. Our team is a tight-knit crew of go-getters; we love to celebrate our successes! In addition, we offer a fully stocked kitchen, catered lunch, and our office manager keeps the calendar stocked with activity-filled events. When we’re not eating, working out, or planning parties, Fluent folks can be found participating in recreational sports leagues, networking with She Runs It, and bonding with across teams during quarterly outings to baseball games, fancy dinners, and pizza-making classes. And we have all the practical benefits, too…

• Ample career and professional growth opportunities
• New Headquarters with an open floor plan to drive collaboration
• Volunteer and philanthropic activities throughout the year
• Educational and social events
• The amazing opportunity to work for a high-flying performance marketing company!

Hourly Rate: $16/HR

Candidates may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors seeking personal information. Fluent recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with an @fluentco.com domain. Any outreach by Fluent via other sources (e.g. text, other domains etc) should be ignored.

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.