Sales Placement Student, London, UK

Box; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading content management company based in Central London is offering a 12 month work placement for a Sales Development Representative. This role is ideal for undergraduate students looking to start a career in tech sales. Responsibilities include qualifying leads, building relationships, and supporting the sales team. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills and a drive for success. The position offers valuable experience in a high growth cloud SaaS environment and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Pension

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

25 days vacation

Subsidised gym membership

Free lunch provided

Qualifications

• Must be an undergraduate student with the right to work in the UK.
• A background in Business, Management or Marketing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Qualify leads and set appointments for Account Executives.
• Identify up-sell opportunities.
• Build relationships with prospects to understand their goals.
• Manage lead management system accurately.

Skills

Strong phone/video presence

Excellent written communication

Resilience and drive

Attention to detail

Commercial acumen

Fluent in German or French (nice-to-have)

Education

Undergraduate student in placement year course

Related to Business, Management or Marketing

Tools

Salesforce.com

Job description

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

About 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 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 with Box, what have you achieved? Well if you join Box in the Customer Success team here a few things:

Through ongoing training and experience, you will confidently be able to hold business conversations with a breadth of senior level B2B decision makers.

Deep understanding of the Marketing function as you work very closely everyday with the Marketing team.

Get involved in projects that support the wider sales team.

Being based in a EMEA HQ, you will experience from the inside how a high growth cloud SaaS technology company works.

Had a lot of fun along the way! #lifeatbox

Sales Development Representative Role

What does a Sales Development Representative (SDR) actually do? This is typically the entry point for anyone looking to begin a career in tech sales or business development. You will work closely with Account Executives who are closing the pipeline you generate.

It is often said you only have one chance to create a first impression. As a Sales Development Representative, you are on the frontline as that very first touch point for a number of amazing businesses, from well known major companies, government departments and to a cool new FinTech AI start up.

You will have a target to reach in form of a quota and set meetings with senior level decision makers for our Account Executives. Your opportunity to win business and create impact over your 12 months with us is real.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

Qualify leads from various sources including website, marketing events, seminars and incoming calls, from initial contact to a qualified appointment with an Account Executive.

Find up‑sell opportunities.

Involvement in account planning and mapping exercises with wider sales team.

Get involved in projects that support the wider sales team.

Build key relationships with prospects to gain a deep understanding of company and prospects goals to enable expansion of Box technology and solutions across the enterprise.

Undertake campaigns with Marketing around specific business propositions and market awareness.

Manage accurate administration of our lead management system (Salesforce.com).

What Box Looks 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 has a “can do” attitude to delivering personal goals.

Attention to detail: Everybody makes mistakes, even the most detail oriented employee, and that is what makes us grow. You will be detail oriented by nature, learn from mistakes and be 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.

Fluent German or French speaking is not required, though is a nice‑to‑have.

Eligibility and Application

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 a subject related to Business, Management or Marketing, 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 subsidised 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.

Interview Process

• Video Interview with a member of recruitment team
• Video Interview with the hiring manager
• Video Interview with another specialist from your potential team

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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