Advisor Consultant Intern - Summer 2025 - Lord Abbett.com
Jersey City, NJ 07302
About the Job
About Lord Abbett:
Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.
From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.
We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?
Job Overview:
The Advisor Consultant Internship is a nine-week summer experience that will start in June 2025. During the program, participants will gain insight into a career in financial sales, marketing and client service at one of the world’s fastest growing asset managers while having the opportunity to engage directly with senior leadership. Interns will develop deeper understanding of investment markets, investment products, client relationship management, and consultative sales. In addition to working closely with our leadership team to support our ability to serve our clients, interns will undergo a comprehensive and industry-leading training program. Additionally, they will gain experience with other areas of our firm including opportunities to work on numerous projects with multiple departments. Throughout the nine weeks, interns will have abundant opportunities to engage with leadership and build relationships around the firm, beginning with their mentors who will serve as guides from day one. As an Advisor Consultant Intern, you’ll receive actionable feedback weekly and a performance review at the end of the program; the program may lead to the opportunity for a full-time offer.
The Advisor Consultant role serves as the primary development pipeline for many of Lord Abbett’s Client Service roles including Regional Managers (RM) across the West, Midwest, South, Southeast, and Northeast regions. Upon promotion, Regional Managers transition into the region they’ll oversee allowing them to enrich existing relationships, identify cross-selling opportunities and originate new producers.
We’ll trust you to::
- Develop a basic understanding of financial markets, and exhibit curiosity and passion for continuous learning
- Develop a basic knowledge of mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and retirement products
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of— and be able to present— top selling Lord Abbett investment vehicles
- Explain current market conditions and the potential impact on our investment products
- Partner with the Leadership Team to assist with projects pertaining to U.S. Retail Initiatives
- Assist Advisor Consultants and Regional Managers with marketing materials for financial advisors
- Take notes on webinars, team meetings, and industry related events for Advisor Consultants
- Shadow successful Advisor Consultants and deliver key takeaways to the Leadership Team
- Think proactively and execute on ideas that can add value to the team
- Work closely with the senior sales specialists to complete tasks such as, but not limited to:
- Following up on prospective client meetings, using email and other digital tools
- Using financial software to create Illustrations of our fund performance
- Demonstrating creative thinking and analytical skills to analyze and articulate our product advantages vs. key competitors
- Creating and sending marketing material via email
- Ambition to pursue a client-facing career in financial services, with a strong interest in relationship management and sales
- Graduating between December 2025 – May 2026
- Eligibility for full-time employment in Summer 2026
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- The aptitude to learn and adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment
Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.
- Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
- Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
- Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first.
We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.
Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $95,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.
Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance.
Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett
Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.
Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read Carefully
Without prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.
Please note: Lord Abbett is not offering sponsorship for this role.
