Business Development Intern

About the role

Growthpad Consulting Group is looking for a Business Development Intern to support evidence‑led growth across its consulting, digital, technology and impact storytelling services. The intern will research priority accounts, prepare outreach, maintain the pipeline and help turn qualified interest into meetings and proposals. This is a supervised learning role with clear weekly outputs.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain target‑account lists, verify contacts, record source and fit rationale, and keep CRM records deduplicated and current.
• Prepare outreach drafts, meeting briefs and proposal inputs; log responses and follow‑ups.
• Support weekly targets for qualified accounts, personalized outreach, positive replies, discovery meetings and progression to proposals.
• Coordinate clean handoffs of won work to the business development lead, including scope, promises and next steps.
• Update the CRM promptly after every material interaction and submit a concise Friday activity report.

Required profile

• A degree or ongoing study in business, marketing, communications, public relations, technology or a related field.
• Strong ability to research organisations, write concise personalised messages and handle information accurately.
• Clear writing, confident speaking and ability to summarise prospect needs.
• Reliable collaboration with growth, delivery, creative, technology and finance teams.

Required skills

• Proficient use of spreadsheets and presentation software.
• Experience with email, research tools and a CRM system.
• Willingness to learn Asana and other reporting tools.

What we offer

• Paid internship with commissions as an additional benefit.
• Supervised experience with documented performance feedback and commercial skills development.
• Exposure to live B2B opportunities and cross‑functional client work.
• Coaching from the growth team and specialists in strategy, content, technology and delivery.