Intern to assist our French & International Sales Teams, Antony (Dpt. 92)

We are hiring an

Intern to assist our French & International Sales Teams
Ideal duration 4-6 months, Convention de Stage required
Position based in Antony, Paris area (92, RER La Croix de Berny)
You will be directly working with the Director of Sales and assist our Sales Team who sells referencing solutions and advertising space on our 6 websites and in our e-newsletters.

What you will learn

• Get an overview of the sales cycle (from database construction and update to acquisition process and sales pitch, follow-up, contract handling and archiving up to after-sales activities)
• Get an in-depth view of the meeting industry with its different actors on both the supplier side (hotels, CVBs, congress centers etc.) and the organizer's side (Meeting Planners : corporate, agencies, associations)
• Work in an international environment requiring intercultural competencies (international team & clients and French working environment) and switching between different languages

Depending on the intern's motivation, willingness to learn and performance:

1. Attendance at internal and/or external sales meetings
2. Detect new prospects
3. Get an idea of our offers and client negotiations

What we ask you to contribute

• Set up and update of different research projects and studies (competitor analyses, research on industry events, review magazines in view of finding new prospects, general online research and by phone)
• Contract management: set up, archiving and coordinating with different departments
• Setting up agendas, creating and updating excel reportings, lists and overviews
• Occasional help in organizing travel arrangements
• Translation tasks (mainly from French/English to English and/or German and/or Italian and/or Spanish)
• Assistance in set up of sales materials (presentations, e-mailings etc.)

The personality we need

• Well organized person with attention to detail and knowing how to handle different priorities
• Good communicator and autonomous person: you will be asked to coordinate between different departments (sales, accounting, production, marketing) and interact over the phone with colleagues and clients
• Excellent knowledge of English in both writing and orally, basic knowledge of French and ideally a third language (preferably German or Italian or Spanish)
• Strong computer skills (Excel tables, formatting word documents, setting up PPT presentations)
• Professional, reliable and trust-worthy person with good work ethics and service-driven attitude
• Willingness to acquire new skills and being curious to learn

The intern will receive qualitative feedback all throughout the mission from the various colleagues he/she will work with.

Compensation: Participation in company cafeteria (-> well priced meal) + 30% of the SMIC (435€) + 50% reimbursement of the metro ticket.