Product Development/Marketing – Intern – Beverage
| Company | SharkNinja |
|---|---|
| Location | Needham, MA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Internship |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Internship |
Requirements
- An entrepreneurial mindset
- Assertive, confident, and capable
- High energy, positive attitude
- Detail-oriented
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment
- Collaborative team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Eager to learn and ask questions
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks while meeting deadlines
- Critical thinker who understands how tasks tie into the bigger picture of product development
- Willingness to be hands-on with product and engaged in internal consumer testing
- Comfort with taking initiative and interacting with multiple associates each day
Responsibilities
- Partnering with Product Development team members to help with the successful product launches of new and cutting-edge products
- Aiding Product Developers with maintaining their businesses through collaboration with Brand Marketing and Creative teams on updates to product packaging, instruction guides, and more
- Tracking the competitive landscape and providing analysis for areas of opportunity
- Owning item (SKU) creation and accessory development for Domestic & International product launches
- Coordination and execution of consumer research activities with internal and external testers in collaboration with the Consumer Insights team
- Tracking findings and action items from consumer research and product reviews
- Conducting ad-hoc analytical deep dives into consumer reviews – both Ninja products and competitors – to understand the consumer’s point of view
- Aiding Product Developers with technical needs through connects with engineering teams based in London, critical touchpoint analysis of prototypes, prints, and engineering builds
- Coordinating and executing consumer testing with touchpoint prints and prototypes to evaluate acceptability or preference and report-out of findings to the team
- KPI testing/product definition/spec setting – in partnership with Sensory/NPD/R&D/Testing team members
- JIRA ticket creation and updating
- Sample management and coordination for retailer meeting needs
Preferred Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will have completed at least one prior Internship or Co-op in an engineering, product development or consumer products role
- Recent Grads encouraged to apply
- Great communication skills
- Self-starter, energetic, keen to learn
- Flexible in approach
- Presentation skills – must be proficient with Powerpoint and comfortable developing and presenting to large groups either in person or over Teams
- Familiarity and working level skills with MS Project (or similar), Excel, Powerpoint