Are you extremely organized, persistent, and good at keeping conversations alive without being pushy?

At Zyner, we’re looking for a Mid-Funnel Growth & Partnerships Intern to manage warm leads, keep our CRM clean, follow up with prospects, and help move interested founders and startups toward calls, subscriptions, partnerships, or clear final outcomes.

This role sits between growth, sales, partnerships, and operations. You’ll be responsible for ensuring no interested lead is missed, forgotten, or left without a next step.

About Zyner.io

Zyner.io is a global design subscription service built for speed and quality.

We help startups move faster by delivering unlimited, high-quality design on demand — from landing pages and pitch decks to UI/UX, branding, marketing assets, and Framer websites.

We work with fast-growing startups around the world and support founders who need design handled without hiring full-time teams.

Your Role

This is not a passive admin internship.

You’ll work on the middle of the funnel, the stage where leads have already shown interest but still need consistent follow-ups, context, reminders, and movement toward a clear decision.

You’ll work closely with the founder and growth team on CRM operations, lead follow-ups, call coordination, post-call follow-ups, and partnership outreach.

What You’ll Do

CRM Management

• Keep Folk CRM and lead tracking sheets clean, accurate, and up to date
• Monitor warm leads across campaign platforms, LinkedIn, calls, referrals, Cal.com bookings, and other inbound sources
• Make sure every interested lead is added to the CRM with the correct status
• Add clear notes after interactions and set reminders for next steps
• Maintain accurate contact details, follow-up timelines, and communication history

Lead Follow-Up & Nurturing

• Follow up with warm leads in a timely and structured way
• Use email, LinkedIn, calls, and other relevant channels to continue conversations
• Move interested leads toward the next action, usually booking an intro call or making a clear decision
• Keep the loop going until there is a clear yes, no, or scheduled next step
• Write short, direct, context-aware follow-up messages
• Track which leads need attention daily

Call & Post-Call Coordination

• Help book intro calls with interested leads
• Track booked calls, attended calls, and no-shows
• Follow up with no-shows and help reschedule when needed
• Follow up with leads after intro calls
• Clarify questions, objections, or hesitations
• Nudge leads toward a subscription or clear next step
• Make sure every post-call opportunity ends with a clear outcome

Partnership Outreach

• Use tools like Crunchbase and LinkedIn to identify partnership opportunities
• Reach out to funds to explore Zyner becoming a portfolio perk for their startups
• Identify websites, newsletters, communities, and people in the startup/design space that Zyner can partner with
• Track partnership conversations in the CRM
• Follow up with partnership leads consistently

Process & Documentation

• Help improve the mid-funnel follow-up system
• Create and maintain follow-up sequences, templates, and CRM workflows
• Suggest improvements to increase conversion from interested lead → booked call → subscription
• Document processes clearly for future handovers and training

You’ll Thrive If You

• Are highly organized and detail-oriented
• Can manage many leads without losing track of anything
• Have strong written English and can write short, natural follow-up messages
• Are comfortable following up without sounding pushy
• Understand how to keep conversations warm and moving
• Are proactive and do not wait to be reminded about every task
• Can work with CRM tools, spreadsheets, and structured systems
• Are comfortable using tools like Folk CRM, Crunchbase, Google Sheets, LinkedIn, Slack, ClickUp, Gmail, Apollo, and Salesforge
• Can work independently and update the team clearly
• Have an interest in startups, sales, growth, partnerships, or business development
• Enjoy working in a fast-moving startup environment

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in sales, growth, business development, partnerships, lead generation, or CRM management
• Experience with cold email platforms like Instantly or Salesforge
• Experience using LinkedIn for outreach
• Experience working with founders, startups, agencies, or SaaS companies
• Basic understanding of startup funding, VC funds, accelerators, and founder communities

What Success Looks Like

• No warm lead is missed
• Every lead has a clear status and next step
• Follow-ups are sent on time
• CRM records are clean and updated
• Calls are booked and tracked properly
• Post-call leads are followed up until there is a clear outcome
• Partnership opportunities are researched, contacted, and tracked
• The founder and team always know where each opportunity stands

What We Offer

• Hands-on experience in startup growth, sales, partnerships, and CRM operations
• Direct collaboration with the founder and growth team
• Exposure to how a global design subscription startup manages leads and partnerships
• Real responsibility over pipeline movement and follow-up systems
• Flexible working environment
• Opportunity to grow into a broader growth, sales, or partnerships role based on performance

How to Apply

Please send:

• Your updated CV
• Your LinkedIn profile link
• A short video explaining why you think you’d be a strong fit for this role and why you’d be good at managing follow-ups, CRM, and partnerships at Zyner.