Marketing Intern
About This Role
Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is celebrating 80 years of powering progress across Colorado. Our office teams help deliver safe, smart, and reliable electrical solutions through our people and partnerships, the IME Way. Through strategic planning, collaboration, and technical excellence, and guided by our values of Integrity, Safety, Ingenuity, Relationships, Craftsmanship, and Spark, we empower our professionals to innovate, support our field teams, and strengthen the partnerships that move our work forward. Join a team where your expertise fuels the systems that keep communities running!
Internship Overview
We believe the best way to start your career is by doing work you actually care about. In our internship program, you take the driver’s seat. We tailor your day-to-day projects around your specific career interests and goals, not just a checklist of corporate chores. As a leading electrical contractor, we’ll give you an insider’s look into the industry through real-world experience on active projects. You’ll get to see how different teams collaborate to bring complex projects to life, build practical and professional skills, and learn directly from industry pros in the field and office.
Role Overview
As a Marketing intern, you’ll be a true extension of your Marketing team, getting hands-on experience in visual design, content creation, brand strategy, campaign planning, and audience research. Because our program is tailored to your goals, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the areas that interest you most. You might help design branded assets in Adobe Creative Suite, develop messaging for strategic campaigns, build proposal templates, or analyze campaign performance data. No matter where you’re interests lead, you’ll contribute to meaningful projects that make a lasting impact on our culture and company.
What You'll Do
- Support the creation of visual marketing assets such as brochures, presentations, infographics, digital ads, and brand templates.
- Assist in designing and refining graphics using Adobe Creative Suite to maintain consistent, cohesive branding across all materials and touchpoints.
- Contribute to strategic marketing campaigns by brainstorming concepts, drafting creative briefs, and helping shape messaging and visual direction.
- Participate in audience research, competitive analysis, campaign execution, and updating collateral libraries and proposal templates.
- Tailor your project workload around your specific career goals with opportunities to focus on graphic design and layout, dive into marketing analytics and campaign tracking, shadow corporate branding strategy, or create content for field initiatives.
- Additional duties as assigned.
What You'll Bring
- Curious and ready to jump in, just bring enthusiasm, ask great questions, and be excited to take ownership of creative and strategic marketing projects.
- Creative mindset with strong visual judgment, attention to detail, and a passion for design, communication, and brand strategy.
- Trustworthy and ethical, with high professionalism and discretion when working with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in conveying creative concepts and technical ideas clearly.
- Strong problem-solving abilities to support campaign development, paired with a solid understanding of marketing strategy fundamentals.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite.
Education & Experience
- Currently enrolled in a degree or certificate program in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Business, or related field.
Working Conditions
The majority of the time you will work in a typical office environment. Occasionally, you may travel to a construction job site. When on construction job sites you will encounter typical construction conditions including extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud debris, welding, leading edge, trenching, and shoring, sometimes in a confined space. You may be required to visit multiple locations during any one day.
Pay
- Salary Range: $20.00 - $25.00/hour