Sales Intern

Job Type: Part-Time, In-Office (Chicago).
Compensation: $20/hour

Bottle Rocket Media is a Chicago-based digital agency specializing in video production, motion graphics, video marketing, and SEO/AI Search strategy. We partner with brands and businesses, from startups to large corporations and creative agencies, to create impactful content that resonates with audiences and drives results.

We're looking for someone who is sharp, organized, and a great writer to join our sales team as a Sales Intern. Our strategy and campaign frameworks are already built. We need someone to help us execute them: polish outreach copy, build email drafts, keep our CRM clean, and coordinate with our marketing team to get campaign assets out the door.

This is a hands-on role for someone early in their career seeking real-world experience in B2B sales and marketing at a creative agency. You'll work on live campaigns targeting real prospects, so your writing and attention to detail matter from day one. You won't be fetching coffee; you'll be shaping the words that go in front of clients.

While there will always be on-the-job training, we cannot teach someone to be positive, kind, self-motivated, hard-working, enthusiastic, fun, and organized. If you have these skills and you can write a clean, persuasive email, read on.

This is a hybrid position, both remote and in our Chicago office. We believe this role learns fastest by being in the room with the team, so we're looking for someone local who can be on-site. Hours are flexible and can be worked around a school schedule.

• Polish, proofread, and tighten outreach copy, prospecting emails, Linked In messages, and follow-up sequences, so every piece matches our brand voice and is error-free before it ships
• Build and format email drafts in our CRM tools (Hub Spot) from approved campaign sequences, ready for review and send
• Maintain prospect lists and keep our CRM up to date, logging and keeping contacts, statuses, and outreach activity current
• Coordinate with the marketing team to execute campaign support pieces: one-pagers, social posts, and other collateral tied to active campaigns
• Track outreach cadences and campaign calendars, and flag what's due so nothing slips
• Research and help verify prospect and contact information to keep our targeting accurate
• Assist with light reporting, pulling together outreach and campaign performance so we can see what's working
• Use AI and team AI Agents across a variety of tasks

• Excellent written communication — you can take a rough draft and make it sharp, clear, and persuasive
• Meticulous attention to detail.
  
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• Highly organized and self-disciplined, with a strong ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines
• Technological curiosity and comfort learning new tools quickly (Google Workspace, ideally some exposure to CRM software like Hub Spot, and Claude AI)
• A proactive, self-starter approach — you don't wait to be told twice
• A genuine interest in sales, marketing, storytelling, and creative problem-solving
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, English, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Paid hourly compensation with a flexible, school-friendly schedule
• Real, resume-building experience on live B2B sales and marketing campaigns
• Mentorship and a direct line to how a creative agency wins and keeps clients
• A collaborative, innovative, and creative team culture that values your contributions
• A potential path to a full-time Sales Associate role for the right person

In 100 words or less, tell us about yourself, who you are, what you're into outside of school or work, and what you're hoping to get out of this role. Write it the way you'd actually talk to someone, not like a cover letter or what you think business people talk like. End with a line asking to connect and talk more.