Coffee Startup - Paid Internship

  • Full-time

Company Description

About SingleCups:  
SingleCups is a coffee packaging company whose core focus is contract manufacturing and co-packing of single serve coffee. That just means we have a giant machine that takes our coffee or the client’s and puts that coffee into single serving cups for Keurig-style single cup brewers. Our founders are internet marketing ninjas with over 20 years experience as  serial entrepreneurs. Their flagship business, 360Partners, was awarded one of the 2013 “Best Places to Work” by Austin American-Statesman. SingleCups shares office space with 360Partners which allows us to be part of their work hard, play hard culture.

Job Description

SingleCups is looking to hire someone who will help them take the coffee world by storm! This is a paid summer internship with a coffee packaging startup company that has the resources of its parent company. You won’t be working out of a basement here!

Want to…

Learn how a business is run, from the ground up?

Multitask in everything from sales, to operations, to logistics?

Add value to a burgeoning business?

Help meet the growing demand for single serve coffee cups?

Drink lots of coffee/tea?

Have a ton of fun while working with a really tall guy?

 

If you answered “yes” to all of these questions, read on to find out if you’re a fit for this internship!

 

Responsibilities

  • Create meaningful Excel spreadsheets (bonus points if you can create Excel art)
  • Coordinate complex logistics (this is just a fancy way of saying you will communicate with lots of people to get things done)
  • Cold-call potential customers
  • Schedule and setting appointments
  • Coordinate travel for the really tall guy (there’s a chance he may bring you along!)
  • Doing everything and anything that needs to be done

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Junior/Senior or recent graduate
  • Strong organizational skills, detail orientation, and resourceful
  • Knows Excel better than the average bear
  • Capable of functioning in an ambiguous environment
  • A desire and ability to learn quickly
  • High energy, drive, and maturity
  • Demonstrated persistence, tenacity, and an ability to overcome obstacles
  • Self-starter and can work independently
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Likes to work in a fast-moving, yet casual environment
  • Marketing or business school experience preferred, but everyone is welcome to try out!

The internship will last from May to August, with flexible start and end dates, and will be 25-35 hours/week.

Additional Information

Our team is hard-working and fun-loving, so, if that sounds like the place for you, send both your resume and cover letter to [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you!