Partner Sales Placement Student, London, UK

Box; City Of London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud content management company in London is seeking an enthusiastic Partner Sales Placement student for a 12-month placement. You will support the sales team by helping to structure deals and develop revenue-generation strategies, all while gaining valuable experience in a dynamic cloud SaaS environment. The ideal candidate is an undergraduate in a related field and possesses strong communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary of £27,500 per annum and a variety of benefits, including vacation days and a wellness program.

Benefits

Pension

Medical and dental coverage

Wellness program

25 days of vacation

Subsidized gym membership

Free lunch and snacks

Qualifications

• Strong phone/video presence and excellent written language capability.
• Resilient and demonstrates a 'can do' attitude.
• Detail oriented and able to prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Act as a bridge between the Sales team and partners.
• Collaborate with partners to generate leads.
• Assist sales representatives in accelerating business growth.

Skills

Communication

Drive

Attention to detail

Commercial Acumen

French or German language skills

Education

Undergraduate student in a placement year course

Job description

London

12 month work placement as part of degree | Central London based (Old Street) | July 2026 start date | £27,500 per annum.

WHAT IS BOX?

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day: contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Imagine you have just completed your 12 month placement, what have you achieved? Well if you join Box as a Partner Sales Placement student here a few things:

• Through ongoing training and experience, you will confidently be able to hold a business conversations with a breadth of senior level B2B decision makers.
• Deep understanding of the SMB function as you work very closely everyday with them.
• Being based in a EMEA HQ, you will get to experience from the inside on how a high growth cloud SaaS technology company works.
• Had a lot of fun along the way! #lifeatbox

What does a Partner Sales Placement Student actually do?

Our EMEA Box Partner Sales team fosters innovation and collaborates with both partners and the direct Go To Market teams to achieve significant market share and field success. Their main goal is to close more and bigger deals.

You will be helping the team with deal structuring, negotiation and closure, developing high-value use cases and helping to drive revenue generation. Additionally, you will contribute to the development of Box’s revenue growth plan aligned with regional and global strategies.

Some of our partners include: Salesforce, Slack, IBM, Cap gemini, CDW and many more

What does that mean day to day?

• Act as a bridge between the Sales team and partners
• Collaborate with partners to generate leads and enhance sales efforts
• Coordinate marketing lead generation activities, including attending events with partners
• Conduct visits to partner offices for follow-ups, planning, territory account reviews, and lead generation sessions
• Assist sales representatives in finding ways to accelerate business growth and increase revenue
• Maintain a balance between partner collaboration and direct sales within Box

What is Box looking for?

• Communication – you build relationships through your strong phone/video presence and excellent written language capability.
• Drive – demonstrates a level of resilience to overcome objections and have a “can do” attitude to delivering personal goals.
• Attention to detail – everybody makes mistakes, even the most detail oriented employee. You will be detail oriented by nature, learn from mistakes and able to prioritise effectively ensuring quality on sometimes tight deadlines.
• Commercial Acumen – you are able to problem solve and creatively uncover new opportunities to fuel future sales pipeline.
• Either French or German language skills are a plus but not essential.

To be eligible you must be an undergraduate student in a placement year course returning to study Autumn 2027, you also will need to have the right to work in UK already in place.

If you are studying something Business, Management or Marketing related it would be a plus, however from experience you don’t need a specific degree background to be successful as a placement student in box.

Benefits

Box Benefits package includes pension, medical and dental coverage. We have a robust wellness program including 25 days of vacation (plus your birthday off!) and subsidized gym membership. There is such a thing as a free lunch, you can order from a daily menu along with lots of snacks and drinks. EMEA HQ office is located in the impressive White Collar Factory on Old Street; www.whitecollarfactory.com and other European offices in Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, and Warsaw.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation.

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