Marketing/Business Development Intern

Founded in 1925, Duke Manufacturing is a privately held manufacturer of food service equipment designed to address the most important needs in customers' food service operations. Duke's purpose is to Nourish Our World through integrated solutions that connect people, equipment and technology to improve throughput, efficiency and quality. As a privately held company Duke enjoys a rich history and exceptional culture based on our Values. This includes doing the right thing, being open to new possibilities, and always learning and improving. Duke has manufacturing facilities totaling over 700,000 square feet, serving our target markets through six sales offices and distribution centers, and nearly 300 service agency centers in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including both strategic corporate accounts and independent sales representatives and foodservice equipment dealers.

Marketing/Business Development Intern

Job Summary:

Duke Manufacturing has a great opportunity for students in Business, Sales, or Marketing field. Our internship gives a student the opportunity to work closely with Marketing and Customer Care teams to assist and implement aspects of our sales tools. This would include web updates, sales support and research for further content development. The position offers exposure to product marketing and general business administration. Hours are flexible and we can work with you to accommodate your current class schedule.

Essential Functions:

1. Research, write, and edit online and offline marketing content
2. Create and maintain industry specific databases
3. Coordinate updates spec sheets with engineering and product specialists
4. Support Customer Care organization with quoting products for new business
5. Work with Engineering to create or update product specifications and details

Perform other duties as directed or assigned: The above list of essential duties is not exhaustive. It only defines some of the main responsibilities. An employee may be required to perform additional tasks not listed above.

Job Qualifications:

1. Education: Must be pursuing a marketing or business degree/certificate with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
   1. Preferably those entering their Junior or Senior year
2. Must be familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel

Required Abilities

1. Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
2. Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
3. Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
4. Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
5. Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
6. Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you
7. Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
8. Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person
9. Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
10. Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand

Workplace Environmental Conditions:

Typical office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Tools Used to Perform Essential Functions:

1. Equipment:  Personal computer, digital camera, telephone.
2. Software:  Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, AutoQuotes

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