Sales Enablement Summer Intern

Introduction

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Sales Enablement Summer Intern to join our team and contribute to the success of our sales enablement programs. As an intern, you will have the unique opportunity to actively participate in various aspects of sales enablement, gaining hands-on experience and making a meaningful impact. This internship will provide exposure to seller research, program evaluation, content creation, executive job shadowing, and social media content creation.

This is a summer internship with a flexible start and end date, typically lasting 12-14 weeks.

If you are eager to contribute to a dynamic sales enablement team, gain valuable experience, and make a real impact, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us in shaping the future of sales enablement and enhancing the success of our programs.

Your role and responsibilities

• Complete research, uncover requirements, and identify new sales enablement opportunities.
• Assist in developing new seller education materials.
• Contribute ideas to current projects and participate in meetings.
• Support problem-solving initiatives and learn about IBM.
• Engage in the following project areas:
  • Conduct Research: Identify areas of improvement through seller research.
  • Program Evaluation: Collect success metrics, conduct interviews, and spot program gaps.
  • Create Content: Develop engaging content for training platforms (e.g., Seismic, Your Learning); include multimedia or gamification.
  • User Experience: Evaluate sales enablement platforms and recommend UX improvements.
  • Job Shadow: Observe senior enablement leaders, attend meetings, and help write LinkedIn blog content.

Social Media: Create engaging content to showcase company culture and attract talent

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Sales, Marketing, or Business.
• Strong presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to:
  • Establish relationships and build trust.
  • Clearly articulate ideas, proposals, and recommendations.
  • Work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Critical thinking and the ability to provide valuable insights.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Passion for content creation and storytelling.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Seismic or Your Learning.
• Interest in UX/UI, executive communications, or social media marketing.
• Creative mindset and eagerness to enhance engagement strategies.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Client-provided location(s): Chicago, IL

Job ID: IBM-57534

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-09-24T18:48:10