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Job Title: Deal Desk Intern
Company Description:
Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) is the content delivery partner for thousands of entertainment, technology, enterprise and government entities around the globe.
Limelight’s mission is to securely manage and globally deliver digital content, building customer satisfaction through exceptional reliability and performance.
Job Purpose:
The Deal Desk Analyst Intern is an intricate member of the Deal Desk team and Sales
Operations group with significant opportunities to make a positive impact on the business.
The Deal Desk Analyst will work closely with Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, Product
Management and Legal.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong analytic background that enables them to engage with our sales organization and help to optimize deals from both a bottom-line and top-line angle. This candidate must have demonstrated ability to build relationships with sales and think strategically and analytically about business, product, and go to market initiatives and challenges. The position reports to the Senior Manager, Deal Desk.
This position is located in Tempe, Arizona and is scheduled normal business hours Monday through Friday. Internship will be through summer break.
Essential Functions:
 Review deal financials, pricing and business risk
 Ensure compliance with published sales and business approval policies and serve as an escalation point to business leaders
 Understanding of discount and margin dynamics and ability to apply knowledge to corporate bottom-line
 Ability to effectively communicate with high-level executives, sales persons and internal teams.
 Work closely and interact with Finance, Legal and Sales Operations departments to optimize contract terms, close deals and create business policies and guidelines
 Ability to execute quickly and adapt to a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
 Evaluate current processes and offer recommendations for areas of improvement
This job description is not an all-inclusive summary of duties or responsibilities. Job duties or responsibilities may change with or without advance notice.

 Complete ad-hoc projects as required
 Provide deal guidance and “Best Practices” to the sales organization in the structuring of deals that are competitive, yet adhere to company policies and guidelines.
 Ensure the Deal Desk works effectively with partners and direct sales.
 Participate in ongoing process improvement projects to increase the effectiveness of the Deal Desk and continuously improve our ability to respond to the needs of Sales,
Partners, and Customers.
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Qualifications:
Experience and Education (minimums)
 Pursuing a university degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics Economics or Business
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
 Fluency with salesforce.com quote tool, reporting, and dashboards a plus
 Good communication skills
 Advanced Proficiency with Excel a must
 Highly organized and detail oriented
 Process oriented, ability to streamline systems and process to support aggressive business growth
This job description is not an all-inclusive summary of duties or responsibilities. Job duties or responsibilities may change with or without advance notice.