Nc Governor's Hbcu Intern Program: Marketing & Sales Enablement Intern

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We're the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.
We're also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling internship coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.
The NC Governor's HBCU Program
The North Carolina Governor's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Internship Program, which began in 2015, was created to connect students matriculating at North Carolina's HBCUs with major corporations and businesses in the private sector throughout the state.
The program provides interns with an immersive professional experience that will increase their competitiveness in the job market. In turn, corporations and businesses are directly exposed to a diverse pool of high performing students with the ultimate goal of recruiting and retaining valuable talent within North Carolina. Studies show that seven out of 10 internships turn into full-time jobs. Please contact the career service office on each participating campus linked to confirm your eligibility.
The summer internships are paid, full-time positions for rising juniors and seniors who possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, are active in student organizations, and have the ability to communicate well.
What you'll do
Looking for *that* internship? The game-changing one that'll help you learn, grow, and chart your path forward? You'll find it at SAS. Our interns aren't coffee runners - they do real, meaningful work. Our award-winning internship program is focused on development, culture, and community. We'll help you grow professionally, find (or further) your passion, and make memorable connections that last beyond the summer.
Product Marketing
Within the Sales Enablement, the Risk, Fraud and Compliance (RFC) Solutions product marketing team's focus is to fully support the process of presenting SAS RFC solutions to market. This includes positioning and messaging, launching the solutions and ensuring our clients understand the capabilities and usage scenarios. The Product Marketing Intern will be involved in a variety of projects to support the go-to-market strategy and messaging for SAS RFC Solutions. Projects may include but would not be limited to: drafting content for marketing collateral or sales/channel enablement tools, conducting competitive research, developing product launch plans, creating content for social media, assisting with internal communications vehicles and providing support for division events
Program Management
Global Sales Enablement team is responsible for account team engagement, resource development, and program management. We are a team of sales strategists, content developers, and program experts who seek out customer challenges and find solutions that will increase awareness, demand, and preference for SAS' offerings. Specifically, the team enables customer-facing roles in SAS and its partners to support our customers to make informed decisions throughout the buying journey.
*Note: If you're selected for an interview, you'll receive a job description will include specific skills, abilities, and education level required for the role. This will also include details about the team.
As an intern, you might:

• Support the planning and execution of customer connections and executive round-tables.
• Help identify competitor advances in the market and work with internal parties to create competitive intelligence assets.
• Collaborate on social media and social selling strategies to support a solution/industry area.
• Draft content for lead generation marketing campaigns.
• Draft sales tools to support sellers and the selling process.
• Analyze results of product marketing activities to determine effectiveness
• Build and execute demand generation programs designed to raise awareness and increase sales pipeline.
• Research industry trends to execute and fit SAS solutions and technologies with specific sales initiatives.
• Work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to gather input on content.

Required qualifications

• You're a current student pursuing a bachelor's degree at one of the eligible NC HBCUs listed: Bennett College, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina Central University,Saint Augustine University,Shaw University and/or Winston Salem State University.
• Targeted majors: Business Administration, Management, Sales Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, or Management Information Systems.
• You're a rising junior and/or seniors who possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher.
• You're curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Leadership abilities. Your past experiences demonstrate you'll take initiative and go above and beyond the call of duty.
• You're interested in the future of Analytics and embrace technology.
• You're a college student enrolled in an accredited program, not graduating prior to December 2024.

Preferred qualifications

• You have strong experience and knowledge in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Sharepoint.
• You have great organizational skills for managing commitments, schedules and deadlines.
• Top candidates will have a background in analytics, sales methodology and processes, and project management. Asana knowledge is a plus!
• You have program management skills.
• You have outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Timeline

• Applications open: February 2024
• Applications close: March 8, 2024
• Interviews begin: February 2024 on a rolling basis.
• Internship: May 14 - August 2, 2024. If your university is on a quarter system, we can be flexible on start date.

Perks of the job

• Work with (and learn from) the best. As a SAS intern, you'll get face time with our top executives!
• Free SAS programming training and certification.
• At SAS, flexible work is the norm. Want to work remotely? That's cool. Prefer a hybrid mix of sweatpants and in-person collaboration? That's great, too.
• We work hard, but we like to play hard, too. Enjoy hackathons, social events and other opportunities to connect + engage.
• Your well-being matters, and that's why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive. This includes an on-site and remote Work/Life Center staffed by master's level social workers and an Employee Assistance Program.

Diverse and inclusive
At SAS, it's not about fitting into our culture - it's about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it's essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.
Additional Information
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.
Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.
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Pay Transparency: The hourly rate for SAS internships is determined by the applicant's year in school and the position they are hired into. Hourly rates range from $15 - $31 for associate's/bachelor's level positions and $29 - $49/hour for master's/Ph.D positions. Internship roles are not eligible for bonus.