Donkey Republic is expanding its fast-growing company and is seeking a talented intern for the Business Development team. We are looking for an ambitious individual to join us and one who believes success comes from working together well as a team, therefore you need to be a team player and thrive in an environment where we work towards shared goals. You will be working to build up, contact and make deals with large corporate affiliates as well as smaller businesses.

Are you ready to take bike sharing to next level with Donkeys? 

(Possibility for position to be turned into a full-time employment after ended internship )

Donkey Republic is expanding its fast-growing company and is seeking a talented intern for the Business Development team to join the family and help build our groundbreaking bike service. We are 8,000 bicycles large, expecting to serve 250,000 customers this year in 10 large and another 50 smaller cities in Europe.

These are exciting times for Donkey Republic as we are maturing our bike sharing services and growing our business every day. We are making a great dent in the universe by growing Europeans’ bike-print. We demonstrate how bike shares can play a major role in urban mobility. We are bringing Copenhagen to the world city by city - a great purpose to come to work every day.   

What you’ll be doing: 

We are looking for an ambitious individual to join us and one who believes success comes from working together well as a team, therefore you need to be a team player and thrive in an environment where we work towards shared goals.

You will be joining a small business team and working closely with our Chief Sales Officer to build our partner and affiliate pipeline. Your main tasks will be identifying and contacting prospects suited to be affiliate partners to get more local riders on our bikes (typically banks, mobility services, residences etc.) as well as making partnerships for the tourism sector (typically hotels, tours, visitor centers, airlines etc.). We also have a number of inbound leads which you will be engaging with to become ready to start a Donkey Republic operation.  

Together with the team you will be in charge of ensuring we hit our growth targets in terms of new affiliates, customers and revenue generated through affiliate partnerships and new locations as well as total number of bikes and that we get on the streets. The job can entail traveling to various cities in Europe. 

We expect you to:  

• Be structured and organized.
• A strong communicator, written as well as oral.
• Be good at building relationships and trust.
• Be a team player.
• Love to interact with other people.
• Have an understanding of business fundamentals (either from school or previous work experience).
• Be value driven.
• Be fluent in English (written and spoken).

We would also like you to :

• Be interested in and have experience in Sales.
• Have experience with large corporates.
• Have worked with startups before.
• Want to change the world with bikes.
• Have business development experience.
• Possess an international understanding.
• Fluency in any of the following languages is a plus: Danish, German, Dutch, French or Spanish.

What we can offer:

Diversity! No two days will be the same and you will get valuable experience, taking responsibility and pushing your career to the next level.

Diversity x2! The Donkey Squad contains a very tight group of talented people to learn from in marketing, technology, business development, customer support and operations, with 14 different nationalities.

Be part of our growth. We’re investor-backed and expanding our business fast.

A vibrant office in Startup Village in Islands Brygge

Company lunch, Friday bars, team adventures (on bikes), company retreat twice yearly.