2025 Year-Round Marketing Intern - Grand Rapids, MI

General Information

Country : USA

State : Michigan

City : Grand Rapids

Office Location : P.O. Box 1967 - - I - - -

Date posted : 07-Oct-2024

Business Function : Marketing

Position Type : Intern

Description

We are hiring a Surface Materials Marketing Intern to work with a team that supports and executes the surface materials strategy at Steelcase.

The role includes competitive analyses, supporting the sample portfolio program, collaboration with project management and exposure to global engagement.

This is a year-round internship role that consists of part-time work (15-20 hours per week) during the school year and full-time hours during the summer months.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Do you love deep diving into topics through research? You will complete competitive analyses, looking at what competition does in relation to surface materials.
• Supporting sample portfolio management. You will work with product managers and senior specialists by communicating with suppliers to obtain material samples, organizing materials labeling, cutting purchase orders, and data entry to fulfillment house systems.
• You will collaborate with Project Management. Some physical responsibilities of materials and handling their logistics (maximum of 30 lbs.)
• Does global engagement spark your interest? There may be opportunities for cross-cultural interactions with teams in Europe and Asia.

Your Future Team : Surface Materials owns the "aesthetics" of our furniture offerings. We are an essential, core aspect of our organization and business model.

We lead all textures, samples, fabrics, and all components of their processes for our furniture products. We are outgoing, composed of 8 employees locally (Grand Rapids) and 10 total globally.

We have strong personalities but are fun and relaxed. Who You Are :

Required Skills and Competencies

• Currently enrolled in applicable discipline from an accredited school
• Attending a full time matriculated and nationally accredited baccalaureate or graduate program
• Degree focused in Marketing or Business

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• Preferred disciplines are Marketing, Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain
• Basic proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office (Excel, Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Experience working a team-based environment
• Strong technical documentation and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Reliable transportation, many of our sites do not have public transportation available
• Leadership experience inside and / or outside the classroom.
• Involvement on campus and are a creative thinker within organization involvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate clearly.
• Demonstrated creative problem solving and proactive learning.

Why People Choose to Work with Us : At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees.

We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.

As a Steelcase intern, you will gain real-world, hands-on experience and be treated as an equal member of the team from day one.

You will be welcomed into a family network that extends beyond your business function into an interdisciplinary network of experts in their fields.

Who We Are : Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.

What Matters to Us : More than qualifications, we're looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community.

We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships.

We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at [email protected].

Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.

We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.

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