Business Development Intern

Company Description
The Economic Times is India’s leading business publication, covering the economy, markets, industries, companies, and business leaders across sectors. As a flagship Times Internet product, it combines trusted journalism with digital innovation to deliver timely insights and analysis to a wide professional audience.
The ET B2B team works across multiple industry verticals to create and manage industry-focused awards and recognition programmes that bring together leading organisations, professionals, and decision-makers from across the business ecosystem.
Role Description
The Awards & Business Development Intern will work closely with the ET B2B Awards team to support research, prospect identification, database development, and stakeholder outreach for industry-specific award programmes.
The role involves understanding different award properties, conducting market and industry research, identifying relevant companies and brands, mapping them to appropriate award categories, and identifying key decision-makers and points of contact within these organisations.
The intern will also support the team in building and maintaining category-wise databases, initiating communication with relevant stakeholders, following up with prospective participants, and maintaining accurate records of outreach and engagement. The role provides exposure to multiple industries, business research, B2B communication, event-led business development, and engagement with senior professionals.
This is a 6-month, full-time, on-site internship based in Noida, with a monthly stipend provided for the duration of the internship.
Key Responsibilities
Understand the concept, positioning, eligibility and categories of different ET B2B Awards.
Conduct market and industry research across sectors to identify relevant companies, brands, startups and industry leaders.
Build and maintain company databases mapped to relevant award categories and subcategories.
Research and identify relevant Points of Contact (POCs) and decision-makers within organisations.
Identify appropriate stakeholders such as Business Heads, Marketing Heads, HR Heads, CXOs, Corporate Communications and other relevant professionals.
Map organisations and professionals to the most relevant award categories.
Support lead generation and outreach through email, LinkedIn, telephone and other relevant channels.
Maintain accurate records of prospects, communication, follow-ups and engagement.
Coordinate with the internal Awards team on prospect movement and nomination-related activities.
Track industry developments, company announcements, leadership changes, new launches and other relevant information to identify potential participants.
Assist in preparing research reports, prospect lists, presentations and category-wise databases.
Support the team during pre-event and event-related activities wherever required.
Qualifications
Strong research and analytical skills with the ability to gather, validate and organise information.
Good verbal and written communication skills, with confidence in interacting with business professionals.
Ability to conduct market research and identify relevant companies, brands and industry stakeholders.
Comfortable with lead generation, prospect identification and structured follow-up.
Strong working knowledge of MS Excel or Google Sheets.
Good internet research and data-mining skills.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail while maintaining large databases.
Proactive approach with the ability to independently identify relevant companies and contacts.
Interest in business, industries, brands, media, events and the Indian corporate landscape.
Ability to work on-site in Noida and collaborate with internal teams.
Pursuing or recently completed a Graduate or Postgraduate degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Management, Communications or a related field.
Candidates who are comfortable with B2B outreach and communicating with senior professionals will be preferred.
Internship Details
Duration: 6 Months
Work Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Location: Noida
Stipend: Monthly stipend provided for the duration of the internship
Department: ET B2B – Awards & Community Recognition

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