Business Development Intern

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About Cordial

Cordial helps high-growth companies strengthen and scale their operations through structured support across Customer Experience, Technical Services, Finance Operations, and Back-Office Processes.

We partner with startups and SMEs to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and enable teams to focus on strategic growth.

The Role

We are seeking a Business Development Intern to support our client acquisition and outreach efforts.

The intern will research potential clients, initiate structured communication, support early-stage interactions, and maintain organized records of outreach activity.

This is a hands-on role that provides exposure to B2B outreach, lead generation, and early sales processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Research potential companies, segments, and decision-makers aligned with our target industries.
• Initiate first-touch communication with prospective clients via phone, email, and LinkedIn.
• Draft, refine, and send outreach messages tailored to different prospect groups.
• Assist in scheduling introductory calls and supporting early conversation setup.
• Maintain organized records of outreach activity, performance metrics, and weekly progress.
• Prepare short summaries, lists, documents, or reports to support business development efforts.
• Work closely with leadership to align messaging, targeting, and positioning.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple outreach threads.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn, email tools, and basic productivity or CRM systems (training provided).
• Confident initiating conversations and conducting structured business communication.
• Interest in business development, outreach, or client engagement.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

What You Will Gain

• Practical experience in B2B outreach, prospecting, and lead generation.
• Exposure to early-stage sales processes and structured communication workflows.
• Direct collaboration with the founding team and leadership.
• Strong development in communication, professionalism, and execution.
• Potential opportunity for a full-time Business Development role based on performance.

Why Join Cordial

• Learn directly from leadership in a fast-moving environment.
• Clear ownership and meaningful responsibility from day one.
• Strong exposure to business development foundations and real-world client acquisition.
• Collaborative team environment with room to grow.