Marketing Intern

Purpose The Marketing Intern role supports EFCO's Marketing team across a variety of administrative, creative, and operational functions, contributing to the team's ability to deliver effective communications, maintain brand assets, and execute marketing initiatives with excellence.     Key Responsibilities Creative and Digital Support (35%): Assist with catalog design, short-form social media video production, and YouTube channel organization, including playlist management, metadata updates, and content audits. Assist with OptiSigns platform management, including content updates, display scheduling, and basic troubleshooting to support internal and facility-facing communications. Support email creation and distribution.   Administrative Support (30%): Process and reconcile credit card receipts and expense documentation. Prepare and organize translated marketing materials using Google translate to ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery for review and final approval. Maintain organization and accurate inventory records for the EFCO gear store, ensuring items are properly catalogued and accessible.   Content Creation Assistance (20%): Support the marketing team in the preparation, organization, and distribution of FORM MARKS publications and related INNOVATION marketing materials. Assist with content development tasks as directed, contributing to the team's ability to produce consistent, on-brand communications.   Document Scanning and Digitization (15%): Scan FORM MARKS, Community Involvement Committee K-files, and other physical documents requiring digitization, ensuring files are properly named, organized, and archived for team access.   Additional duties may be assigned to meet organizational goals and priorities. Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, to meet organizational goals and priorities.     Qualifications Education: Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Digital Media, or a related field preferred. Experience: Prior internship or coursework-based experience in a marketing, communications, or administrative role preferred. Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign), digital signage platforms, or content management tools preferred. Other Requirements: Must demonstrate strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a willingness to learn. Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work collaboratively across departments.     Core Competencies Attention to Detail: Consistently produces accurate, thorough work and catches errors before they move forward. Initiative: Proactively identifies tasks that need to be done and follows through without being prompted. Adaptability: Adjusts quickly and effectively to changing priorities, projects, and feedback. Collaboration: Works well with others toward shared goals, contributing constructively to team efforts. Communication: Expresses ideas clearly and professionally, both in writing and in conversation.     Working Arrangement This role will work 100% onsite at our Des Moines, IA headquarters.     Physical Demands Light: Exerting up to 20 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly.   To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks with or without reasonable accommodation: Balancing - maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.: Occasionally Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers: Frequently Stooping – Bending at the waist: Occasionally Sitting/Standing – Must be able to sit or stand as required for extended periods of time: Frequently Lifting motions or lifting objects up to 20 lbs: Occasionally Walking: Frequently Hearing: Frequently Talking: Frequently Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time: Frequently Ability to read complex documents in the English language: Frequently Capacity to reason and make sound decisions: Frequently Ability to write complex documents in the English language: Occasionally Capacity to express thoughts orally: Frequently Ability to regularly perform all job functions at company office or designated worksite Ability to withstand environmental conditions such as extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, noises, etc.