Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation
LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent building material companies across the US. As their buying group, LMC negotiates and facilitates procurement opportunities for the most desired brands in the lumber and building materials industry. We also work to provide operational support with focus on logistics, capital equipment, technology, and marketing. By leveraging the billion dollar buying power of our members, LMC ensures our members have a competitive edge to capture more of their local market share.
Our Marketing Internship is a 12-week summer program designed to provide an opportunity for the intern to learn about the LMC business, people, culture and industry. Reporting to the VP of Marketing, this is a unique opportunity to receive project-based work that requires strategy, teamwork, ingenuity, and creativity, as well as tactical responsibilities that expose the intern to the experiences of a full-time Marketing professional at LMC. The internship experience is also enriched with opportunities to learn more about LMC’s overall business strategy and industry through a series of special projects, education sessions with our leadership team, and customer and vendor meetings. This is paid internship, working approximately 35 hours per week, that requires work in our Wayne office Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays, as well as the first Monday of each month.
Key Internship Tasks Include:
- Assist with the management of LMC’s social media presence developing compelling and engaging content.
- Prepare written drafts of brand supporting stories that could be used for News articles on the website, the monthly e-newsletter, and social media.
- Research, brainstorm, and propose ideas to promote and support LMC’s branding initiatives.
- Create documentation for the administrative functions of LMC.net. This includes; how to post a special, approve a supplier submitted special, post an article to the News, and Marketplace sections.
- Shadow and learn about all facets of the LMC Marketing function.
- Assist other team members with day-to-day operations including reporting, updating databases, etc.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree program in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or related field.
- Must be an excellent communicator possessing strong written, verbal and editing skills.
- Must be resourceful, creative, detail-oriented and organized.
- Experience (may be through class assignments) with marketing or PR writing is strongly preferred.
- Proficient with the MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of and ability to use social media networks, such as Twitter and Facebook.
- Strong desire to gain hands-on experience and become a part of the LMC Marketing team.
Why join an internship at LMC?
LMC supplies products and services to the home building industry, which is seeing considerable growth with exciting new products, advanced building technologies, and home improvement innovations. The LMC team uses its knowledge and expertise in an entrepreneurial atmosphere to further the growth of our independent member companies. The average tenure of LMC staff is fifteen years or more, and there is a strong sense of camaraderie and pride in our customer-focused culture. Being a part of an established forest products and building materials buying group that helps locally owned, independent businesses succeed is truly a rewarding experience.
Check out some of our internship perks!
- Walking distance to the train station and local eateries
- Employee and internship team building, company gatherings and participation in various charity events
- Gain excellent business experience with a well known and trusted organization
- Build your network, connections and resume with a unique experience
- Located in the beautiful neighborhood of Wayne, Pa
Come Be a Part of Something Bigger!
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