Marketing Intern - Summer 2027

Job Summary

Avient is seeking summer interns to join the Corporate Marketing team. The Marketing Internship provides current undergraduate students with project opportunities within key areas of marketing and welcomes candidates who bring an engineering perspective and a curiosity about how technical thinking can be applied to business-to-business marketing.

Essential Functions

• Complete projects across key marketing functions, including marketing communications, industry marketing, digital marketing, and product management.
• Develop an understanding of Avient's businesses from a financial, operational, and strategic standpoint, serving as a foundation for future marketing roles within the organization.
• Apply technical and analytical skills to conduct market research and competitive analysis, delivering intelligence on industry trends, customers, and competitors to support management decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across business units on shared initiatives.
• Build relationships with senior management and colleagues across the globe to contribute to Avient's future success.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Currently a rising senior pursuing a BA/BS degree with emphasis in Marketing, Business Administration/Development, or related fields; candidates pursuing a degree in engineering, or a dual path combining engineering with business or marketing, are also encouraged to apply.
• Experience or interest in applied research and development, product or formulation design, or applications development and technical services (ADTS) is a plus.
• Proficiency with MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel required.
• Relevant internship experience is preferred.
• Problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather, synthesize, and evaluate data from multiple sources using a range of business intelligence and reporting tools.
• Curiosity about customer needs and how products fit into the market, including an interest in translating technical performance into customer value.
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and take initiative on assigned projects.
• Collaborative team player with strong project coordination and organization skills.
• Clear oral and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Additional Qualifications

• Problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather, synthesize, and evaluate data from multiple sources using a range of business intelligence and reporting tools.
• Curiosity about customer needs and how products fit into the market, including an interest in translating technical performance into customer value.
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and take initiative on assigned projects.
• Collaborative team player with strong project coordination and organization skills.
• Clear oral and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [email protected].