[Full-time] Business Development internship, China at Origins China

What we’re looking for:

The business development position is someone who can think creatively and work on reaching out to many different potential clients through cold-calling and networking events and online research. They can spearhead a campaign and take ownership of their duties to find ways to secure marketing contracts or assist the team in hitting their sales target.

Business Development

Imagine you’re in Kindergarten and you’ve got the coolest toy in class and your job is to show it off.

Your day would kickstart with a bike ride to the office and grab a coffee. Next you find yourself in a coffeeshop or restaurant in Sanlitun meeting new people and excited by the product. By afternoon you’re at a bar in Gulou finding the next lead. Being around people is never hard and knowing what to say next just comes naturally.

You love playing with new technology and you use all the newest apps to keep in touch with other people, so you’re always connected.

Zen in a busy room. That’s me.

Skills & Qualities:
• Presentation and negotiation skills
• Cold calling and building relationships with business to sell packages and marketing plans
• Assist with research and strategic planning
• Understanding of Western & Chinese business practices and cultures
• Energy to succeed
• Humble

Language Requirements
• Fluent in English
• Conversational Chinese

Industry
Smart Technology, Consumer Goods

Company description:

HOW IT STARTED:
Liam, Swiss national and founder, was living in Beijing when his fiancée, Jess, decided to move from Canada so they could be together. Within a week Jess developed asthma, which she had experienced when she was a child but left behind twenty years ago. If they were going to continue to live in Beijing, something had to change.

The goal: to create a system that would provide a clean environment for truly healthy living, wherever you live.
Liam had high standards: if they were to keep living in China, the air in their apartment must be as clean as the air in his home in Switzerland. So, he has found the best filter technology from Switzerland and brought it to China with the confidence and knowledge that it will provide excellent air filtration for their home.

TODAY:
Liam and Jess realized that education and information are the only things that will help change people’s lifestyle. That is why right now, they are working on smart technologies for homes and business to help people manage their health and wellbeing.

PHILOSOPHY:
Open and available information and education are integral to improving the health and wellbeing. Working for a startup is a lot of fun and a lot of work. Each day is a new challenge and we thrive in it. You discover yourself and who you are in a fast paced exciting environment and life is better when you know your team will succeed because of the work you’ve done. Life is waiting for you to take it by the horns.

Please mail your CV and coverletter to: Info@origins-china.com