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Business Development Intern

Knight Optical
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Role Summary:

We're looking for a proactive and tech-savvy intern to join our business development team. You’ll leverage your technical background to confidently engage potential clients through cold outreach, warm up qualified leads, and help translate complex solutions into compelling value propositions.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct targeted outreach (cold calls, emails, LinkedIn messaging) to prospective customers in technical or engineering-driven sectors.
  • Warm up leads by identifying pain points and positioning relevant solutions.
  • Work with the technical and sales teams to deeply understand our products and communicate their benefits effectively.
  • Qualify prospects based on fit, need, and readiness to engage.
  • Maintain CRM records and update lead statuses with insights from conversations.
  • Support sales campaigns by preparing outreach scripts, objection handling responses, and follow-up materials.
  • Participate in team meetings to align on lead pipeline strategies and share outreach performance.

Qualifications:

  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills—comfortable initiating cold conversations.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical ideas in simple, business-friendly terms.
  • Familiarity with tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, SAP or CRM platform; knowledge of market research platforms is a plus.