School Sales and Partnerships Intern

About BrainZym

BrainZym is a cognitive development technology company based in Bengaluru. They help schools measure and strengthen core cognitive skills like attention, memory, reasoning, and speed of thinking using their product, SparkFinder.

Role

This is a full-time, field-based internship for 6 months, with the possibility of a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO). The intern will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and convincing schools to sign up for SparkFinder.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate new school leads by researching and building a list of target schools and identifying decision-makers.
• Reach out to schools through visits, phone calls, WhatsApp, email, and LinkedIn to book meetings.
• Tap into local networks, school associations, education events, and parent communities.
• Visit schools to present and demo SparkFinder, explaining its features and benefits.
• Handle questions and objections regarding cost, timing, screen time, data privacy, and curriculum fit.
• Follow up on leads and meetings until a decision is made.
• Share proposals, brochures, sample reports, and pricing, and negotiate terms.
• Coordinate paperwork such as enrolment forms, partnership documents, and NDAs.
• Support on-ground events by organizing and facilitating SparkFinder assessments.
• Collect feedback and testimonials from principals, teachers, and parents.
• Log all leads, calls, visits, and outcomes in the CRM or tracking sheet daily.
• Share weekly reports on meetings, conversions, objections, and successes.
• Bring back market insights on school requests, competitor mentions, and decision-making processes.

What success looks like (first 3 months guidance)

• Contacting [40+] new schools a month.
• Holding [12–15] in-person meetings with decision-makers a month.
• Converting schools to sign up for SparkFinder.
• Maintaining a clean, up-to-date pipeline.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Google Sheets/Excel
• Email
• Presentation tools
• CRM or tracking sheet

Qualifications

• MBA graduate (or final-semester student available full-time) with a specialization in Sales or Marketing.
• Strong spoken and written English.
• Kannada fluency is a great to have.
• Comfortable meeting senior people and holding your ground in a conversation.
• Willingness to travel daily within Bengaluru (own two-wheeler preferred).
• Persistence.
• Prior internship or project in B2B sales, field sales, education, or edtech is a good value add.
• Contacts in the school ecosystem in Bengaluru is a good value add.
• Genuine interest in education, child development, or how the brain learns is a good value add.

What you'll get

• Fixed stipend per month.
• Incentive for every school signed.
• Local travel allowance.
• Direct mentorship from the founders on sales, negotiation, and building a business.
• Internship certificate and letter of recommendation.
• Possibility of a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for strong performers.

Selection process

• Application review.
• Short phone screening.
• Pitch exercise (10-minute role-play).
• Final conversation with the founders.

How to apply

Fill out the application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLXUl4lMoFZN9UgN5l-R_w_UkIJhbuiV5Q8cFKanbakipnxQ/viewform