What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Brand Marketing Intern - Cheddar's position at Darden?
Company Overview
Darden’s family of restaurants features some of the most recognizable and successful brands in full-service dining — Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, The Capital Grille, Chuy's, Seasons 52, Eddie V's and Bahama Breeze. We own and operate more than 2,100 restaurants and are proud to employ 195,000 team members. Together, we create memorable experiences for more than 420 million guests annually in hundreds of communities across North America.
At our Restaurant Support Center (RSC), approximately 1,000 of our team members — working in a variety of functions — provide the support our restaurant teams need to create those memorable experiences.
Whether you’re supporting a single brand or our portfolio of differentiated brands, you’ll find the work challenging, our results-oriented culture energizing, and our passion for serving others contagious.
Summary
The Internship Experience
Individuals are responsible to provide their own housing and reliable transportation to/from work during the internship experience.
Dress And Appearance Guidelines
RSC employees are welcome to wear casual attire every day of the week. This includes jeans, capris, T-shirts, and athletic shoes. Business casual attire may be required for certain occasions.
About Brand Marketing At Darden
Marketing at Darden is one of our pillars in delivering brand excellence. We are continually growing a highly skilled Marketing workforce with the experience and leadership abilities to help our company to be a winner financially while most importantly nourishing and delighting our Guest.
Our Brand Marketing Team Focuses On
Internship Requirements
Candidates must meet the following qualifications:
Darden’s family of restaurants features some of the most recognizable and successful brands in full-service dining — Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, The Capital Grille, Chuy's, Seasons 52, Eddie V's and Bahama Breeze. We own and operate more than 2,100 restaurants and are proud to employ 195,000 team members. Together, we create memorable experiences for more than 420 million guests annually in hundreds of communities across North America.
At our Restaurant Support Center (RSC), approximately 1,000 of our team members — working in a variety of functions — provide the support our restaurant teams need to create those memorable experiences.
Whether you’re supporting a single brand or our portfolio of differentiated brands, you’ll find the work challenging, our results-oriented culture energizing, and our passion for serving others contagious.
Summary
The Internship Experience
- A full-time (40 hours/ week) 10-week program placement during the summer at Darden’s RSC in Orlando, FL
- May 12, 2025, through July 18, 2025
- Interns are paid $20/hour
- Benefits include paid time for holidays (Memorial Day and Independence Day) and dining discounts
- Meaningful work experience that will add dimension to your experience and your resume
- Work evaluation at conclusion of the program to assess your strengths as well as any areas of development
- Mentorship from seasoned professionals
- Opportunities to interact with our executives and key leaders within our company
- The possibility of future career opportunities within the company
Individuals are responsible to provide their own housing and reliable transportation to/from work during the internship experience.
Dress And Appearance Guidelines
RSC employees are welcome to wear casual attire every day of the week. This includes jeans, capris, T-shirts, and athletic shoes. Business casual attire may be required for certain occasions.
About Brand Marketing At Darden
Marketing at Darden is one of our pillars in delivering brand excellence. We are continually growing a highly skilled Marketing workforce with the experience and leadership abilities to help our company to be a winner financially while most importantly nourishing and delighting our Guest.
Our Brand Marketing Team Focuses On
- Food and Beverage Strategy – food and beverage development
- Communications - media planning and creative development
- Data Analytics – driving insights from data
- Technology Enhancements – enhancing the Guests experience through technology
Internship Requirements
Candidates must meet the following qualifications:
- Successful completion of three years of related undergraduate degree program in Marketing
- Must be able to commit to a 10-week placement scheduled to begin May 12, 2025
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Excellent writing and editing skills, including AP Style
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- A passion for food
- Flexible and proven aptitude to work in a fast-paced team environment
- Creativity, curiosity and willingness to research and seek out solutions and innovations
- Strong project management skills, ability to prioritize and comfort managing multiple deliverables
- Comfort interacting with restaurant teams and other key partners
- Previous Marketing experience is a plus
Salary : $20
