Excess Inventory Guru – Business Developer & Product Analyst

The internship has 5 main specific tasks:

•       Support Product Team as the “voice of the customer” in terms of user experience

•       Support the development of “go-to-market” collaterals and product documentation

•       Support the development of business development pitches and presentation

•       Support the development of investment pitch documents for the company’s next round of funding

•       Market research on products being developed to garner user opinions

To support the above task, general duties would include:

•       Support Product team in Product Testing, opinions on application flows for better consumer experience

•       Support Product team in consumer research and response on functionalities to include in new versions of applications

•       Manage sales-related and marketing administrative projects that include running marketing and sales reports, conducting research on company and other assignments in database

•       Assist in sales pitch production and presentation

•       Assist in unsolicitated calls to secure new customers

•       Assist in writing and editing sales and marketing materials, which include articles, presentations, white papers, and collateral

•       Provide assistance in creating and enhancing the marketing campaigns

•       Provide assistance in terms of logistics to go to market roll-outs

•       Serve as liaison between advertising agencies and the company, print suppliers, freelance talent, and various marketing services

·       Undergraduates in business management, technology and/or marketing

·       Must have very strong POWERPOINT skills

·       Love mobile technology and its applications

·       Have some experience in building business plans or sale pitches

·       Ability to build relationships internally and externally, interfacing

·       Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

·       “Can do” attitude, team player, fun, energetic personality, works well under pressure

·       Enjoys working in a Silicon Valley styled internet start-up culture with requires a “hands on” attitude

·       Some experience in Photoshop, HTML would be beneficial

•       Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about details and thorough in completing work tasks

•       Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems

•       Creative Thinking – Job requires the ability to “think out of the box”, clever in design and effective marketing concepts

•       Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges

•       Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable and fulfilling obligations

•       Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks

•       Commercial Savviness – Job requires the ability to think logically if execution makes commercial sense for the business