Marketing - Intern

Farm Credit Services of America; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly wage

$500 sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

AgCountry Farm Credit Services, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. As a Marketing Intern you will learn our strategy for brand, product, content and digital marketing in support of the Association’s business plans.

This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience with business-to-business marketing, understand customer needs, and help align programs across channels to drive growth

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master's degree in Marketing, Business or a related field
• Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong desire to pursue a career involving sales, marketing and territory management
• Available for a 12-week internship during the summer

Responsibilities

• Learn about planning and execution of marketing strategies that enhance brand image and customer experience
• Understand how brand marketing conveys our distinct value proposition
• Assist with targeted digital marketing campaigns reaching potential customers
• Create content guiding complex customer decisions and supporting our business model
• Assist in development and delivery of customer education experiences/events
• Observe brand health through market research and adjust programs for relevance
• Aid in researching customer experience and segmentation to optimize programs
• Assist with product advertising across print, broadcast, online and digital media
• Observe use case development and usability testing for prototypes

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Interest in marketing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Marketing/Business

Job description

Company Overview

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica)and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

Job Summary

Job description:

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica)and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

Job Summary

As a Marketing Intern you will gain an understanding of our strategic direction for brand, product, content and digital marketing communications in support of the Association’s business plans and strategies. Learning how to develop and implement business-to-business marketing programs for our sales channels by focusing on customer needs and solutions. This is a great opportunity to gain in-depth experience and learn how we integrate and align programs in support of enterprise marketing strategies

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Learn about the planning and execution of marketing strategies that enhance the company’s brand image, market share growth and customer experience.
• Understand how the company’s brand marketing effectively conveys our distinct value proposition.
• Assist with targeted digital marketing campaigns which reach potential customers in new and impactful ways
• Create content which guides complex customer decisions and supports our differentiated business model
• Assist in the development, design, coordination and delivery of impactful and valuable customer education experiences/events
• Observe our company’s brand health through market research, learn how to initiate or modify programs to ensure market-leading relevance among our competitive set.
• Aid in researching customer experience and customer segmentation to optimize content marketing programs.
• Assist with product advertising incorporating print, broadcast, out-of-home and digital media including paid search, paid social and digital display.
• Observe the development of use case scenarios, planning and execution of usability testing to be leveraged in the design of interactive prototypes.

Education Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master's degree in Marketing, Business or a related field
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)
• Strong desire to pursue a career involving sales, marketing and territory management
• Available for a 12-week internship during the summer

Intern Benefits

• Qualified interns will receive a competitive hourly wage and $500 sign-on bonus
• Relocation assistance is available for those who qualify

*We reserve the right to close this posting early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications.*

About Us

AgCountry has 43 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serving rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.
AgCountry Farm Credit Services, ACA, Farm Credit Services of America, ACA, and Frontier Farm Credit, ACA are Equal Employment Opportunity employers, and they comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.