Founder's Associate (Placement Student 12 Months from June 2026)

theInterna; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Four-day work week

Direct mentorship from leadership team

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

A dynamic startup based in Shoreditch seeks a Founder's Associate Placement Student to contribute to sales and account management initiatives. This role involves managing efficient workflows and ensuring high-quality lead management, while closely collaborating with the Founder and leadership team. Candidates should be well-organized, detail-oriented, and eager to learn about growth strategies. It offers mentorship and the opportunity to gain experience in a fast-paced startup environment during a unique 12-month placement.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience in fast-paced environments such as startups or agencies.
• Some exposure to marketing, sales, or operations is preferred.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Organise sales and marketing workflows systematically.
• Ensure the Founder is well-prepared for meetings.
• Maintain a clean and actionable CRM and pipeline.

Skills

Highly organised

Excellent attention to detail

Comfortable with CRM tools

GTM understanding

Proactive mindset

Tools

Monday.com

Notion

Google Suite

Job description

Founder's Associate (Placement Student 12 Months from June 2026)

Location: London, UK (Shoreditch)

Schedule: Full-time (36 hours/week — 4 day work week Mon‑Thurs)

• Mon/Wed/Thurs: In office | Tues: Remote | Fri: Off

This internship offers a unique opportunity for candidates to gain hands‑on experience in sales and account management. The intern will work directly with a growing sales team, contributing to lead generation, account management, and podcast‑driven growth strategies. This is a chance to shape the future of the sales process, learn from industry experts, and play an active role in a variety of sales and marketing activities.

The Role

This is a high‑exposure execution role where you’ll act as the Founder’s force multiplier — with a special focus on the following areas:

• Marketing Operations
• Executive Function (C‑Suite Enablement)

You’ll sit at the heart of our GTM engine, helping build and run the systems that will take us to £1M ARR in 2026. This role is perfect for someone who wants to learn GTM, agency operations, sales, and strategy by working directly with the Founder, Managing Director (MD), and Chief of Staff (CoS).

You will ensure that:

• Sales + Marketing workflows are organised, clear, and consistently followed.
• The Founder arrives to every external meeting prepped, and leaves every meeting with structured follow‑ups.
• Outreach, nurturing, and pipeline hygiene are maintained.
• Marketing assets and content get created, organised, and operationalised.
• No lead, insight, or next step is ever lost.
• Founder time is spent on high‑value work, not admin or friction tasks.

If you struggle with detail, follow‑through, or organisation, this probably isn’t the role for you. The expectation is that you’ll organise yourself brilliantly as you manage and tweak an executive operating system that maximises our Founder’s hard work.

If you want to spend all day “thinking strategy” without ever updating a CRM, drafting an email follow‑up, or turning voice notes into usable documents, you’ll find this frustrating.

If you’re not willing to ask questions upfront, chase people for clarity, and then make an informed decision to move things forward, this role won’t be a good fit. If you’re not ready to take ownership for keeping the Founder and leadership team aligned, this will feel overwhelming.

If you want something “chill” where your work doesn’t really move the needle and you’re not accountable for showing your work and presenting results regularly, this isn’t it.

If you love being the person who makes everything run smoothly, you’ll thrive here.

If you enjoy turning chaos into clean systems, big ideas into actionable plans, and messy conversations into crisp notes and next steps — you’ll be in your element.

If you’ve been looking for a role where you can learn cutting‑edge strategy and execution in sales, marketing, growth strategy, and operations directly from a Founder and senior leadership team, this is that role.

You’ll see the immediate impact of your work in:

• Pipeline quality (i.e. more qualified leads, higher conversion rates)
• Revenue growth
• Founder capacity
• Overall health of our GTM engine

Your Q1 Mission

Support the Founder and leadership team to build and activate a fully operational, high‑value revenue engine capable of delivering £1M ARR in 2026.

You’ll Play a Key Role In

• Building and maintaining a clean, accurate, and actionable CRM + pipeline
• Implementing a reverse‑engineered funnel with weekly/monthly revenue targets
• Supporting a consistent weekly sales sprint system
• Helping rebuild inbound + outbound GTM motions, including:
• Partnerships
• Founder‑led brand building
• Strategic content (including PR & Thought Leadership)
• Website + SEO hygiene
• Podcast as a GTM channel
• Co‑owning the day‑to‑day GTM ops once you’re fully ramped

This Q1 Rock is complete when:

• The pipeline is clean, reverse funnel is implemented, weekly sales rhythm is active
• Q1 pipeline targets (~£75–85K qualified pipeline) are achieved
• You are fully trained and effectively owning the pipeline and supporting ops

Key Activity Targets

• ~25–30 outbound touches/week (FA‑led)
• ~3–4 discovery calls/week (Founder‑led, supported by you)
• Weekly EOW GTM summary + BI snapshot delivered on Thursdays
• Q1 pipeline creation: ~£80–100K qualified pipeline (with leadership)

What You’ll Bring

Skills & Mindset

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Obsessed with clarity and follow‑through (you hate letting things drop)
• Comfortable with tools like CRMs (e.g. Monday.com), Notion, and Google Suite
• Able to learn quickly about GTM, sales, and marketing systems
• Confident taking messy inputs and turning them into neat outputs

Experience

• 0–3 years of experience in a fast‑paced environment (agency, startup, operations, sales support, or similar)
• Some exposure to marketing, sales, or operations (internships/placements count)
• Experience with note‑taking, summarising, or supporting senior stakeholders is a plus
• “See the whole board” curiosity — you like understanding how everything connects
• Interest in marketing, sales, operations, and tech startups
• Comfortable in high‑velocity environments where things change quickly
• Calm under pressure, solution‑focused, and proactive

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Monday.com or similar CRMs
• Experience producing or supporting podcasts / content production
• Basic understanding of SEO, email marketing, or demand generation
• Experience supporting BD, partnerships, or founder‑led sales
• Prior exposure to ClimateTech, HRTech, HealthTech, FinTech, EdTech, InsurTech, or AI sectors

Values

• Always Learning – Curious, improvement‑oriented, and hungry for feedback.
• Consistently Accountable – You deliver, take ownership, and don’t let things drop.
• Professionally Playful – You bring good energy, creativity, and calm to the work.
• Brave‑Haired – You’re honest, open, and willing to speak up and take responsibility.

What You’ll Get

• A front‑row seat to how a founder and leadership team run a GTM engine
• Direct mentorship from the Founder, MD, and CoS
• A 4‑day work week (Mon–Thu) focused on high‑quality work, not burnout
• Exposure to sales, marketing, strategy, operations, and leadership
• A chance to grow into a more senior operations, growth, or chief‑of‑staff‑style role over time
• London office (Shoreditch area) with an in‑person, collaborative team culture
• Competitive salary, aligned with early‑career London roles and your experience
• Potential for performance‑based bonuses tied to pipeline quality and GTM outcomes
• Clear progression pathways as the company grows