Strategic Account Intern Spring 2024+

In search of a Strategic Account Intern for the academic year 2023-2024, with the potential for an extended duration of employment. Immediate availability is preferred.

About this Role: 

Are you interested in working for a fast-paced tech company? Do you see yourself going into a sales, partnerships or client services position after graduation, or would you like to gain experience in those areas?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Sezzle may be a great fit for you. Sezzle is a tech company based in Minneapolis whose mission is to financially empower the next generation. Only one in three millennials own a credit card in the US today. We enable shoppers to budget purchases over time like a credit card, without the financial barriers and pitfalls. Shoppers paying with Sezzle are able to budget their purchase over time with interest-free installment plans, which in turn generates more sales for merchants.
Sezzle has a fast-paced work environment and we seek talented employees who crave learning new skills and aren't afraid to make a real difference. As an intern, you will get to work with our Enterprise and Strategic Partnerships teams, while working on real projects that will help grow our business.

About Sezzle:

Sezzle is a cutting-edge fintech company whose long-standing mission is to financially empower the next generation. Only one in three millennials own a credit card, and the vast majority of millennials possess a subprime credit score or no score at all. To address these problems, Sezzle has built a payment platform that increases purchasing power for consumers by offering interest-free installment plans at online stores. This increase in purchasing power for consumers leads to increased sales and basket sizes for the 40,000+ eCommerce merchants that currently work with Sezzle.

As the first and only B-Corp in the payments space, Sezzle’s goal is to help everyone pursue financial freedom, and to invest in social good and ethical initiatives that shape a better world. 

At Sezzle, we’re committed to putting purpose alongside profitability. We work hard to maintain rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency to build a better world. Employees at Sezzle lean into significant societal and cultural shifts, ensuring internal and external focus on positive impacts that benefit our community. 

What You Will Learn:

• How to work with existing merchant partners to drive additional growth.
• How to bring leads through a sales cycle and win contracts.
• How to create compelling content that will be shared with merchant partners, customers and the public.
• How to establish trust and master day-to-day management of client & partner relationships.
• Ad hoc project opportunities with cross-functional teams throughout the business.

What We Require:

• A degree or working toward a degree in Business, Marketing, Communication, or another related discipline.
• Minimum of 3.5 cumulative GPA.
• Able to work during the school year starting as soon as possible.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in Google Apps.
• Organized, with an ability to prioritize time-sensitive assignments.
• Creative, Detailed and Flexible.
• Strong acumen to effectively communicate in a corporate environment.

We will go the extra mile to make sure you receive a learning experience that you'll never forget. You will become extremely knowledgeable in sales, partnerships and client services best practices. You will also learn how to work in a professional environment and will be working side-by-side with company leadership.

Preferred Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience with Salesforce is a plus.
• Growth-minded and looking to turn challenges into opportunities.
• Fun and collaborative and enjoy working with a team.
• People-person who derives energy from meeting with others.
• Passionate about helping others.
• Adept at managing time.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome? 

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators; we are skilled musicians, yogis, cyclists, chefs, golfers, dog-lovers, and rock-climbers. We believe in surrounding ourselves with not only the best and the brightest individuals, but those that are unique and purpose-driven in all that they do. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire. 

Sezzle provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, familial status, veteran or military status, status regarding public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Sezzle recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting our mission.

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