Sales Placement Student, London, UK

12 month work placement as part of degree | Central London based (Old Street) | July 2026 start date | £27,500 per annum.
Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI.
Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.
Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Well if you join Box in the Customer Success team here a few things
Through ongoing training and experience, you will confidently able to hold a business conversations with a breadth of senior level B2B decision makers.
Get involved in projects that support the wider sales team.
Being based in a EMEA HQ, you will get to experience from the inside on how a high growth cloud SaaS technology company works.
What does a Sales Development Representative (SDR) actually do?
This is typically the entry point for anyone looking to begin a career in tech sales or business development. You will work closely with Account Executives who are closing the pipeline you generate.
As a Sales Development Representative, you are on the frontline as that very first touch point for a number of amazing businesses, from well known major companies, government departments and to a cool new FinTech AI start up.
You will have a target to reach in form of a quota and set meetings with senior level decision makers for our Account Executives. Qualify leads from various sources including website, marketing events, seminars and incoming calls, from initial contact to a qualified appointment with an Account Executive.
Involvement in account planning and mapping exercises with wider sales team.
Get involved in projects that support the wider sales team.
Manage accurate administration of our lead management system (Salesforce.Communication you build relationships through your strong phone / video presence and excellent written language capability.
You will be detail oriented by nature, learn from mistakes and able to prioritise effectively, ensuring quality on sometimes tight deadlines.
Commercial Acumen you are able to problem solve and creatively uncover new opportunities to fuel future sales pipeline.
Fluent German or French speaking is not required, though is a nice-to-have.
To be eligible you must be an undergraduate student in a placement year course returning to study Autumn 2027, you also will need to have the right to work in UK already in place.
If you are studying a subject related to Business, Management or Marketing, it would be a plus, however from experience you don’t need a specific degree background to be successful as a placement student in Box.
Box Benefits package includes pension, medical and dental coverage. We have a robust wellness program including 25 days of vacation (plus your birthday off) and subsidized gym membership. There is such a thing as a free lunch, you can order from a daily menu along with lots of snacks and drinks. EMEA HQ office is located in the impressive White Collar Factory on Old Street; Video Interview with a member of recruitment team
Video Interview with the hiring manager
Video Interview with another specialist from your potential team
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation.