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Summer Sales Internship Leadership Track

About the Opportunity
Looking for a summer experience that challenges you and accelerates your growth?

Grit x Forge Marketing’s Summer Sales Internship offers college students hands-on experience in sales, leadership, and business development. As a Sales Representative, you’ll work with a team selling residential pest-control services in selected U.S. markets. This is a performance-based sales internship designed to help you develop communication, work ethic, resilience, and leadership skills in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

What You’ll Gain
• Performance-based earning opportunity: Compensation is commission-based with bonuses available. Earnings vary by individual performance.
• Housing arranged by the company: Fully furnished, low-cost summer housing is secured and organized by our team. (free housing earned)
• Sales & leadership training: Ongoing mentorship and structured training throughout the summer.
• Professional development: Experience in marketing, lead generation, and closing sales.
• Incentive programs: Eligibility for performance-based bonuses and team competitions.

What You’ll Learn
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills
• Goal setting and performance tracking
• Sales fundamentals and negotiation techniques
• Time management and self-discipline
• Leadership fundamentals for high performers

Who We’re Looking For
This internship is ideal for college students or recent graduates who are:
• Competitive and goal-oriented
• Interested in sales, entrepreneurship, or leadership
• Willing to work outdoors and engage directly with customers
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Willing to relocate for the summer if selected

Where top performers go after this role
This internship is designed to build real-world skills in sales, leadership, and performance under pressure. Many of our former reps have gone on to pursue careers in:
• Medical device sales
• SaaS and tech sales
• Commercial and enterprise sales
• Real estate and real estate investing
• Financial services and wealth management
• Investment banking and private equity
• Corporate finance and consulting
• Entrepreneurship and startup ventures
• Management and leadership roles within our organization
• Graduate programs (MBA, law, finance, etc.)

Leadership Track at Grit x Forge
Our top interns are promoted while in school and will learn how to recruit, interview, train and manage elite sales teams. Some of the benefits of that are:
• Future employers value recruiting, leadership, and proof that you help generate revenue
• Increased earnings potential: Avg 2nd year rep earns $98k, Avg 3rd year manager earns $351k
• Company benefits such as: Base pay, car payment stipend, company vacations, and more

The skills developed here — communication, resilience, negotiation, work ethic, leadership, and emotional intelligence — translate directly into competitive, high-performance career paths across industries.

While career paths vary by individual, this role is intentionally structured to accelerate professional growth and expand long-term professional opportunities.

(Head to our website to view case studies on past reps) gritxforge.com/stories

Please Note:
Relocation will likely be required for placement. While you may apply to a specific market, placement in that location is not guaranteed and will depend on business needs and availability.

About Forge Marketing
Founded in 2018, Forge Marketing is a door-to-door sales organization operating in multiple U.S. markets. We provide structured sales internships designed to help young professionals develop real-world business experience. In 2025, Grit Companies acquired Forge Marketing. Now, Forge marketing is the sales intern division at Grit called Grit x Forge.

Internship Details
• Duration: 3–4 months (May–August 2026)
• Compensation: 100% commission-based + performance bonuses
• Locations: Exclusively hiring for southern Georgia. You may request to be put on the waitlist for other markets, but no guarantee is made. Indianapolis, Northern Indiana, Tacoma, West Texas, Detroit, Cleveland, Portland, Eugene, Atlanta, Baton Rouge/Lafayette, New Jersey, Denver, Columbus, Kansas City, Grand Rapids, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Louisville, Orlando, Cincinnati, Nashville, Tampa, and Seattle.
• Housing: Fully furnished housing arranged by Forge
• Training: Virtual onboarding + in-person summer training

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