Fortune Fish & Gourmet
Bensenville, Illinois, USA

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is a Bensenville, Illinois-based seafood processor and distributor providing white-tablecloth restaurants, private clubs, elegant hotels and independent, gourmet retail stores with the finest quality fresh, live and frozen seafood and gourmet foods. Fortune Fish & Gourmet's key associates have more than 150 years of combined experience in the seafood and gourmet business, with a worldwide supplier base ranging from individual fishermen, small family farms to multi-national aquaculture and agriculture firms. Headquartered only minutes from O'Hare International Airport's cargo docks, Fortune Fish & Gourmet has the world's markets at its fingertips. Fortune handles more than 10,000 seafood and gourmet products, selected to exceed the high standards embraced by their quality driven customer base. Fortune currently services customers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana and Michigan with a fleet of over 80 refrigerated vehicles and nationally through its Flying Fish program. Since 2001, Fortune Fish & Gourmet has brought innovation to seafood and gourmet food distribution, consistently raising the bar for integrity, quality, sustainability and service.

This internship will include a wide range of administrative, research and project based duties for the Marketing and Sales Departments. The intern will gain wide variety of experience including but not limited to: seafood sustainability, aquaculture, website development, social media, community events and client relations.

Students of any major are encouraged to apply, but an interest in sales, marketing, event planning and promotion would be recommended.

Qualifications: Class 2018 and 2019

To Apply: Please submit a cover letter, resume and one letter of recommendation to [email protected]

Please address your cover letter to:
Ms. Stacy Schultz
Marketing Manager & Sustainability Coordinator
1068 Thorndale Ave
Bensenville, IL 60106

Start and end dates are open for discussion.