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Marketing Creative & Sales Intern

Tiki Breeze
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Marketing, Creative & Sales Intern

Company: Tiki Breeze
Location: Tukwila / Greater Seattle Area
Position Type: Part-Time Internship
Schedule: Approximately 10–20 hours per week (possibly more)
Compensation: $23/hour

Growth Opportunity: Potential pathway to a full-time position

About Tiki Breeze

Tiki Breeze is a Seattle-area beverage company creating innovative energy concentrates, refreshers, fruit beverages, syrups, and specialty drink solutions for cafés, restaurants, distributors, and other beverage operators.

We are looking for a creative, motivated, and proactive Marketing, Creative & Sales Intern who wants hands-on experience working with a growing beverage brand.

This role will work directly with company leadership to help create marketing materials, develop campaigns, support product launches, produce content, assist with email marketing, and contribute to a variety of ongoing marketing projects.

Rather than simply observing, the intern will have the opportunity to participate in real projects from concept through execution and see how marketing decisions are made within a growing business.

What You'll Work On

  • Marketing Projects & Leadership Collaboration
  • Work directly with company leadership on marketing initiatives and creative projects.
  • Help turn marketing ideas and concepts into finished campaigns and materials.
  • Assist with planning and executing new product launches and promotions.
  • Participate in brainstorming sessions for campaigns, content, branding, and new marketing initiatives.
  • Help create presentations, sales materials, promotional pieces, and other marketing collateral.
  • Support special marketing projects as new opportunities arise.
  • Research competitors, industry trends, and new marketing opportunities.
  • Help maintain consistency across Tiki Breeze's brand and messaging.
  • Provide creative input and ideas to help improve how Tiki Breeze products are presented to customers.

Graphic Design & Branding

  • Create graphics for social media, email campaigns, print, web, and digital marketing.
  • Assist with flyers, sell sheets, menus, signage, presentations, and promotional materials.
  • Support packaging and product label concepts.
  • Create materials for cafés, distributors, sales representatives, and other business partners.
  • Develop creative assets for new products, seasonal promotions, and marketing campaigns.
  • Help maintain consistent visual branding across marketing materials.
  • Content Creation & Social Media
  • Create photo and video content featuring Tiki Breeze products and beverages.
  • Produce content for Instagram, TikTok, Reels, Stories, and other digital platforms.
  • Photograph products, drinks, recipes, events, and behind-the-scenes activity.
  • Film and edit beverage demonstrations, product features, and short-form promotional videos.
  • Brainstorm new content ideas and campaigns with leadership.
  • Assist with managing a social media content calendar.
  • Research social media trends relevant to the beverage, coffee, and hospitality industries.

Email Marketing

  • Assist with creating and scheduling email marketing campaigns.
  • Help develop newsletters, product announcements, promotions, and customer communications.
  • Write and edit email copy, subject lines, and calls to action.
  • Create graphics and product visuals for email campaigns.
  • Assist with organizing and segmenting email lists.
  • Help develop promotional and email marketing calendars.
  • Review basic performance metrics such as opens, clicks, and engagement.
  • Assist with campaigns targeting both existing customers and potential new accounts.

Product Marketing

  • Help develop marketing strategies for new products, flavors, and beverage concepts.
  • Assist with campaign concepts, messaging, photography, and promotional materials.
  • Help create and visually showcase drink recipes.
  • Assist with product descriptions and website content.
  • Research beverage trends, competitors, and emerging product categories.
  • Help develop creative ways to introduce Tiki Breeze products to new customers.

Sales & Customer Follow-Up

  • Depending on the candidate's interests and abilities, this position may also include supporting our sales efforts.
  • Follow up with prospective and existing customers.
  • Reach out to cafés, coffee shops, restaurants, distributors, and beverage businesses.
  • Help introduce Tiki Breeze products to potential customers.
  • Follow up after samples, meetings, trade shows, and sales inquiries.
  • Maintain organized customer and prospect information.
  • Identify potential leads and new business opportunities.
  • Assist with email and phone outreach.
  • Support distributor and wholesale relationships.
  • Check in with existing accounts regarding products, promotions, and new releases.
  • Help prepare sales presentations, product information, and marketing materials for the sales team.
  • The goal is not simply to make cold calls. The intern will learn how marketing, creative development, customer communication, relationship building, and sales work together to grow a brand.

Events & Industry Marketing

  • Assist with coffee industry events, trade shows, tastings, and demonstrations.
  • Help develop marketing materials and displays for events.
  • Capture photo and video content during events.
  • Interact with customers and industry professionals.
  • Assist with post-event marketing and lead follow-up.

Who We're Looking For

You may be a good fit if you:

  • Are studying Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Advertising, Business, Entrepreneurship, Sales, or a related field.
  • Are creative and enjoy developing new ideas.
  • Have an interest in branding, design, social media, content creation, email marketing, or sales.
  • Have a good visual eye and attention to detail.
  • Are comfortable communicating and collaborating directly with leadership.
  • Are comfortable taking photos and videos.
  • Have experience with or an interest in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, CapCut, or similar tools.
  • Have experience with or an interest in email marketing platforms such as Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Constant Contact, or similar tools.
  • Understand platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.
  • Are organized and able to manage multiple projects.
  • Are comfortable taking initiative and bringing new ideas to the table.
  • Can receive feedback and revise creative work.
  • Enjoy working in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.

You do not need to be an expert in every area. We are looking for someone eager to learn, contribute ideas, and develop a broad range of real-world marketing and business skills.

What You'll Gain

This internship provides hands-on experience in:

  • Working directly with business leadership
  • Marketing strategy
  • Graphic design
  • Branding
  • Social media marketing
  • Email marketing
  • Content creation
  • Photography and video
  • Product marketing
  • Consumer packaged goods
  • B2B marketing
  • Sales and customer outreach
  • Lead generation and customer follow-up
  • Product launches
  • Influencer outreach
  • Event and trade show marketing
  • Working with cafés, distributors, and beverage operators

You'll have the opportunity to contribute to real marketing projects that can become part of your professional portfolio while gaining firsthand experience in how a growing company develops ideas, creates marketing materials, launches products, communicates with customers, and builds its brand.