Marketing Intern - Summer 2025

Job Summary

Avient is seeking a summer intern to join the Corporate Marketing team. The Marketing Internship provides a current undergraduate student with project opportunities within key areas of marketing.

During their assignments they will establish relationships with peers and leaders, learn marketing fundamentals and receive feedback from their program manager.

Essential Functions

• Complete projects within key marketing functions with Avient marketing teams including research, marketing communications, industry marketing, digital marketing and product management
• Gain an understanding of the various Avient businesses from a financial, operational, and strategic standpoint. This position is intended to be a stepping stone for future marketing roles within the organization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across business units.
• Provide market intelligence on trends, customers, competitors and other factors affecting key Avient industries to support management decisions.
• Interact with Senior Management, build relationships with other employees across the globe and make a difference in Avient's future success.
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Currently a rising senior pursuing a BA / BS degree with emphasis in Marketing, Business Administration or related field.
• Proficiency with MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel required.
• Relevant internship experience is preferred.

Additional Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to acquire, assimilate, and analyze data from multiple data sources using a variety of business intelligence and reporting tools.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, as well as take initiative.
• Team player with strong project coordination and organization skills required.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Competencies

Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and / or a Leader of the Business.

These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.

Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements

Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements.

Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.

Security includes physical security and cyber security.

Who We Are

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

Examples include : Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sportsUnique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economyLight-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprintSustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

For more information, visit www.avient.com.

Why Avient

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development.

We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve.

Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws.

Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.