Graduate Sales & Activation Internship - Food start-up - London

A healthy food start-up company making 100% natural yoghurt packed with essential vitamins and minerals. This is a 6 month internship - salary during the first 3 months is national minimum wage, this will then be reviewed. How can the intern expect to spend their day? You will join the team to help support the brand building strategy in terms of account development and activation. In this internship you will develop an excellent foundation in the fundamentals of building brands in trade using best-in-class methodologies used by some of the most successful consumer brands like Peroni. Tasks you can expect to learn about and undertake include: Learn how to create and execute a strategic plan to build the brand in-trade through key customers and through experiential activities.Daily activities will include working with the team to plan and execute market entry strategy, meeting and building relationships with key customers, developing ideas for consumer engagement, engaging consumers through both on and offline activities.Research, prepare and present market analysis of both the food industry and competitor analysis.This is a start-up company and as such there will always be ad hoc tasks which arise from time to time. The ideal intern's personality and qualifications are: The ideal candidate for this position is a recent graduate interested in either start-ups or food and beverage based companies, the candidate should also be looking to develop commercial experience. Desired skills, experience and personality: Educated to degree level.A desire to learn and develop new skills.An entrepreneurial spirit is important to anyone looking to join a start-up company.A strong communicator able to work within a small team environment.A clear and concise writing style.Someone open to learning lots of new skills in a short space of time.Any prior business or sales experience would be a bonus. What are the perks of interning at this company? Lots of free yogurt!Very creative, young, fun small team.Get involved from the beginning and be one of the first hires.Experience some amazing business growth opportunities.Best in class commercial / brand building education.Assuming all goes well, opportunity to stay on and quickly progress through different experiences.