What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Sales Internship position at EF Education First?
Job Description
In-Person Internship
Start Date: June 3, 2025
End Date: End of August 2025 *Dependent on back to school date
Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
The Opportunity
As a member of our high-energy, collaborative, and competitive sales team, you will play an essential role in supporting and growing our repeat business while simultaneously identifying opportunities to improve the customer experience. Your daily activities will entail making outbound sales calls to travelers who have recently returned home from tour or who have previously traveled with us to regenerate interest and assist them in booking their next trip. You will be balancing outbounds to these leads, scheduled calls, and contacting past travelers who have reconnected with us through the website or marketing efforts.
No Sales experience? No problem. Our Sales Internship is designed to give you exposure to business development and our sales process and teach you about our amazing product: travel! Our goal is to create strong salespeople and instill lasting skills that you can carry with you throughout your career. This program is a great way to build your career with a global leader in the industry.
Interns who exceed sales goals and find success throughout their internship will be considered for the full-time Travel Sales Consultant role with our future start groups.
Responsibilities
This is the most fun, high caliber place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing: it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.
About EF Go Ahead Tours
At EF Go Ahead Tours we believe in the power of travel to widen your eyes, broaden your mind and see the world and yourself in entirely new ways. For over 30 years we’ve guided travelers - from young professionals to retirees, solo travelers to entire families, on carefully crafted journeys. To us, each experience is an opportunity to not just create unforgettable moments, but to inspire greater understanding between people and cultures. Every day our global team comes to work hoping to help as many people as possible share in those experiences.
About EF Education First
Some companies are in the Business of Technology.
Others are in the Business of Finance….Sports…Or Soft Drinks.
At EF, we're in a different kind of Business.
One that's a little less tangible, and a lot more important.
Because our Business, what we make, makes everything else possible.
We're in the Business of Understanding.
Between people. Between cultures.
For over half a century we’ve been the leader in international educational programs and experiences designed to foster such understanding. Through Language, Cultural Exchange, Academic Studies, and Educational Travel, we create the kinds of immersive experiences that challenge biases, open minds, and pave the way for a more understanding world.
You’ll find our 115 offices located in some of the world’s greatest cities, and filled with smart, driven people who push each other to be better every day. And yes, we have technology, we have finance, we even have sports with our own professional cycling team. But it’s what we do with it – Building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world…that makes all the difference.
In-Person Internship
Start Date: June 3, 2025
End Date: End of August 2025 *Dependent on back to school date
Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis till this date
- For consideration, applicants must live/relocate to the state of Massachusetts or within commutable distance to our Cambridge, MA office. This role is hybrid and must be on-site 3 days per week (including Tuesdays and Thursdays) and 2 days remote.
The Opportunity
As a member of our high-energy, collaborative, and competitive sales team, you will play an essential role in supporting and growing our repeat business while simultaneously identifying opportunities to improve the customer experience. Your daily activities will entail making outbound sales calls to travelers who have recently returned home from tour or who have previously traveled with us to regenerate interest and assist them in booking their next trip. You will be balancing outbounds to these leads, scheduled calls, and contacting past travelers who have reconnected with us through the website or marketing efforts.
No Sales experience? No problem. Our Sales Internship is designed to give you exposure to business development and our sales process and teach you about our amazing product: travel! Our goal is to create strong salespeople and instill lasting skills that you can carry with you throughout your career. This program is a great way to build your career with a global leader in the industry.
Interns who exceed sales goals and find success throughout their internship will be considered for the full-time Travel Sales Consultant role with our future start groups.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage your book of business while simultaneously bringing in new business
- Maintain and practice high outreach including follow-up phone conversations (averaging 65 calls per day)
- Utilize consultative and relationship-building selling techniques to prospect and reinitiate product interest
- Control and pivot calls from past travel experiences to new sales opportunities
- Balance outbound, inbound and scheduled calls daily
- Consistently achieve or exceed sales goals
- Strong verbal communication skills (must be able to connect with a diverse range of individuals via telephone)
- Intrinsically motivated to hit goals
- Demonstrates personal accountability, self-awareness and student mentality
- Adept in problem-solving skills
- Ability to independently plan, organize and prioritize work while collaborating with a team
- Ideal Target Year: Juniors going into Senior Year
- $18/ hour
- 40 hours per week
This is the most fun, high caliber place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing: it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.
About EF Go Ahead Tours
At EF Go Ahead Tours we believe in the power of travel to widen your eyes, broaden your mind and see the world and yourself in entirely new ways. For over 30 years we’ve guided travelers - from young professionals to retirees, solo travelers to entire families, on carefully crafted journeys. To us, each experience is an opportunity to not just create unforgettable moments, but to inspire greater understanding between people and cultures. Every day our global team comes to work hoping to help as many people as possible share in those experiences.
About EF Education First
Some companies are in the Business of Technology.
Others are in the Business of Finance….Sports…Or Soft Drinks.
At EF, we're in a different kind of Business.
One that's a little less tangible, and a lot more important.
Because our Business, what we make, makes everything else possible.
We're in the Business of Understanding.
Between people. Between cultures.
For over half a century we’ve been the leader in international educational programs and experiences designed to foster such understanding. Through Language, Cultural Exchange, Academic Studies, and Educational Travel, we create the kinds of immersive experiences that challenge biases, open minds, and pave the way for a more understanding world.
You’ll find our 115 offices located in some of the world’s greatest cities, and filled with smart, driven people who push each other to be better every day. And yes, we have technology, we have finance, we even have sports with our own professional cycling team. But it’s what we do with it – Building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world…that makes all the difference.
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