Sales Intern: Marketing & Analytics for Financial Solutions

American Equity; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 12,398,000 - 15,154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Job summary

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company in Des Moines, IA, is offering the Eagle Life Sales Intern program. This 10-12 week in-person internship provides hands-on experience supporting the Eagle Life wholesaling teams, building campaigns, and gaining exposure to annuities and financial planning.

You'll shadow colleagues, learn product lines, work with data and marketing tools like Salesforce, and present learnings to stakeholders at the end.

Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Finance, Economics, Business Management or a similar field.
• ***At the beginning of the Internship program, Eagle Life will sponsor your enrollment in a study course for the IA Life License including 1 exam fee.***

Responsibilities

• Shadow team members to learn the essential duties and functions of the role.
• Gain a basic-level understanding around annuities and how they fit into the financial planning process.
• Familiarize yourself with our product lineup and our unique capabilities.
• Assist wholesaling teams with illustration & pre-sale support requests, advisor list segmentation and creation/execution of marketing campaigns.
• Work with data to unlock new insights that will provide actionable opportunities for sales execution.
• Assist the Advanced Planning team with market research and updating key collateral.
• Build strong working relationships and partner with other critical teams, including: Marketing, National Accounts and Customer Excellence to achieve Objectives and Key Results.
• Learn and Utilize various software tools to perform vital job functions. Salesforce CRM, Illustration Software, Customer Service Database. Etc.
• At the conclusion of the internship, present learnings/accomplishments to key stakeholders.
• Completes project and support tasks with guidance from mentor and department leader.
• Collaborates with fellow interns across departments on a strategic, cross-functional initiative that drives meaningful business impact.
• Performs other related work as assigned.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Relationship building

Mathematical skills

Presentation skills

Prioritization

Collaboration

Accountability

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Finance/Economics/Business Management or similar

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Illustration Software

Customer Service Database

Job description

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company in Des Moines, IA, is offering the Eagle Life Sales Intern program. This 10-12 week in-person internship provides hands-on experience supporting the Eagle Life wholesaling teams, building campaigns, and gaining exposure to annuities and financial planning.

You'll shadow colleagues, learn product lines, work with data and marketing tools like Salesforce, and present learnings to stakeholders at the end.