What are the responsibilities and job description for the New Homes Community Experience (Sales) Internship - Summer 2025 position at Van Metre Companies?
Job Description
Job Description
At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success and culture. We seek out candidates who love to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre is seeking New Homes Community Experience Interns for Summer 2024 !
We are seeking Community Experience Interns who love to be challenged and learn new skills to become a part of the New Homes Community Experience Team! As Community Experience Intern, you will work in one of our model homes supporting efforts to sell Van Metre homes! You will be mentored by an experienced New Homes Community Executive and work closely with the Community Experience Manager and Community Experience Associate at your community. Your responsibilities will be to assist with all sales activities including prospecting and appointment-setting, follow up with prospective customers, gathering and communicating your knowledge of our homes and the market to current and prospective homeowners, and building relationships with homeowners through excellent customer service and sales.
All Van Metre interns will have the opportunity to meet and network with interns and employees from other departments and divisions. Interns will engage in a series of trainings that will help them to excel in their particular roles and to broaden their understanding of the company and the many different ways to become involved at Van Metre. The internship program is designed to give our interns valuable and broadly applicable experience that will continue to be an asset well into the future.
The Community Experience Internship will be an in-person position and requires the candidate be local to the Northern Virginia area.
Under the supervision of the Community Executive, your responsibilities include :
- Greet and welcome prospective homebuyers to the community
- Schedule appointments
- Maintain prospective buyer information in database
- Assist team with general sales, clerical, contract, or scheduling duties
- Manage inventory of sales and marketing brochures and supplies
- Learn about different product offerings and types of buyers
Requirements :
Communities are located throughout Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties and weekend work is required.
Van Metre's Summer 2025 Internship Program is an 8-week program in which Interns get the opportunity to hone the skills in their field but also learn about our business. The Program starts the first week in June 2025 and runs through early August. Interns will attend trainings and planned sessions with Executives from every team, learning about every aspect of a product, from inception to completion, sale, and management. The goal is to assist in your quest to become a well-rounded individual, just like our company is!
Compensation Information :
Van Metre Core Values
Integrity; Ownership; Respect and Dignity; Diversity and Inclusion; Teamwork; Community; Work / Life Balance
Van Metre Mission Statement
The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company's founding in 1955, of providing top quality homes, investment properties and services to our customers and clients. The Company's emphasis on integrity, professionalism and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and in the management of apartment, retail and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the "Van Metre" signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.
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