Marketing Intern - Summer 2027

Position Summary:

The Marketing Intern provides entry-level support for marketing campaign execution, team coordination, content development, and project tracking. This role works under close direction from marketing team members and project stakeholders to support campaign planning activities and build foundational knowledge of Parker’s marketing processes, tools, brand standards, and customer-focused growth initiatives.

This Summer 2027 Marketing internship is based at Parker’s Global Headquarters in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Scope/Supervision and Interaction:

____ Has Direct Reports    _X__ Does Not Have Direct Reports 

This position works under direct supervision and receives guidance on daily priorities, task execution, and deliverables. The position does not have direct supervisory responsibility.

Essential Functions:

• Supports campaign planning and execution activities under direction from marketing team members.
• Assists with development, organization, and review of sales and marketing content.
• Supports project coordination, task tracking, meeting preparation, and follow-up activities.
• Helps gather information used in campaign execution, content development, and performance review.
• Learns and applies Parker brand standards, messaging practices, and marketing fundamentals.
• Assists with basic digital marketing activities, including website, email, search, and content-related tasks as assigned.
• Collaborates with team members to meet deadlines and support high-quality execution.
• Demonstrates attention to detail, responsiveness, and follow-through on assigned work.
• Performs other related responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Current university student pursuing a degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, Engineering, or a related field.
• Ability to work in-office in Mayfield Heights, OH.
• Previous internship, student organization, project, or coursework experience related to marketing, communications, business, or digital tools preferred.
• Basic understanding of marketing principles and customer communication.
• Demonstrates Parker values, professionalism, curiosity, and learning agility.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn new tools and processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively and respond to direction in a timely manner.
• Basic problem-solving, organization, and task execution skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build working relationships with team members and stakeholders. 

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Additional Comments:

The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.  However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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