Sales Intern - Summer 2026 (London)

About this role

Are you looking to launch your sales career at the intersection of Finance and Crypto. Spend your summer gaining institutional-grade experience alongside industry leaders in a high-octane FinTech environment—Summer 2026 Internships are now open!

• 8 Week Summer Internship starting July 2026

• From £10.85 per hour plus weekly Uber Eats allowance

• Central London office (Soho) with fully stocked kitchen

• Suitable for current undergraduate or recent graduate in Economics/Business or Finance based subject with an interest in client facing roles

About Elwood:

Elwood Technologies is a FCA regulated firm that provides end-to-end institutional-grade digital asset Execution, Liquidity Access and Portfolio Monitoring & Risk Management Software. Built with institutions for institutions, Elwood's EMS offers best available price execution, smart order routing and algorithmic tooling alongside a traditional finance grade Portfolio Management System.

Our seamless end-to-end platform connects to global crypto exchanges, custodians, and liquidity providers, via a single Application Programming Interface (API). Elwood provides market infrastructure at scale, enabling financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.

Job Description:

Elwood is offering the chance to join our global sales team, based in London for a fixed period of 8 weeks over the Summer. This is a hands-on outbound sales internship. You will work directly with senior sales leadership and see first hand how a fintech company grows and sells software to institutional clients.

If you are interested in a career in fintech or technology sales, tradfi sales or account management, or want to learn about digital assets, this is a rare chance to gain real commercial experience whilst completing your studies.

What you will do:

• Learn Elwood's ideal client profile and how we identify and prioritise target accounts

• Work with senior leadership on outreach, meeting booking, demo support and deal follow up

• Research prospects and build target lists using LinkedIn, AI tools and market data

• Support the sales team across the full client journey, from first touch to onboarding

• Work alongside Marketing on campaigns and outbound messaging

• Learn Elwood's product and go-to-market methodology

• Run a specific assigned project with real commercial output

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Marketing and Product

Knowledge and skills:

• Creative problem solver with strong analytical skills

• Confident communicator, both written and verbal

• Effective listener with strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload

• Strong IT skills including GSuite

• AI/Claude, LinkedIn and growth hacking skills a plus, but can be taught

• Positive, professional and hungry to learn

Eligibility:

• Current Undergraduate or Graduate in Economics/Business or Finance based subject with an interest in client facing roles

• A real passion for financial technology, TradFi and/or Cryptocurrencies

• A creative thinker and problem solver

• Must be able to legally live and work in the UK without visa support or sponsorship (student visas or visas obtained on your own are not applicable for the program)

• Available Summer 2026

Why Elwood?

• Join one of the fastest growing FinTech companies and help shape the future of finance

• A startup with deep financial backing and a strong market presence

• Our platform is enabling institutional access to the most exciting growth opportunity in Finance

• Work with a modern technology stack and help solve high impact problems

• Strong client focused team with a diverse background

• We’re a Global company and have offices in London