Sales, Marketing & Design Studio Intern

About KB Home

KB Home is one of America's largest and most trusted homebuilders, with nearly 700,000 quality-homes built over our more than 65-year history. Operating across 21 divisions in 9 states, we don’t just build houses we create places where families can make a lifetime of memories. At KB Home, our foundation is our people. We foster genuine relationships with our customers throughout their homebuying journey, while our employees bring passion and purpose to work every day. Our shared culture of customer obsession drives our mission to make homeownership attainable for all.

The Opportunity

As a Sales, Marketing and Design Studio Intern you will be responsible for shadowing the Sales Counselors, collaborating with the division marketing team and supporting our design studio team. You will observe meetings with prospective buyers to communicate, persuade, and conduct final sales for newly constructed residential homes. You will learn how marketing strategies are executed. You will collaborate with the Design Studio Consultants to guide homebuyers during scheduled appointments for their design selections.

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Key Responsibilities

Assist Sales Counselors, division marketing team and Design Studio Consultants in performing their duties and responsibilities, including, but not limited to: 

• Develop understanding of CXP selling process
• Observe scheduled sales presentations and spend time being trained in virtual sales tools
• Spend time with sales staff for training on C3 and lead management system
• Learn and understand sales contracting
• Spend time with KBHS representative to discuss common financing options, issues, and processes; Develop understanding of mortgage financing process
• Participate in weekly division calls with corporate marketing and division marketing to review current and future marketing plans.
• Review advertising campaigns, brochures, and other collateral
• Spend time reviewing marketing budgets
• Learn how Marketing creates a sales office and design of a model home complex
• Observe how Marketing supports the sales team and assists with special projects (quick move-in adverts, etc)
• Shadow Studio staff and attend scheduled meetings
• Observe and understand how to conduct a live video studio appointment and in-person final studio appointment
• Develop understanding of KB Home enterprise system (HB1/JDE) in terms of Studio selections
• Review product selections and how the studio experience adds value to purchase process

As an intern with us, you will have the chance to: 

• Work closely with our expert team – learning the end-to-end homebuilding process 
• Understand how our proven business model – KBEdge supports our goal of being the most customer-obsessed builder in the country 
• Observe how our community (Construction, Customer Service & Sales) teams work together to deliver homes 100% Complete and On Time to every customer 
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment

What You Bring

• Are currently pursuing a degree in Real Estate, Marketing, Interior Design, Business, or a related field
• Embrace a customer-obsessed mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional service 
• Thrive in a team-oriented environment and value collaboration
• Able to work in the division office and in the field between communities throughout the division. (#LI-Onsite)

Requirements

• The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. 
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods.
• Ability to move about work location.
• Ability to drive/travel as needed.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs.
• Ability to observe details at close range and communicate information so others will understand.
• Ability to transport and move up to 20 lbs and move as needed (for roles in Construction/Customer Service/IT/Land/Marketing/Sales/Studio).   
• Periodically works in outdoor weather conditions (for roles in Construction/Customer Service/Land/Sales).

Compensation Details and Benefits

Base Pay Rate

The KB Home Difference

Join us and become part of a team where innovation, sustainability, and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction drive everything we do — and where people truly matter.

As a KB Home team member, you’ll experience:

• A culture defined by customer obsession and collaboration.• The satisfaction of helping families achieve their dream of homeownership.• Opportunities for growth and development within a nationally recognized company.

Visit our career site to learn more about working at KB Home and joining our team.

KB Home wants prospective employees to protect themselves from fraudulent activity. Legitimate communication will only come from email addresses ending in @kbhome.com or through our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, using @icims.com or @talent.icims.com domains.

KB Home and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. 

KB Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer