Channel Marketing Intern (Summer 2025)

Channel Marketing Summer Intern (Hybrid)

Who We Are

Highline Warren is the leading national manufacturer and distributor of consumable and maintenance products for the automotive aftermarket. The company was formed through the strategic combination of Highline Aftermarket and Warren Distribution in 2020. With 20 manufacturing and distribution locations and nearly 1,800 employees, Highline Warren carries over 26,000 products for its more than 14,000 customers across North America.

Overview of role

The Channel Marketing Intern will have broad exposure across Integrated Brand Marketing, with key responsibilities specifically focused on enhancing marketing effectiveness within one of our key channels – retail, aftermarket or installer. The Intern will be assigned a project that represents timely and relevant business needs and leverages innovating marketing strategies. At the end of the summer, there will be an opportunity to present key learnings to marketing leadership.

Highline Warren is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, but our teammates are located all across North America. The Senior Director of Integrated Brand Marketing, as well as the broader marketing leadership team, are located in Charlotte, N.C. and routinely meet in person.

This role will be located in Charlotte, N.C. with the expectation of meeting in person one time per week. The remaining workdays will be remote.

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Type: Hybrid (no formal office setting; occasional in-person meetings)

Duration: May 2025 to August 2025

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Leverage innovative marketing strategies and tactics to drive volume and profit within key sales channels – retail, aftermarket or installer
• Gather and organize relevant input and content at various stages of sales funnel to support new project commercialization and launch
• Support key customer touchpoints such as product line review presentations, customer meeting preparation, trade shows and events

• Scope and manage marketing projects leveraging cross-functional partners.
• Provide Master Data Management support for new item set-up
• Present learnings from internship to marketing leadership team at the end of the summer

Required skills, knowledge and abilities

• Go-getter personality with an eagerness to learn, willingness to “roll up your sleeves” to get the job done and focus on building relationships within the company.
• Interest in pursuing marketing career after graduation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Growth and learning mindset

• Detail oriented

• Able to handle ambiguity

• Collaborative and team oriented
• Demonstrated leadership and extracurricular activity involvement

Minimum experience and education

• Must be a current junior student at a college or university (rising senior student during the summer internship).