Marketing Intern

As a Marketing Intern at New Home Star, you'll take on various responsibilities that support our marketing initiatives. This includes assisting with the planning and execution of campaigns, maintaining workflow within our Project Management System, conducting research, and ensuring timely and quality work. You will also be involved in scheduling email campaigns, updating monthly reporting, and collaborating with team members to foster an efficient work environment.

New Home Star seeks motivated candidates who are preferably Juniors or Seniors in college, or recent graduates holding a Business or Communications degree. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with strong research, relationship-building, and project management abilities are essential. Experience using design tools like Canva is preferred, and you'll need to be detail-oriented and driven by a desire for constant learning.

The Marketing Intern at New Home Star enjoys a flexible schedule, with the expectation to work around 15-30 hours per week. You'll collaborate in person at our Elmhurst office for two days a week, while enjoying the freedom to work remotely for the remaining three days, making it a perfect balance for students and recent grads!

New Home Star is committed to fostering the careers of its employees, including interns. As a Marketing Intern, you will receive best-in-class training, access to a supportive network, and opportunities for mentoring. This ensures you have all the resources necessary for your professional development, setting you up for long-term success in your marketing career.

As a Marketing Intern at New Home Star, you will be involved in various marketing projects, including social media campaigns, email marketing, content creation, and direct marketing initiatives. Additionally, you will support the CRM Management efforts with tools like Hubspot, giving you a well-rounded exposure to diverse marketing strategies and practices.

Discuss any specific marketing tools you've used, such as Canva for design, Hubspot for CRM management, or social media platforms for promoting products. Highlight examples where you effectively utilized these tools in past projects, showing your ability to apply knowledge practically.

Explain your organization skills and techniques you use to prioritize tasks. Mention the importance of using a project management system, creating checklists, and setting deadlines to ensure timely project completion. Being detail-oriented and self-motivated is essential for handling multiple assignments effectively.

Share a specific example where you played a crucial role in a marketing project. Highlight the project goals, your contributions, the challenges you faced, and the successful outcomes. Focus on measurable results to demonstrate the impact of your work.

Mention your sources for staying informed, such as industry blogs, social media, webinars, or marketing groups. Show your enthusiasm for continual learning and how you implement new strategies or techniques in your work.

Express your interest in New Home Star’s culture, mission, and values. Mention how their commitment to providing excellent careers aligns with your career aspirations. Focus on what excites you about the opportunity to work in the real estate sector and contribute to innovative marketing campaigns.

Highlight relevant skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, and attention to detail. Describe personal traits that help you thrive in team settings and your eagerness to contribute positively to the New Home Star marketing team.

Discuss your belief in communication and open feedback as pivotal in teamwork. Give examples from past experiences where you worked in a team setting, outlining how collaboration led to successful outcomes.

Identify a specific challenge you faced, discussing the situation, your action steps, and the resolution. This shows your problem-solving skills and resilience, along with your ability to adapt and learn from these experiences.

Explain the importance of customer feedback in refining marketing strategies. Discuss how insights can help tailor campaigns to meet customer needs better and the impact of engaging customers in the decision-making process.

Talk about various metrics you would evaluate, such as engagement rates, conversion rates, and return on investment (ROI). Emphasize the importance of setting clear objectives to analyze the campaign’s performance accurately.