Placement Development Intern (Fully Remote)

About Virtual Internships

We're on an ambitious and challenging mission to provide guaranteed internships to anyone, anytime, anywhere—no one else is doing this at our scale! Regardless of background, major, location, or career field, every student can gain invaluable experience at innovative companies worldwide, significantly enhancing their employability and career readiness. Trusted by universities, governments, foundations, and online education institutions, we’re transforming learners' lives globally.

• $14.3million Series A fundraise announced in September 2022, with investors including Hambro Perks, Sequoia India & Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, and Ascend Vietnam Ventures

• Ranked 20th out of 13,000 organizations to “Escape To in 2023”Featured as a Top 100 EdTech Startup by HolonIQ in 2021, 2022, and 2023

• Rated as a Top 50 Rising Startup by Tech in Asia in 2022

• Remote-firstwith 100+ employees across 20+ countries globally

• B2B EdTech product, trusted by 100+ universities, 10,000+ interns, and 14,000+ companies

One of the core values at VI is transparency. Therefore feel free to “try before you apply” by visiting our VI-P Guide, which includes our values, how we operate, how we build our packages, and a few other snippets of who we are!

Your Role

Join Virtual Internships as a Placement Development Associate (Paid Internship) - an entry-level, hands-on role designed to help you build real-world experience in sales, communication, and business development.

Your focus will be on speaking with companies by phone - either introducing Virtual Internships for the first time or following up with organizations that have already shown interest.

You’ll be supported with training, scripts, and coaching, and you’ll learn by doing - gaining practical experience that’s hard to get in a classroom. When interns can’t be matched with our existing partner companies, your work helps unlock new opportunities by bringing the right companies into our network.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Commission-based - You’re rewarded based on the work you do and the results you create. The more value you add, the more you earn.

• High Learning Curve - Perfect if you want hands-on experience in business development, persuasion, and professional communication within a fast-growing global startup.

• Meaningful Impact - Every company you bring on board creates new remote internship opportunities for students. Your work directly expands our placement capacity and helps more students launch their careers.

• Zero-Cost Value Proposition - You’re not selling a paid product. Instead, you’re offering companies a completely free way to host talented interns, making conversations more natural and easier to open.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Speaking with founders and managers through cold calls, introducing them to Virtual Internships for the first time

• Reconnecting with warm prospects who’ve already shown interest and help them take the next step

• Guide interested companies to a meeting or quick registration

• Keep your work organized and visible by logging calls and outcomes in our CRM

• Share what you’re hearing on calls to shape better scripts, messaging, and targeting

Who We're Looking For

Your Attributes

• Fluent English (spoken confidence matters more than certificates)

• Comfortable on the phone - you don’t avoid calls; you lean into them

• Curious, coachable, and open to feedback

• Resilient - you don’t take rejection personally

Your Experience

We’re open to candidates from a few different backgrounds - as long as you’re comfortable speaking to people on the phone!

• Graduates looking for their first sales role: No prior sales experience required- this is a great entry point if you want hands-on experience with cold/warm calling

• Students seeking practical experience: currently studying and available for at least 15 hours per week, with a strong interest in gaining your first experience in cold/warm calling.

Virtual Internships Perks and Benefits

• Remote-First:All roles at VI are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere

• Flexible Working Hours: Start earlier, leave earlier, take a shorter lunch, or leave later, it's totally up to you.

• Post Internship:Explore long-term opportunities internally, or get support with references, LinkedIn profile building to help with the next stages of your career journey.

Equality & Diversity

Virtual Internships is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. We ensure all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process.