Jamba Vernon Hills Local Growth & Community Marketing Internship
Jamba Vernon Hills Local Growth & Community Marketing Internship
Turn local connections into real business growth.
Company: SuSu Hospitality Group
Brand: Jamba
Location: Vernon Hills, Illinois
Position Type: Paid, Part-Time Internship
Initial Program: 90 Days
Time Commitment: Approximately 15 Hours Per Month
Compensation: $500 Per Month, Plus Performance Incentives
Real Fruit. Real Relationships. Real Business Experience.
SuSu Hospitality Group, the locally owned operator of 14 Jamba locations throughout Chicagoland, is seeking an energetic and entrepreneurial intern who wants to do more than observe marketing from behind a computer.
This is a hands-on opportunity to help bring the Jamba spirit into Vernon Hills and the surrounding Lake County community through local schools, colleges, athletic programs, businesses, fitness communities and neighborhood events.
You will not spend the internship making coffee, filing documents or simply observing meetings.
You will identify real opportunities, build community relationships, create local marketing activity and help generate measurable sales.
What Makes This Internship Different?
Most internships provide observation.
This internship provides access.
The selected intern will work directly with executive leaders who have built careers at some of the world’s most respected organizations, including Gartner, IBM, Oracle, NTT Data, Dell, McDonald’s, Mondelez and Jamba.
Most notably, your mentor served as the elected President of the Jamba Franchise Advisory Council for six years, representing franchise owners throughout the system and working directly with senior brand leadership on marketing, operations, technology, supply chain and franchise strategy.
This is a unique opportunity to learn how national brands grow, how franchise systems operate and how local marketing efforts translate into measurable business results.
You will gain exposure to:
- Franchise leadership and governance
- Enterprise sales and business development
- Marketing strategy and execution
- Community engagement and local brand building
- Hospitality operations and guest experience
- Customer acquisition and retention
- Digital marketing and social media strategy
- Executive communication and leadership development
- Business ownership and entrepreneurship
- Measuring return on marketing investment
You will not simply study business.
You will help grow one.
Your Mission
Help make Jamba more visible, connected and active throughout Vernon Hills and the surrounding Lake County community.
You will identify and develop relationships with:
- College of Lake County and other educational institutions
- Local schools, student organizations and parent groups
- Athletic teams, recreation programs and booster organizations
- Gyms, yoga studios and fitness communities
- Hospitals, healthcare providers and medical offices
- Local businesses, corporate offices and professional organizations
- Shopping centres and retail communities
- Apartment communities and residential developments
- Park districts, community organizations and nonprofit groups
- Festivals, tournaments and neighborhood events
What You Will Do
- Research promising local organizations and partnership opportunities
- Contact community leaders, coaches, student organizations, office managers and event organizers
- Introduce Jamba’s catering, group-order and event capabilities
- Participate in local visits, tastings, sampling events and community activations
- Help develop creative ways to bring more guests into the Vernon Hills store
- Capture photographs and short videos that reflect the energy of Jamba
- Assist with local social media and community-focused content
- Maintain a professional prospect and follow-up tracker
- Measure outreach activity, resulting orders and incremental sales
- Present your results and recommendations directly to company leadership
What Success Looks Like
By the completion of the internship, you should be able to demonstrate:
- A developed pipeline of local school, college, business and community relationships
- Completed meetings, visits, tastings and sampling events
- New catering, group-order or event opportunities
- Original community-focused marketing content
- A measurable contribution to store traffic or sales
- A portfolio of real work that can be discussed in future interviews
Who We Are Looking For
You may be studying marketing, sales, communications, hospitality, entrepreneurship, business or event management, but your major is less important than your attitude.
The ideal candidate is:
- Positive, energetic and comfortable meeting new people
- Entrepreneurial and willing to take initiative
- Creative, while remaining focused on measurable results
- Organized and dependable with follow-up
- Interested in sales, marketing, hospitality or business ownership
- Familiar with Vernon Hills, Lake County or the surrounding northern suburbs
- Comfortable visiting schools, colleges, businesses and community organizations
- Able to communicate professionally in person, by telephone and by email
- Able to travel reliably throughout the assigned Vernon Hills and Lake County territory
Existing connections with College of Lake County, local schools, athletic programs, fitness organizations, businesses or community groups are especially valuable.
Compensation and Recognition
- $500 monthly base compensation
- Additional incentives for measurable new business
- Approved mileage reimbursement
- Direct executive mentorship
- Professional recommendation upon successful completion
- Opportunity to continue or expand into additional Chicagoland markets
- Potential consideration for future leadership, marketing or business-development opportunities
How to Apply
Please submit:
- Your résumé
- A brief explanation of why this opportunity interests you
- Five Vernon Hills or Lake County organizations you would approach during your first month
- One creative idea for bringing the Jamba experience into the local community
- A short example of how you would introduce yourself to a school, college, business or athletic organization
Bring Your Energy. Build Your Network. Make an Impact.
This is an opportunity to gain practical business experience, receive executive mentorship and see your ideas come to life within a real Jamba location and the surrounding Lake County community.
Join us and help create the next wave of Jamba growth in Vernon Hills.