Business Development Executive

The job is about finding new business for an ed-tech company and turning contacts into sales. You would also work with the marketing team and keep the company informed on how sales are going.

• Finding and winning clients: research the market to spot new opportunities, build relationships with prospective clients, and follow strategic sales plans to hit targets.
• Working with marketing: help create promotional materials and campaigns together with the marketing team.
• Reporting and staying current: send regular updates on sales performance and market trends, go to industry events and conferences to network and promote the products, and keep up with industry trends and best practices.

The posting says no experience is required, so freshers are not ruled out. The skills it lists are written English, market research and sales.

• The work is onsite in Bangalore.
• The description talks about a motivated, results-driven person with a passion for education and a track record in sales and business development, even though the experience field says none is needed.
• There are 20 openings.
• An informal dress code is listed as a perk.

• It helps to show any sales-like work you have done, such as college fests, sponsorship drives or selling for a club, and to say what you achieved.
• Practise a short market research exercise on an ed-tech company. Note who its customers are and what competitors offer.
• Written English is a listed skill, so keep your application clean and free of errors.
• Be ready to say why education interests you, since the description stresses it.
• Prepare a simple example of a sales update, covering what happened, what you learned and what you would do next.