About the position
WSP USA hosts hundreds of interns across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections. Our Strategic Growth Team (SGT) is seeking a Full-Time Marketing Intern to work out of our Houston, TX or Austin, TX office. This position will be primarily supporting our Transportation & Infrastructure and Planning and Advisory business lines. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program. This internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program. As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 19th, 2025. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.
Responsibilities
- Support a variety of business tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
- Learn basic principles of business development/marketing.
- Assist with developing content and automations on SharePoint site, creating Transportation submarket collateral and PowerPoint presentation pitch decks.
- Assist with grammatical/technical edits of proposals.
- Assist in collecting and maintaining proposal documentation.
- Assist with updating and maintaining sales and marketing data in our CRM software.
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Requirements
- Actively enrolled in an accredited Marketing, Communication, English, Business, or related Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2025 or later.
- Must be 18 or older.
- Demonstrated interest in Marketing or the engineering field and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP's work and projects.
- Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to execute projects.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.
Nice-to-haves
- Actively enrolled in an accredited Marketing, Communication, English, Business, or related Masters or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2025 or later.
- Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.
- Strong technical skills in Microsoft 365 or Adobe Creative Suite.
Benefits
- Flexible and agile workplace model.
- Comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings.
