Marketing 2025 Summer Internship (Full Time/Paid/Hybrid) - Ace Hardware Corporation

Compensation Details:

$22.00 per hour

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

Job Description:

2025 Summer Internship Program

The Ace Internship program allows you to apply skills and knowledge you're learning in College today, while contributing in a hands-on environment to fit your career objectives, complement your academic work and enhance your learning. Here’s what you will take away from your experience this summer:

• Real hands-on experience in your assigned department/function with day-to-day projects, responsibilities, accountabilities and deadlines.
• Opportunity to partner with other interns over the summer on a Capstone project, presenting your findings and recommendations to Ace’s Leadership
• Q & A with Ace’s CEO and Senior Leadership team
• Resume Workshop to help you prepare for future opportunities
• Opportunity to volunteer through the Ace Hardware Foundation
• Teambuilding activities and more.

Your internship experience at Ace will give you the knowledge and skills future employers will look for! Want to hear more? Please review our Glassdoor comments from former interns!

Your Responsibilities

Your primary focus as a Home ServicesMarketing Intern will be in the following areas:

Brand Building

Ace Hardware Home Services is Bringing Helpful to Your Home through a variety of services offerings like Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, Electrical, Handyman and Painting.  This new brand is emerging into markets and currently building brand equity across several locations.  Ace Hardware Home Services, with the power of the Ace brand, strives to be the best, most trusted provider of home preservation services.  We differentiate in the market with exceptional service, a commitment to our local communities, an investment in our teams and by being locally operated.  The marketing intern will drive best practices, brand consistency, speed to market and customization that makes each individual branch stronger in their local market.

• Work with marketing team, creative & agency team to assist with local & digital marketing planning and execution
• Develop hyper local media assets (billboard, sponsorships, radio, TV, direct mail, local social posts)

• Work with branch locations to drive brand awareness through local events including partnering with Ace Retailers on local events in shared markets

• Support digital growth via content development, social media initiatives, paid search, email, SEO, retargeting, Etc.
• Work with creative to create store signage and home services awareness materials
• Support initiatives for membership, loyalty programs and pilot programs
• Website strategies and continuous improvement
• Enhance services best practices guides and playbooks

Special Projects

• Support department and cross functional projects as assigned by Manager

The ideal intern will possess the following:

• Working towards a bachelor’s degree in the following area(s): Marketing and/or Business Administration
• Entering Senior year of college (Graduating Dec ’25 or May ’26)
• Solid understanding of key financials and operations of a small business
• Retail/customer service experience (Sales, visual merchandising, retail pricing a plus)
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Adaptability and ability to learn quickly in high-pressure environments
• Ambitious self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to contribute as an effective team member
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated motivation and initiative to succeed
• Knowledge and interest in Ace Hardware Corporation
• Ability to work 40 hours per week, Monday -Friday for 12 weeks
• Willingness and ability to give presentations to colleagues, managers and directors
  
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We want to hear from you!
When most people think of career opportunities with Ace Hardware, they often think of the helpful cashiers and sales associates at their local store. However, have you also considered the people behind the scenes who select, promote, ship and process the invoices for more than 75,000 products? Maybe you haven't, but we'd like you to. Because together we help our customers take care of their homes. Come find out why a career with the Ace Hardware Corporation is one of America's best kept secrets.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires.

Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview.

This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity.

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