Beer & Beverage Brand Ambassador Intern

TJ Sheehan Distributing seeks a Brand Ambassador Intern to support beer and beverage brand awareness across Central and Upstate NY. Working closely with sales and marketing, you'll assist with in-store promotions, tasting events, and point-of-sale displays, ensuring products are properly merchandised and represented. Responsibilities include engaging consumers, sharing product knowledge, gathering feedback, and supporting social and local marketing initiatives. Ideal for students or early-career candidates looking to learn the beverage distribution business in a family-owned, team-oriented environment with exposure to sales and brand building.

Responsibilities

• Support in-store and on-premise sampling, promotions, and events for beer and beverage brands

• Assist sales and marketing teams with merchandising and point-of-sale displays

• Engage consumers, share product knowledge, and represent partner brands professionally

• Gather customer and retailer feedback to share with sales and marketing leadership

• Track basic event metrics such as samples, engagement, and feedback notes

• Help coordinate and set up promotional materials at retailers, bars, and restaurants

• Collaborate with team members to maintain brand standards across accounts

• Observe and learn beverage distribution, sales, and brand-building processes Required Skills

• Event promotion support

• Merchandising and retail display

• Customer engagement

• Basic sales support

• Brand representation

• Point-of-sale materials setup

• Time management

• Verbal communication

• Basic reporting and feedback collection

• Safe product handling for beverages