Develop useful job skills! Make new friends and networking contacts! Drink delicious sparkling waters! That’s just a few things you can expect as a Sales Intern at Groupon. As an intern, you will be able to develop and apply a mix of creativity, hard work and sales skills to find cool and useful things to do at super-low prices. Each day you’ll call restaurants, theaters, gyms, and even dentists in a particular geographic area and negotiating massive discounts on behalf of Groupon users. We need driven, hard-working and intelligent individuals. Experience or interest with online sales, inside sales, and the Internet is preferred.

General Responsibilities

• Actively engage in cold calling businesses and negotiating deeply discounted prices on “things to do”
• Brainstorm new and creative businesses and activities to be featured
• Follow up on warm inbound leads and land contracts
• Miscellaneous tasks to help promote Groupon

Experience

• Interest or past experience in a sales capacity; inside sales is a plus
• Ability to focus in a fluid, changing, and quickly growing business
• Working on or completed a college degree

Characteristics

• Strong negotiating and people skills
• Ownership and accountability
• Driven and hard-working
• Enjoys and thrives in fast-paced, fluid work environment
• Can think on your feet

Compensation/Benefits

• Incentive-based stipends

Interested? Just send your information to Nick Cioffi at nick@thepoint.com. Good luck!

-Filed in Groupon