Marketing Intern

Marketing Excellence Summer Intern

Performance Coatings Group (PCG) Marketing is launching Marketing Excellence, a capability-building initiative designed to create consistent, scalable, high-impact B2B marketing capabilities across PCG through shared frameworks, tools, and best-practice ways of working.

The Summer Intern – Marketing Excellence will support the build-out and execution of this program by helping coordinate key workstreams including needs assessment / competency mapping, tools & templates enablement, training library curation, workshop planning and documentation.

Additional Information:

• This position will have 5% travel
• This role is not remote/hybrid. This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Cleveland Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44115.
• Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

Responsibilities

1) Program Support: Competencies, Roles, and Capability Mapping

• Build and maintain a cross-division matrix capturing role scope, competencies, and capability ratings (using workshop outputs and follow-ups).
• Consolidate inputs into clear, executive-ready summaries that inform curriculum priorities and sequencing.

2) Curriculum Enablement: Tools, Templates, and Practical Assets

• Help organize, quality-check, and continually curate the program's library of online self-service training options.
• Assist in document creation that make tools easier to adopt across divisions.

3) Workshop & Working Session Execution Support

• Support planning and execution for Marketing Excellence working sessions
• Capture and synthesize outputs from sessions focused on org structures, what's working, challenges, and role clarity across divisions.

4) Executive-Ready Deliverables

• Build PowerPoint and Excel deliverables that summarize progress, decisions, and next steps for leadership audiences.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must have minimum high school education
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Marketing, Business, Project Management, or Communications
• Must be available to work full-time (37.5 hours per week) during the Summer 2026 for at least 10 weeks)
• Must have strong Microsoft tools experience (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Have an expected graduation date in 2027
• Have demonstrated leadership involvement in extracurricular activities on campus or in the community

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

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Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

Job Info

• Job Identification 2609230
• Job Category Marketing
• Locations USA OH Cleveland Global Headquarters