Intern, Marketing

About the Role

Food Lion is offering a Summer Internship Program for individuals seeking meaningful careers filled with variety and challenges. This program provides an opportunity to learn about the supermarket industry, develop leadership skills, and gain business knowledge. Internships involve hands-on, meaningful projects within a team environment that promotes individuality, innovation, leadership, and strong business results.

Program Details

• 11-Week paid summer internship
• Community service opportunities supporting Food Lion Feeds
• Career development and professional enhancement via learning activities
• Lunch & Learn sessions with business leaders
• End of program presentation to business leaders
• Housing provided
• Transportation provided, if needed

Key Responsibilities/Project Details

Projects may fall under any of the following areas:

• Marketing
• Ecommerce
• Strategy & Innovation
• Consumer Insight
• Business development

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to use computers and other technical systems required to perform job functions

Qualifications

Program Qualifications

• Minimum GPA 3.0 required (Applicants are expected to provide a copy of their transcript with their resume showing they meet this requirement)
• Permanent employment authorization/US citizenship
• Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program when applying

Required Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization
• Self-Motivated
• Team-oriented thinking
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job
• Good judgment solving problems and making decisions
• Ability to take initiative and ask questions, learn quickly and strive for results
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the position, with or without reasonable accommodations

Skills and Abilities

• Self-management
• Initiative
• Results driven
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Market Research
• Storytelling
• Marketing skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to think innovatively
• Ability to influence without authority
• Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication, and presentation skills
• Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation

Preferred Education

• Degree with concentration in Marketing, Business Management, Retail Management, Supply-Chain Management.

Learning Objectives

• Fully understand the Food Lion strategy of Easy, Fresh, and Affordable. You Can Count on Food Lion Every Day.
• Understand the concept of a selling organization, and the role that Marketing plays in bringing our strategy to life in our stores.
• Become versed in Digital Marketing, Ecommerce, Creative, Loyalty
• Fundamental Understanding of the 4 P's, and how we execute them to deliver our overall company strategy