Growth & Business Development Intern

About the Role

You will work on customer discovery, lead generation, outreach, and early business development. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys talking to people, researching industries, and turning conversations into outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead generation: Research and build targeted prospect lists across freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and exports; track opportunities in a structured pipeline.
• Outreach: Engage prospects through LinkedIn, email, and calls; schedule discovery meetings for the founding team and maintain consistent follow-ups.
• Market research: Study customer segments, competing solutions, and recurring challenges in document verification and freight-bill checking; share insights with the founders.
• Go-to-market: Help develop outreach campaigns, sales collateral, and messaging; support Corvane's LinkedIn presence.
• Pipeline and metrics: Maintain organized prospect records and track outreach activity, response rates, meetings booked, and qualified leads.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence in initiating conversations with professionals
• Solid research skills and an organized, execution-focused mindset
• Interest in B2B sales, marketing, startups, or logistics and international trade
• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities in an early-stage environment

Good to Have

• Experience with LinkedIn outreach, lead generation, sales, or digital marketing
• Familiarity with spreadsheets, CRM, or prospect-research tools
• Startup, client-facing, or business development project experience
• Interest in AI products, logistics tech, or B2B SaaS
• Prior logistics experience is welcome.
• Ability to learn quickly and execute consistently.

Who Should Apply

Students, recent graduates, and early-career candidates who enjoy building relationships and making things happen.