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Marketing Intern - Summer 2026

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Ruan Transportation Management Systems

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Des Moines, Iowa

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Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The intern will support marketing, communication, and business development initiatives to drive engagement and applications for open positions. Key tasks include managing digital campaigns, conducting competitor research, and assisting with company event planning.

Qualifications

You are a marketing professional pursuing some college courses in Communications, Marketing, or Event Planning. You demonstrated effective project management, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Digital Marketing

Search Engine Optimization

Marketing Database

Email Marketing

Social Media

Market Research

Content Creation

Project Management

Internal Communications

Job Description

This is a full-time internship for Summer 2026 working onsite in Des Moines, IA.   We are looking for a dynamic marketing professional to support a variety of marketing, communication, and business development initiatives that help support the goals of Ruan.   Duties and responsibilities of this position include:
  • Utilize digital marketing tactics, such as search engine optimization, marketing database, email, social media, and other digital channels for recruiting campaigns. These campaigns must generate engagement, awareness, and applications for Ruan's open positions.
  • Perform market research on competitors and create valuable and powerful messaging in ads.
  • Create email marketing campaigns with internal tools that advertise Ruan's open positions.
  • Research and connect with internal partners to understand Ruan's services to create messaging and content for social media, ruan.com, and external sites that resonate with prospective team members and partners.
  • Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
  • Assist with company/volunteer event planning and coordination.
  • Assist with the development of internal newsletter
  • Assist with special project coordination and implementation (e.g., Conferences/Meetings, Driver of the Year, Driver Appreciation efforts and communications)
Qualifications
  • Education: Some College Courses Preferred
    Course(s) of Study: Communications, Marketing, Event Planning.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs):
  1. Must be able to commit to Ruan's value statement by acting with integrity in everything we do.
  2. Must be able to meet behavioral expectations and perform in alignment with our guiding principles: safety, people, customer, performance, and continuous improvement.
  3. Effective project management skills.
  4. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  5. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.

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Ruan Transportation Management Systems

About Ruan Founded in 1932, Ruan is a family-owned transportation company providing Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, Contract Distribution and Fulfillment, and Freight Brokerage. With more than 90 years of transportation and logistics experience, Ruan is one of the top 10 privately owned transportation service companies in the country. The company operates in 48 states and has more than 300 locations nationwide.
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