Location: Oxford, MS
Program Length: 6 Weeks
Compensation: Commission Only | Approximately $335 per Sale | Top Performers Can Earn $1,000+/Day
Launch Your Career in Professional Sales
Looking for an internship that pays you to learn?
The MaxxSouth Sales Academy is an intensive five-week internship designed for motivated college students who want to develop real-world sales skills while earning uncapped commission.
You'll receive hands-on coaching, daily professional development through our Sales Lab, and real customer experience representing one of Mississippi's leading fiber internet providers.
This isn't a classroom internship—you'll learn by doing, receive coaching every day, and build skills that translate into virtually any career.
What You'll Do
- Meet homeowners throughout assigned neighborhoods.
- Introduce customers to MaxxSouth Fiber Internet.
- Learn and apply a consultative sales process.
- Identify customer needs and recommend solutions.
- Complete sales using our mobile sales platform.
- Participate in daily coaching and Sales Lab sessions.
- Build confidence through role-playing and real customer interactions.
- Develop communication, leadership, and professional sales skills.
What is Sales Lab?
Every afternoon you'll participate in Sales Lab—our daily coaching and professional development session before heading back into the field.
Sales Lab includes:
- Mock customer conversations
- Objection handling workshops
- Closing techniques
- Product knowledge
- Team competitions
- One-on-one coaching
- Performance reviews
- Success stories from top performers
Each lesson is immediately applied during your evening sales shift, allowing you to improve every single day.
Program Schedule
Initial Onboarding
Your internship begins with an accelerated onboarding experience where you'll learn:
- MaxxSouth products and services
- Consultative sales techniques
- Territory management
- Customer conversations
- Objection handling
- Mobile sales tools
You'll begin working in the field quickly with support from experienced sales leaders.
Weekly Schedule
Tuesday – Friday
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Sales Lab
2:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Field Sales
Saturday
10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Field Sales
Program Goals & Performance Expectations
• Each intern is expected to knock approximately 300 doors per week.
• The pilot class is targeting 450 High-Speed Data (HSD) RGUs during the program.
• Each assigned home should be visited twice per week per agent across the approximately 27,750 homes in the greater Oxford area.
What We're Looking For
- Outgoing personality
- Strong communication skills
- Positive attitude
- Competitive mindset
- Coachable
- Self-motivated
- Comfortable talking with new people
- Desire to earn uncapped income
Previous sales experience is not required.
Why Join MaxxSouth?
- Earn uncapped commission.
- Receive professional sales training.
- Participate in our daily Sales Lab development program.
- Gain resume-building experience.
- Potential internship credit through your university.
- Build leadership and communication skills.
- Opportunity to continue with MaxxSouth after the internship.
- Join a collaborative, competitive team environment.
Your Opportunity
Top-performing interns have the opportunity to continue working with MaxxSouth beyond the six-week internship and may be considered for future leadership opportunities as the Sales Academy expands into additional markets.
If you're motivated, coachable, and excited to challenge yourself while earning exceptional income, we'd love to meet you.