Partner 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. 

WHAT IS BOX?

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.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. 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.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Imagine you have just completed your 12 month placement, what have you achieved? Well if you join Box as a Partner Sales Placement student here a few things:

• Make a similar business impact as our previous cohorts of placement students: hear from our previous placement students

• Through ongoing training and experience, you will confidently able to hold a business conversations  with a breadth of senior level B2B decision makers.

• Deep understanding of the SMB function as you work very closely everyday with them.

• Being based in a EMEA HQ,  you will get to experience from the inside on how a high growth cloud SaaS technology company works.

• Had a lot of fun along the way #lifeatbox

What does a Partner Sales Placement Student actually do?

Our EMEA Box Partner Sales team fosters innovation and collaborates with both partners and the direct Go To Market teams to achieve significant market share and field success. Their main goal is to close more and bigger deals.

You will be helping the team with deal structuring, negotiation and closure, developing high-value use cases and helping to drive revenue generation. Additionally, you will contribute to the development of Box's revenue growth plan aligned with regional and global strategies.

Some of our partners include: Salesforce, Slack, IBM, Cap gemini, CDW and many more

 What does that mean day to day?

• Act as a bridge between the Sales team and partners

• Collaborate with partners to generate leads and enhance sales efforts

• Coordinate marketing lead generation activities, including attending events with partners

• Conduct visits to partner offices for follow-ups, planning, territory account reviews, and lead generation sessions

• Assist sales representatives in finding ways to accelerate business growth and increase revenue

• Maintain a balance between partner collaboration and direct sales within Box

What is Box looking for? 

Communication -  you build relationships through your strong phone / video presence and excellent written language capability.

Drive – demonstrates a level of resilience to overcome objections and have a "can do" attitude to delivering personal goals. 

Attention to detail: Everybody makes mistakes, even the most detail oriented employee. 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.

Either French or German language skills are a plus but not essential

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 something Business, Management or Marketing related 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. 

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BENEFITS

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; and other European offices in Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, and Warsaw.

How do I apply? 

1. Submit CV 

2. Video Interview with a member of recruitment team

3. Video Interview with the hiring manager

4. Video Interview with another specialist from your potential team

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

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.

For details on how we protect your information when you apply, please see our Personnel Privacy Notice.

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