Commercial Sales Account Executive Placement Student

t management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Imagine you have just completed your 12 month placement with Box, what have you achieved? Well if you join Box in the Sales Commercial team here a few things:

• Make a similar business impact as our previous cohorts of placement students: Hear from previous placement students at Box!

• You will understand sales methodologies which are highly desirable to employers (MEDDIC, BANT)

• Through ongoing training and experience, you will confidently able to hold a business conversations with a breadth of senior level B2B decision makers.

• Being based in a EMEA HQ you get to experience from the inside on how a high growth cloud SaaS technology company works.

• Had a lot of fun along the way! #lifeatbox

What does an Commercial Account Executive Placement Student actually do?

You will work with the highest performing sales team in EMEA. Every day will be different and you will have the opportunity to work with Account Execs and Sales Directors on strategic and tactical projects. You will help support the team in sourcing opportunities, analysing territories and improving processes to help the team keep closing business!

What does that mean day to day?

• Supporting the team in finding up-sell opportunities.

• Creating lead-generation campaigns for net new and existing customers alongside Account Execs.

• Involvement in account planning and mapping exercises with sales team.

• Undertake campaigns with Marketing around specific business propositions and market awareness

• Manage accurate administration of our lead/contact management system (Salesforce.com).

• Leading operation sales projects such as analysing and improving lead conversion rates.

WHO YOU ARE

• To be eligible you must be an undergraduate student in a placement year course returning to study Autumn 2026, you also will need to have the right to work in UK already in place.

• Communication: you are known for building strong relationships in and outside of your core studies.

• Drive: demonstrates a level of resilience to overcome objections and have a "can do" attitude to delivering personal goals.

• Attention to detail: everybody makes mistakes, even the most detail oriented employee. You will be detail oriented by nature, able to fail fast and prioritise effectively ensuring quality on sometimes tight deadlines.

• If you are studying something Business or Management related it would be a plus, however from experience you don't need a specific degree background to be successful as a placement student in box.

How do I apply?

1. Submit CV

2. Video Interview with a member of recruitment team

3. Video Interview with the hiring manager

4. Assessment Day (December 2024 - exact date to be confirmed)

Have you hired placement students before?

This year we have five placement students across Commercial Sales, SDR, Marketing, Partner Sales and GTM Ops.

Review our ratemyplacement rating here: https://https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/company-profile/4750/Box

BENEFITS

Box Benefits package includes pension, medical and dental coverage. We have a robust wellness program including 25 days of vacation (plus your birthday off!) and subsidized gym membership. There is such a thing as a free lunch, you can order from a daily menu along with lots of snacks and drinks. EMEA HQ office is located in the impressive White Collar Factory on Old Street; https://www.whitecollarfactory.com and other European offices in Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, and Warsaw.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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