Sales Summer Intern (Sales)

Location: Mooresville, North Carolina, United States; travel required, including customer visits and a corporate office visit in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Salary: $25.00–$30.00 per hour, determined by academic year.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 packaging company providing corrugated packaging and white paper products through operations across the United States.

What you will do

• Complete a 13-week summer internship across Design, Production, Customer Service, and Sales.
• Learn PCA’s business, packaging industry, and sales processes.
• Support customer inquiries, new-item requests, lead follow-up, and complaint resolution.
• Build prospect lists and visit customers with experienced Sales Representatives.
• Develop and apply communication, presentation, time-management, problem-solving, and networking skills.
• Present a final project to management and fellow interns.

Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in the United States and eligible to work in the US on a full-time basis.
• Currently pursuing Sales, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline and have completed the freshman year.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects or customer inquiries simultaneously.
• Professional maturity, comfort engaging with mentors, team members, and customers, and willingness to travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Each intern is paired with a mentor throughout the summer.
• Corporate office visit in Lake Forest, Illinois, with opportunities to meet marketing and PCA leadership and network with fellow interns.
• Paid holidays.
• Automatic enrollment in a 401(k) plan upon hire, with pre-tax and Roth contribution options and employer matching contributions.
• Successful interns may be offered a full-time position after graduation through PCA’s GIFT rotational sales development program.