$20K - 30K a year
Reach out to retail prospects, send outreach messages, qualify leads, maintain CRM pipeline, and experiment with AI tools for outreach.
Must be a student or recent graduate motivated to learn sales, comfortable with repetitive outreach, clear communicator, and excited about startups and creative culture.
Want to break into startups, sales, and creative business? Apply is a consumer brand & creative studio all about personalization & self-expression. We make the best stickers & patches on Earth, designed in-house & in collaboration with iconic artists (ex: Warhol); musicians (ex: The Beatles); and characters (ex: Snoopy). We primarily sell our products via stores that consumers know & love — museums (ex: MoMA); outdoors stores (ex: REI); art supplies stores (ex: Blick); bookstores (ex: Barnes & Noble College); and hundreds of tasteful independent retailers all over the world. We’re backed by a group of world class angel investors, including Scott Belsky (Partner at A24 & ex-Chief Product Officer at Adobe); Jen Rubio (founder & ex-CEO of Away Travel); Michael Lynton (Chairman of Snap); and more. This is where you come in: We’re scaling fast & looking for a Sales Development Intern to join our team. This is a part-time, entry-level role — perfect for a student or recent grad — where you’ll learn how to grow a creative business, reporting to & getting mentored by our founder/CEO, Spencer Lazar (an ex-VC at General Catalyst & serial entrepreneur). What you’ll do: • Reach out to small & medium retail prospects, sourced initially by our broader sales team • Send clear, authentic messages to spark conversations (templates & training provided) • Qualify interested leads & smoothly hand them off to our Partnerships team to close • Keep our pipeline organized & humming in Hubspot (our CRM) • Experiment with AI tools (like ChatGPT) to make outreach faster & smarter What you’ll gain: • Direct mentorship — learn how to build an early sales engine in startups from our CEO & Partnerships Lead • Startup exposure — see what it takes to scale a creative brand with proven product-market fit • Career springboard — build skills in sales, account management, and business development that apply anywhere • Path to grow — high performers will have the chance to take on more ownership & accounts • Foundational Relationships - develop a network within & beyond Apply that will serve you for decades in your career Who you are: • A student (UChicago, Northwestern, DePaul, Loyola, UIC, IIT, or nearby) or recent grad • Hungry to learn sales & business development — no experience required • Comfortable with repetitive outreach work & understand why it matters • Motivated by our creative mission, but excited to exceed key performance metrics • Excited by startups, creative culture, and finding new ways to work smarter with AI • Clear, friendly communicator who writes great short messages How to Apply: Email us at jobs@applystickers.com with: • A note (250 words max) describing who you are; your career goals; why this role excites you; and anything that helps us get to know you. • A PDF of your resume • A short (<2 min) video describing a retailer that you think would be a great fit for our products & why. Please use a simple service like Loom.
This job posting was last updated on 9/9/2025