Summer Internship: Marketing

The Position:

Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 90 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.

We are seeking a Marketing Summer Intern to join our team and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.

What you get to do:

As an intern on Uplight’s Industry Marketing team you’ll get experience in a variety of different marketing disciplines––all while helping utilities decarbonize. You’ll get to learn about our products (including demand response), services, customers, and enabling technologies to write blog posts for the Uplight website, develop compelling marketing assets, help design engaging presentations, and plan for upcoming events, advertising, and campaigns.

What you will contribute:

• Project management owner, oftentimes managing multiple projects at once.
• Wearer of all marketing hats, pitching in where the team needs it most.
• A natural storyteller and writer.
• An eye for typos and quick fixes to uninspiring presentations.
• A Marketing data and technology magician who can keep the Uplight website and other systems updated, while also streamlining processes.
• A willingness to learn about an important business to business marketing and advertising space.

What you bring to Uplight:

• Strong alignment and passion for the Uplight values and mission

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in Business Administration, Marketing, Public Relations, or Communications (recommended)

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suites, particularly PowerPoint/Google slides, Excel/Google Sheets

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and work in a, distributed team environment

• Flexibility to support multiple projects with different deadlines at once

• Detail oriented and able to effectively proofread all written communications and deliverables

Bonus points:

• Passion for driving impactful change toward energy efficiency and sustainability
• Photoshop, WordPress, Salesforce, or Pardot experience (or interest in learning)

Salary Range: $18/hr - $20/hr (dependent on experience)

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin,  disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual  orientation, gender identity or  expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.