Marketing Internship

About the Role

Meritage Homes is seeking future leaders for a part-time Marketing Internship during the Fall 2026 semester. This program is designed to immerse interns in the business, help them establish a network, learn, develop skills, and have fun. The internship requires the candidate to be located in the Jacksonville, FL area.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a marketing resource partner for the Marketing Manager.
• Support, learn, and observe marketing managers in planning annual, quarterly, and monthly marketing efforts, including incentive promotions, community marketing, and agent outreach.
• Coordinate the development and execution of all marketing collateral and campaign materials (digital and print), ensuring adherence to brand standards.
• Manage digital content, including website maintenance, videos, brochures, kiosks, and photography.
• Perform ongoing website audits and ensure content accuracy and updates.
• Assist with digital marketing initiatives, such as creating and distributing eblasts and flyers, and submitting digital media request forms.
• Assist in the planning and execution of consumer and agent events.
• Assist in the new community opening process (planning, execution, follow-up).
• Participate in the planning and execution of sales team meetings and events, as well as divisional office events.
• Support divisional, regional, and national marketing initiatives, including special projects.
• Update and maintain tracking documents, calendars, and Teams folders.
• Work closely with internal business leaders to learn the homebuilding industry, the Meritage business model, and an assigned functional area.
• Learn Meritage's core values and their impact on operations.
• Translate classroom experience into practical application.
• Participate in cross-functional projects with other interns and business leaders focused on current business challenges.
• Present business recommendations to senior leadership.
• Write a paper focusing on the internship experience or another assigned topic.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Operating with integrity
• Assuming positive intent and bringing passion to work
• Desire to “win” and get stuff done
• Fostering an inclusive environment
• Asking questions, seeking to understand, and making recommendations to improve
• Innovating, thinking of new ideas, and solving for bigger problems
• Relentless pursuit of excellence
• Marketing support for the Florida region (including Tampa, FL, Orlando, FL, and Jacksonville, FL divisions).
• Learning marketing strategies to drive traffic, listings management, website audits, digital eblast campaigns, prepare/coordinate collateral, signage, and other marketing materials.
• Learning broader business strategy.
• Learning the homebuilding industry, the Meritage business model, and assigned functional areas (e.g., construction, land, marketing, operations, purchasing, finance, human resources).

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a degree program from a regionally accredited university or college.
• Preferred:
• Experience working in a team environment on cross-team or functional projects.
• Experience dealing with ambiguity.
• Experience in a leadership capacity or role and influencing peers.
• Relevant College Coursework/Majors:
• Business Administration
• Finance
• Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Communications
• Real Estate
• Operations
• Project Management