Account Executive Intern

Summary

Account Executive Intern - REMOTE

 

At AUC, we create commerce marketing campaigns that fill carts and win hearts for some of your favorite household brands and services.  We’re looking for Summer Interns to join our 100% remote teams and help us create campaigns that can be experienced online, in-store, via social and over the air.

 

Summer Interns will learn from and collaborate with agency leaders across creative, studio, media, account service, strategy, and ecommerce teams to gain an understanding of the fast-growing commerce marketing industry, and work on actual name-brand clients. 

 

The Account Executive Intern is a team and plan coordinator, is the thought leadership hub for the team and can also aid with project timeline management, meeting scheduling and recaps as well as estimate and budget reconciliation. 

 

Position is remote, but there will be travel to the Advantage offices in St Louis, MO 1-2 twice over the program.

 

General Qualifications

• Rising Senior, Graduating in May or Grad Student
• Majors in complementary fields: Majors in Marketing, Advertising, Business, or Communications
• Available for 40 hours a week 9-5 for the 10-week program (June 2- Aug 8)
• Familiar with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Come from a place of curiosity and wanting to learn more

 

Required Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Leadership qualities
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Collaborative mindset
• Organization and time management skills
• Ability to quickly learn and process information
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical mindset
• Team player

   

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• • Travel to St. Louis is required for two specific weeks:
    • Kickoff Week: The week of June 2nd
    • Closing Week: The week of August 4th
  • Transportation and lodging for these trips will be provided by Advantage Solutions.

 

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

 

Position Summary

The Intern provides day-to-day and project support across multiple groups or business units as required by business needs

Internships provide students with challenging, relevant work experience in their field of interest as well as introduce them to additional career opportunities. Internships may lead to future opportunities within the Company, although there are no guarantees for full-time employment.  Internships are offered in the following areas:

• Sales & Marketing, Retail Teams, Human Resources, Accounting & Finance, Retail, IT

Internship Criteria

• High School Diploma or GED
• Applicants must be attending any accredited, two or four-year degree-granting institution or an accredited
• Graduate Master’s or MBA program, in the United States
• Applicants must be senior status or have graduated during the previous year
• Applicants need to have a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Applicants will be required to submit at least two personal letters of recommendation
• Applicants must be working towards a Business or Business related major.  Some      applicable majors are:
  
• Marketing  
• Business Administration  
• Accounting / Finance  
• Leadership and Organizational Development  
• Human Resources Studies  
• Business Management  
• Business Information Systems  
• Economics
• Political Science

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading or assisting in the completion of business unit projects as assigned
• Assist the business unit team with day-to-day work that covers activities across the division
• Assist in developing new systems, reports and analytics to support business u