03 / Narrative
Sales & Marketing
Sell the idea. Starting with yourself.Sales, business development, digital and growth marketing, creative strategy, brand management, advertising and market research. This is the most performative discipline: you are judged on how well you land a message with a room that is not obliged to agree.
Who should apply
- Students who have run a campaign, a page, a club, a small business or a community.
- Natural communicators who can turn a product into a story and a story into a result.
- Analytical marketers who can show the numbers behind the creative.
Skills on show
- Sales pitching
- Growth marketing
- Content & copy
- Brand strategy
- Market research
- Performance analytics
- Community building
Pitch formats
Sell it live
Sell a product or idea to the panel in front of the audience.
Campaign teardown
Present a campaign you ran or admire: goal, audience, result, lesson.
Go-to-market in five minutes
Take a product and show how you would find its first hundred customers.
Suggested formats. Final formats and time limits are confirmed per edition.
What to bring
- A campaign, page or content sample
- Any real result you can verify
- A short reflection on what did not work
What panelists may evaluate
- Message clarity
- Audience understanding
- Evidence of results
- Handling objections
- Presence and authenticity
Possible internship functions
- Business development intern
- Digital marketing intern
- Growth intern
- Content strategy intern
- Brand intern
- Market research intern
Illustrative of the industry. These are not confirmed vacancies; openings are listed only once a company has confirmed them.
Questions
- What if I have no paid work to show?
- Personal projects, college festivals, clubs and small ventures count. Be specific about what you did and what changed because of it.
- Can I bring slides?
- Yes, briefly. The strongest pitches rely on the person, not the deck.