Business Development Intern

We are looking for a Web content writer whose role will be to create compelling blog posts, copywriting, product descriptions, social media content and web copy. We’re looking for someone who will help us expand our digital footprint and drive more value through online content. The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of producing pieces that increase engagement and drive traffic. This position requires a high level of creativity, as well as the ability to use data-driven insights to write better material. The successful candidate should also be detail-oriented and committed to meeting tight deadlines. Preference will be given to those with a strong writing portfolio, bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

•Conducting in-depth research on industry-related topics in order to develop original content.

•Developing SEO optimized content for blogs, articles, product descriptions, social media, and the company website.

•Assisting the marketing team in developing content for advertising campaigns.

•Editing and polishing existing content to improve readability.

•Conducting keyword research and using SEO best practices to increase traffic to the company website.

•Creating compelling headlines and body copy that will capture the attention of the target audience.

•Identifying customers’ needs and recommending new content to address gaps in the company's current content

Skills & Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, English, journalism, or related field.

•Proven content writing or copywriting experience.

•Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.

•Knowledge of digital marketing tactics, including SEO and email marketing is an advantage.

•A portfolio of published articles.

•Excellent writing and editing skills.

•The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

•The ability to handle multiple projects concurrently.

•Effective communication skills

Job Type:

•Full-time office based

Salary:

•₹2,00,000.00 - ₹3,00,000.00 per year

Schedule:

•Day shift

Education:

•Bachelor's (Preferred)

Key Responsibilities

Pipeline Building & Prospecting

Identify, qualify, and maintain a healthy list of potential accounts in our key sectors

Outreach Strategy

Build and execute BD funnels - targeted outreach, messaging, follow-ups

Content & Communication

Craft thoughtful, relevant messaging for outreach and LinkedIn/email campaigns

Market & Account Research

Stay updated with hiring trends, leadership movements, and trigger events using job

boards, consulting groups, newsletters, etc.

Relationship Building

Cultivate early-stage relationships, and gradually grow into leading conversations with

senior stakeholders

Consultative Discovery

Be a great listener - identify pain points and potential opportunities within target accounts

Collaboration with Founders

Work directly with leadership to co-develop strategy, iterate on what’s working, and

evolve positioning 

🌟 About the Role:

As a BD Associate – Lead Generation & Academic Counselling, you’ll play a key role in:

🔸 Driving lead generation strategies

🔹 Guiding students on the right academic & career paths

🔸 Promoting KnowledgeChakra’s innovative learning solutions

🔹 Building strong student relationships and growing our learner base

🔸 Maintaining outreach & performance data

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. Majority of Indians won't be able to afford a health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack, and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from a group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees a hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

Having found exceptional product/market fit, we’re in the midst of transitioning from 'start-up' to ‘scale-up’, and looking for frontend engineers in React to help us scale Plum.

You will have a direct impact on the customer experience through the design and implementation of new features and functionalities in our product. You'll work as part of a small but rapidly growing high-energy team delivering incredible, creative improvements to our product. You'll be in charge of reviewing the implementation of applications following code standards and style guides.

• Push things over the line, ship awesome features, and delight customers
• Spec, build, test, and deliver new features while improving the performance and quality of the product.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code Solve complex CSS, HTML, and User Interface compatibility issues across browsers.
• Implement front-end development workflows: build systems, dependency management, quality checkers (linting), etc.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building web applications with React or similar framework.
• Understanding of chakra is a plus, not mandatory. 
• Comfortable with Responsive Web Development and with a strong product design sensibilities and has an obsessive attention to detail.
• Write testable, maintainable code that's easy to understand.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.
• Having experience with building and maintaining an open source project or design library is a plus.

Job Description

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality
• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
• Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working website.
• Collaborate with the frontend team, and enable connectors with WordPress REST API and other tech platforms

Requirements

Relevant experience

• 2-4 years’ experience in authoring and developing for CMS’s including but not limited to WordPress

Required qualification

• University degree or equivalent diploma in technology and computer science.

Essential skills

• Good Overall knowledge of PHP
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
• Knowing the nuances of WordPress Themes – Installation and Configuration
• Knowing the nuances of WordPress Plugins with good coverage of which plugin is best suited for a particular requirement, and confidence to research plugins as well
• Knowledge of WP Caching, WP Query Object and WP Database Structure
• Knowledge of Knowledge of WordPress Scalability
• Knowing the nuances of WordPress editor with good coverage of which editor is best suited for a particular requirement, and confidence to research plugins as well
• Hands On Experience with Gutenberg Editor and Blocks
• Awareness of the WP Library, and Architectural Concepts is a must
• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working Wordpress pages
• Willingness to quickly learn new frameworks, changing theme market with ready updates on not just WordPress, but also PHP.

Nice to Have

• It would be good to have exposure to multiple CMSs like Shopify, Magento
• It would be good to have the ability to develop WordPress Plugins and Themes From scratch
• Experience on at least one PHP Framework (CodeIgniter, Laravel, YII)
• Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
• Knowledge of WordPress REST API
• Knowledge of WooCommerce

Benefits

• Unlimited learning and growth opportunities 
• A collaborative and cheerful work environment 
• Exceptional reward and recognition policy  
• Outstanding compensation  
• Flexible work hours  
• Opportunity to make an impact as your work will directly contribute to our business strategy
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At Nickelfox, you have a chance to craft a career path as unique as you are and become the best version of YOU. You will be part of a team with a ‘no limits’ mindset in an inclusive, people-focused culture. And we’re counting on your unique perspective to help Nickelfox grow even faster.  

Are you passionate about tech? Dedicated to learning? Come, join us to build an extraordinary experience for yourself and a dignified working world for all. 

What makes Nickelfox a great place for you?

In Nickelfox, you’ll join a team whose passion for technology and understanding of business has driven the company to serve clients across 25+ countries in just five years. We partner with our customers to fuel their growth story and enable them to make the right decisions with our customized technology services and insights. All in all, we are passionate to see our customers win the day. This is the reason 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.  

Our mission is to provide dignified employment and an environment that recognizes the uniqueness of every individual and values their expertise, and contribution. We have a culture that encourages everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. Our people enjoy a collaborative work environment with exceptional training and career development. If you like working with a curious, youthful, high-performing team, Nickelfox is the place for you.

This person MUST have:

• B.E Computer Science or equivalent.
• Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the Android market with experience in Android development. 
• In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Kotlin 
• Strong knowledge of how to work with RESTful APIs 
• Strong Familiarity with OOP design principles 
• Integrate with our backend web services to deliver better and faster user experience 
• Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.) 
• Ability to performance tune and scale applications 
• Agile development experience 
• Experience working at a software product company is a major plus  
• Passion to learn and develop new skills continuously 
• Strong sense of ownership in every application they build 
• Working with highly collaborative and dynamic team environments 

Experience:

• Min 3 year experience
• Startup experience is a must.
   

Location:

• Remotely, anywhere in India

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.