Business Growth and Operations Intern

About the Role

Samne is building a new kind of advertising network across India's most overlooked media asset - the auto-rickshaw. We place illuminated ad frames inside every rickshaw, facing the passenger, and turn a simple ride into the most captive brand moment a city has to offer. This is a paid internship with a clear path to a full-time role. We work in person, side by side.

Role Overview

You will work directly with the founder across growth, operations, and brand-building in Mumbai. This is a hands-on role, part outreach and meetings, part rickshaws, vendors and installations.

Key Responsibilities

Business Growth & Sales

• Research and identify brands, agencies and potential partners for Samne
• Develop campaign ideas and pitch proposals for prospective clients
• Research new industries, customer segments and use cases for Samne
• Run cold outreach via email, message, and calls - to generate and qualify new leads
• Manage and optimize parts of our sales pipeline - keeping the sales pipeline up to date

Operations

• Help manage the physical network across Mumbai: installations, creative swaps, frame checks and live campaign dashboards
• Onboard drivers and build relationships with them, including rolling out our driver program
• Handle vendor runs and quality checks with our on-ground partners
• Maintain operating trackers, processes and SOPs

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Based in Mumbai, with the ability to travel across the city for on-ground work
• Available full-time, in person for a minimum of 3 months
• Conversational Hindi; comfortable with spending time with rickshaw drivers and vendors
• Strong written and spoken English: you will write outreach and join client meetings
• Comfortable with Google Sheets, Docs, Canva and basic AI tools

Qualifications

• Any sales, outreach or field experience
• Something you have built or run yourself: a project, a page, an event, a small business

What’s in it for you

• Daily work alongside the founder, with real ownership of outcomes from week one
• A close view of how a physical-world startup is built: sales, operations, hardware and partnerships
• Competitive stipend + profit share
• A clear path to a full-time role