Account Activation Intern, KEEN Utility

KEEN Footwear•Portland, OR

22h•Onsite

About The Position

As an Intern at KEEN (KEENtern), you’ll dive into the exciting world of footwear, innovation, and community! You’ll get hands-on experience working alongside industry experts and contribute to shaping the future of KEEN. As the Utility Account Activation Intern (Utility focused), you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Utility business and account base w/in the strategic pillar, executing activations instore with store staff through training, brand activations, and brand engagement. You will work hands on across strategic sales and marketing pillars in the go to market process, maximizing sell through, reporting, and ensuring the brand comes to life in an impactful way. This position offers hands-on experience in the execution of sales and marketing priorities, collaborating internally and externally with key business partners. You will work cross functionally across internal teams including sales, marketing, product, community engagement with account partners.

Requirements

Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or a related field
Relevant coursework or experience in sales, marketing is a plus
Must be enrolled an accredited college or university at the Junior, Senior, or Graduate level
Must be able to dedicate 40 hours/week toward the internship during normal M-F PST working hours
Majority of time will be in KEEN office, some hybrid work, limited local field work
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional attention to detail in composing, typing and proofing materials
Strong organizational and prioritization skills
Ability to learn new software programs
Ability to solve problems with a positive attitude
Ability to work independently, collaboratively and on tight deadlines
Able to sit and/or stand at a desk and use a computer for extended periods of time
Excel data analytics skills including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, etc.
Experience creating quality PowerPoint presentations
Proficient with Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word
Be a Junior, Senior, or Graduate student working toward a degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
Be eligible to work in the U.S.
Commit to a 10-week program from mid-June through mid-August
Dedicate 40 hours per week during standard M-F, PST working hours
All roles are located in Portland, OR. Must be able to move to Portland during the duration of the internship if you are not already living here.
Plan no more than four total days of vacation during the internship
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new software and tools.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
Strong attention to detail in preparation of presentations, reports, and materials.
Ability to work independently as well as collaborate with a team.
Comfortable sitting at a desk and using a computer for extended periods of time.

Responsibilities

Support & manage account training and activation tools, ie: training tech video’s PPT presentations and toolkits for sales staff in partnership with the marketing teams
Weekly sell through data analysis (learn and impact improvement), help drive sell through wins in omni channel
Strategic key account support, training, activation partnership, working closely with marketing and sales leaders for strong collaboration
In store and virtual brand and utility product training to store staff, activate the brand in-real-life, support the brand story telling to account base and trade shows
Seasonal sales tool upkeep and organization
Product seeding and sample organization and support
Assist in retail education tool creation and roll out
Account interaction preparation
Market insights and competitive analysis, ability research and report to management
Assist in category business development, making account visits and connections
Assist in preparation for Utility community facing events and milestones