Lead Generation Internship

About the Role

Weskill is seeking a proactive, research-driven, and detail-oriented Lead Generation Intern to join their team. This role offers hands-on experience in searching for prospective clients, analyzing target markets, managing outreach channels, and building targeted lead databases to support sales and business development strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted online research to identify high-potential business prospects, industries, and candidate pools.
• Find and gather contact details of decision-makers through LinkedIn, web directories, social media, and professional databases.
• Build, clean, update, and manage organized lists of verified leads using Google Sheets or MS Excel.
• Assist in initiating initial contact through customized messages, emails, and LinkedIn outreach.
• Screen and qualify prospects based on specific criteria to ensure high-quality leads for the Business Development team.
• Gather data on competitors, industry trends, and emerging market opportunities.
• Maintain daily/weekly logs of leads generated, response rates, and data accuracy metrics.
• Work closely with the Business Development and Marketing teams to continuously refine targeting strategies and outreach templates.
• Meet assigned daily and weekly lead generation quotas.
• Take full ownership of research assignments and deliver quality lead data within deadlines.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent online research, internet sourcing, and data gathering skills.
• Proficiency in using LinkedIn, MS Excel, or Google Sheets.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in data entry.
• Proactive attitude with strong time management and organizational abilities.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Willingness to work with daily lead targets and performance metrics.
• Basic knowledge or familiarity with lead generation tools, CRM tools, or boolean search is a plus.
• Prior experience or project work in market research, data entry, digital marketing, or lead generation will be an advantage.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and accurate
• Proactive, self-driven, and curious
• Strong researchers and resourceful online navigators
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets and structured data
• Target-oriented and deadline-focused
• Eager to learn the fundamentals of sales pipelines and growth strategy
• Ready to take full ownership of their tasks.
• Freshers and students with strong research capability, attention to detail, and the right learning attitude are strongly encouraged to apply.