Marketing Intern - Fall 2025
Date: Oct 27, 2025
Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US
Company: Leggett & Platt
Open The Door to Opportunity!
At Leggett & Platt, we provide real-world experiences that shape the future of young professionals. Our Doors Internship Program is a paid opportunity for students to contribute to and learn from a global leader in manufacturing, design, and innovation. We offer internships in fields ranging from engineering, business, finance, operations, environmental health science, and technology, allowing you to explore a variety of industries such as automotive, aerospace, home furnishings, bedding, and industrial products.
About The Program:
The Doors Internship Program is an immersive experience designed to build your expertise, grow your network, and give you hands-on experience across different functions. You’ll work on real-world tasks and/or projects, receive mentorship from experienced professionals, and be part of a company that enhances people’s lives through innovation in comfort-driven design and manufacturing.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
About Our Team:
At Leggett & Platt, our Work Furniture division designs and delivers innovative seating components and finished goods for commercial office environments and retail brands. Our product management team drives product marketing strategy, product storytelling, and customer engagement across channels—connecting design, engineering, and sales through compelling communication and project execution.
In This Role:
As a Marketing Intern, you’ll support the execution of product marketing assets, campaigns, product launches, and internal initiatives. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop collateral, manage timelines, coordinate creative assets, and ensure deliverables align with project requirements and other standards.
This internship is ideal for someone organized, creative, and eager to learn how product marketing directly impacts our business results.
So, what will you be doing as a Marketing Intern?
- Assist in planning, executing, and tracking product marketing projects, including asset development, product launches, and social media campaigns.
- Coordinate with product, sales, branch, and engineering teams to gather content and ensure timely delivery.
- Help manage digital assets, update marketing calendars, and maintain project documentation.
- Support internal communications and presentation development for leadership updates.
- Conduct market research, product research, and / or competitive analysis to inform product strategy.
- Some travel to local branches and potential travel to Canada and North Carolina for asset collection.
- Other duties as assigned.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
- To be pursuing a degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Critical thinking and analysis skills.
- Creative mindset and attention to detail.
- A desire to work on a blend of both creative and analytical assignments
- Familiarity with standard business software (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Excel).
Things we consider a plus:
- Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, and / or social media platforms.
- Interest in furniture design, manufacturing, product / category management, and / or B2B marketing.
What to Do Next
Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.
- Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
- Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
- Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
- Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
Our Commitment to You
We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture, processes and practices promote equal opportunity for all. Join us!
We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer
For more information about how we handle your personal data in connection with our recruiting processes, please refer to the Recruiting Privacy Notice on the “Privacy Notice” tab located at http://privacy.leggett.com
Nearest Major Market: Grand Rapids
Job Segment:
Product Marketing, Marketing Communications, Communications, Market Research, Design Engineer, Marketing, Engineering