Sales Enablement Intern

Newsela unlocks the written word by publishing daily news articles at five reading levels to engage students in grades 2-12 in high-interest topics from immigration and diplomacy to drones and animal extinction. Launched in 2013, more than 37 million Newsela articles have been read by students, making Newsela the number 1 online news source for students.

Sales Enablement is a cross-functional discipline designed to increase sales results and productivity by providing integrated content, training and coaching services for salespeople and front-line sales managers along the entire customer’s buying journey. As an intern, you’ll work with Newsela’s Sales Enablement and Productivity Manager to handle the day-to-day operations in educating and providing the Sales team with the messaging, product and sales knowledge, and materials needed to improve sales execution and drive new business.

• Support the management of the sales content repository and ensure that all information is easily and readily accessible at point of need.
• Coordinate trainings on messaging, new products, and sales process to ramp up for Back to School 2017
• Support the building of new curriculum to educate new hires on product knowledge, sales process, and skills.
• Work with freelancers and designers to support the production of new customer-facing content, including case studies, decision guides, and more.
• Research and build a competitive analysis portfolio

The Ideal Candidate

• Enrolled as junior or senior in a Bachelor’s program
• Excellent project management skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills are a must.

Some Plusses

• Experience with graphic design and video editing
• Experience with IMovie, Indesign, Photoshop and PowerPoint
• Interested in building a career in marketing or sales, and has an strong interest in education technology.
• Resourceful, scrappy, willing to roll up your sleeves and help your teammates out in a pinch