The Business Development Representative (BDR) Internship is a unique opportunity for students or recent graduates to gain hands-on experience in sales development, lead generation, and go-to-market strategy. Interns will work closely with our Sales and Marketing teams to support inbound lead follow-up, outbound prospecting, account research, and event-based outreach. This role provides exposure to real-world sales processes, CRM systems, and customer engagement while helping drive meaningful impact for the business. Interns will engage in activities such as responding to inbound requests, researching target accounts, making outbound calls, and supporting marketing events and campaigns.

What You Will Own:

• Assist in handling and responding to inbound lead inquiries, helping qualify potential customers and routing high-potential leads to the sales team.
• Conduct account research to identify ideal customer profiles (ICP), gather firmographic insights, and prepare prospect lists for outreach.
• Support outbound prospecting efforts through cold calling, emailing, and social outreach under the guidance of our BDR team.
• Assist with pre-event preparation and post-event follow-up, including researching attendees, preparing outreach lists, and engaging leads generated from marketing events.
• Maintain accurate lead and activity data in our CRM, ensuring clear communication and visibility for the Sales and Marketing teams.
• Collaborate with sales leadership to refine messaging, identify target industries, and contribute to process improvements.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Currently pursuing a degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field (or recent graduate).
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently, stay organized, and manage multiple tasks.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and take initiative.
• Familiarity with CRM tools (HubSpot preferred) is a plus, but not required.
• Comfortable making outbound calls and speaking with business owners.
• Interest in sales development, marketing, or go-to-market strategy.

Pay Range:

Get to know Lendio:

Lendio is the nation’s leading small business financial solutions provider, with a mission to help small businesses survive and thrive. With its diverse network of lenders, Lendio enables small business owners to apply for multiple business financing options with a single application. In addition to creating access to small business capital, Lendio offers time-saving financial SaaS products that are designed to streamline business operations. 

Lendio is a mission-driven organization striving to provide equal access to capital to underserved communities and America’s smallest businesses. For every new marketplace loan Lendio facilitates, Lendio Gives—an employee-contribution and employer-matching fund, in partnership with KIVA–provides a microloan to low-income entrepreneurs around the world, continuously re-investing the fund. 

Lendio is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome anyone who wants to help small businesses survive and thrive and aligns with our core values, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.