Marketing Intern - farmington Hills, MI

Marketing Internship

Kickstart your marketing career with hands-on experience in content creation, social media management, and campaign execution at VASCOR! This primarily remote internship offers opportunities to work on real projects, film on-site in the Farmington Hills/Detroit area, and contribute to marketing efforts in the fast-paced finished vehicle logistics industry. Perfect for students eager to learn, collaborate, and build their professional portfolio.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and execution of marketing campaigns for projects and services.
• Create engaging written, visual, and video content for social media, email newsletters, blogs, and websites.
• Conduct market research and analyze data to identify trends and opportunities in the transportation and logistics sector.
• Support the creation of marketing materials.
• Help manage social media platforms, community engagement initiatives and industry events. (e.g., tradeshows, conferences, VASCOR-hosted customer events, etc.)
• Monitor and report on campaign performance metrics and suggest improvements.
• Stay current with transportation and logistics trends, technologies, and industry news

Essential Skills and Experience:

Education:

• Pursuing a degree in Marketing, Communications, Transportation Planning, Urban Studies, or a related field of study.

Training:

• VASCOR-specific training will be on-the-job training.

Skills:

• Must be able to commute to the Farmington Hills/Detroit offices as needed for filming content
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills
• Familiarity with social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Teams
• Interest in transportation and logistics topics
• Basic knowledge of graphic design tools is a plus
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple tasks and deadlines
• Enthusiastic, collaborative, and eager to learn

Experience:

Nonessential Skills and Experience:

• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Customer Focus
• Drive for results
• Self-motivated and able to contribute within a team environment

Reporting to this position: None

Physical demands and work environment:

The physical and mental demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

On the job the employee must:

• Have natural or corrected eyesight capable of working daily at a computer workstation in office lighting.
• Have normal range of hearing, or corrected hearing, to be able to respond to normal workplace sounds including alarm systems in the workplace

Mental:

• On the job the employee must be able to perform these functions daily:
• Read and comprehend written words.
• Communicate orally and in writing.

Environmental:

On the job the employee

• Works in an office environment 90% of time. Typically, there are no environmental concerns.
• Travel in-state and out of state 10% of time. May be exposed to environmental factors such as dust, rain, sun, etc.

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.