Sales Support Intern

About Calamos

Calamos is a diversified, global asset and wealth management firm offering a wide range of innovative investment strategies. As one of the top liquid alternative asset managers in the world, Calamos maintains dedicated investment teams across all asset classes, with global research capabilities and access to specialized private and public markets. Calamos offers investment strategies and personal wealth management solutions through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS funds.

Clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations, and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them. Headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area (with offices in both Naperville and Fulton Market in Chicago), the firm also maintains offices in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, and the Miami area.

Summary of the Role

The Sales Support intern assists the members of the Sales team by providing administrative support and excellent project management skills.

Primary Responsibilities

* Data entry - projects, clean up, excel lists.

* Sales prospecting research.

* Creating literature packets.

* Sit ins with sales and client service team.

* Mock calls/presentations with sales management.

* Additional work dependent on sales initiatives/campaigns.

Preferred Qualifications

* Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or MBA program.

* Evidence of challenging curriculum and a minimum 3.0 GPA.

* Independent and original thinker.

* Strong level of integrity with an entrepreneurial spirit.

* Demonstrated interest within the investment management industry.

* Demonstrated interest/focus on sales/marketing is preferred.

* Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications - Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

For Illinois Applicants only: the expected hourly rate for this position is $22/hr.