Sales & Customer Acquisition Volunteer (Open For Students)

✦This is a free and unique volunteer opportunity for students to volunteer with a British Tech Company to build real-world experience and skills toward a career as Content Creator Volunteer.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 SkilledUp Life

At SkilledUp Life, we provide free volunteer opportunities to individuals by pairing them with British Tech Companies. We help them build work experience and improve their career prospects. We currently have over 30,000+ volunteers from over 100+ countries who have utilized SkilledUp Life to build work experience, and skills and land their dream job.

About the Company

At SkilledUp Life, we are passionate about:

• Building tech companies.
• Developing a global talent pool.

On the talent side, we want to solve the following problem once and for all:

1. How do you get a job if you don’t have experience?
2. How do you get experience if you don’t have a job?

Every time you want to gain real experience, we wantSkilledUp Lifeto be the first brand that comes to your mind. Achieving this is not a mean task. We want your help to realize our vision.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Sales and Customer Acquisition Volunteer to help us reach out to potential customers (tech startups) and close sales (sign up to a subscription plan). The successful candidate will be responsible for acquiring new customers through outbound and inbound inquiries. This opportunity is suited for anyone who wants to learn and practice sales skills. Perhaps you are in marketing and have always wanted to move to sales, but never had the opportunity. Now you can try it out without jeopardizing your current job.

Requirements:

• Excellent persuasion skills.
• Organizational skills, including prioritizing, time management, and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to be responsive within a remote work setting.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of professionalism.
• At least 1 year of customer service experience is preferred but not a must.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to thrive independently and as part of a team.
• Dabbling with (previous experience) sales is a big plus.
• Excellent record keeping.
• Undergraduate degree or similar education.
• Fluency in English Language – both written and spoken.

Volunteer Activities:

Working with the Head of Sales and Marketing, your Volunteer role will include all or a selection of:

• Post-sales support including handing over to the support team.
• Other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Document all activities.
• Communicate ideas and solutions effectively in order to maintain positive, ongoing business relationships and customer service.
• Selling our product and service.
• Provide Team Leads with timely updates.
• Prospecting – identifying tech startups and reaching out to decision-makers.
• Converting

You have significant freedom to evolve within your role. Challenge the existing systems and processes and continually improve them. You will gain experience and skills toward a career in Sales & Customer Acquisition. You will also gain demonstrable evidence that could help you with career prospects.

Potential skills you might develop as a result of this Opportunity:

• Learn to thrive in a small yet dynamic team (punching well above its weight).
• Learn the importance of paying attention to detail, consistency, and rapid delivery.
• Prove you can close sales
• Understand the sales process

Endorsements:

Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:

1. Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
2. Provide a testimonial for LinkedIn that can also be added to your CV/Resume.
3. Allow you to add SkilledUp Life Company Name to your LinkedIn Profile.
4. Provide a LinkedIn testimonial.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Disclaimer

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.