About the role

We are looking for a Sales Intern to play a critical role in growing Lexion. As a Sales Intern you will be on the front lines of our sales process. You will be responsible for driving revenue by researching and identifying prospects, contacting them, and delivering qualified leads to our sales team to close. In this role, you will represent Lexion to potential customers, work closely with leadership, and help shape our message. This is a rare chance to get in early with an exciting startup and for high performers, an opportunity to grow into sales and marketing roles with greater scope.

Responsibilities:

• Research and identify potential prospects
• Contact and follow up with prospects via calls, emails, and social channels
• Set up qualified meetings and demos for sales
• Participate in sales calls and demos
• Maintain a CRM to track activity, and report on key metrics
• Produce creative content for targeting prospects
• Publish content through Lexion’s social channels
• Become a Lexion subject matter expert and evangelist

About you

Ideal candidates will have an energetic, can-do attitude, and be excellent verbal and written communicators. They will be laser focused on delivering results by driving a high volume of outbound activities, while also remaining organized.

What we look for:

• Interest and enthusiasm for hunting for new business opportunities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to strategically research and develop accounts for prospecting
• Confidence and comfort with cold calling
• Ability to produce content for emails with minimal oversight
• Proficiency in time management and organization

Ideal candidates will:

• Sales, Advertising, Marketing, or Business major, junior or senior in standing
• Able to commit to working for 10-15 hours during the 10-week Spring/Summer internship

What we offer

• A fast-paced, inclusive and collaborative environment.
• Competitive pay
• Build category-defining products
• Work with world class talent (ex Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, SurveyMonkey, The Allen Institute for AI)
• Make an impact, and help make everyone more efficient at their job

Who we are

Lexion is a fast growing, fun, venture-backed startup based in Seattle, WA. We are on a mission to automatically extract insights from any business document, and fundamentally change how people interact with vast volumes of text. Our software uses AI techniques to eliminate routine document review work for legal, finance, and operations teams, freeing them to focus on higher value tasks. Founded at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, our team is comprised of a unique combination of: world class natural language processing experts; seasoned large-scale product builders; and veterans of Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, SurveyMonkey and more.