Project briefs · Marketing & Sales

T. Rowe Price · Full-time, 2027 graduates

Associate Sales Consultant (Entry-Level): a project built for this posting

A first full-time role at T. Rowe Price for students graduating between December 2026 and June 2027, supporting clients in either workplace retirement or personal investing. It suits finance, economics and financial planning majors.

Company
T. Rowe Price
Posting title
Associate Sales Consultant (December 2026 & Spring 2027 Graduates)
Location
Owings Mills, MD and one other location
Season
Full-time, 2027 graduates
Pay (as posted)
$67,000 - $93,000 base salary (posted range)
Majors named
Financial Planning, Finance, Economics, Wealth Management, Business

Checked open on the employer's careers site on 2026-10-22. Read the full posting ↗

What this role is really testing

Client communication and consultative conversationRetirement and investment product knowledgeExplaining financial concepts in plain languageNeeds identification and solution matchingRelationship-building and trust framingHandling objections and complex inquiries

The project

Retirement Readiness Client Guide

A one-page, plain-language reference document that walks a fictional first-time retirement plan participant through the key decisions they face when enrolling in an employer 401(k), written exactly as a T. Rowe Price associate would explain it to a real client. It directly mirrors the role's core duty of educating clients on retirement plans and investment options using a consultative, jargon-free approach.

  1. Draft a two-column document in Google Docs or Word: the left column lists five common participant questions (e.g., 'How much should I contribute?', 'What does vesting mean?', 'How do I choose between funds?', 'What is a target-date fund?', 'When can I access this money?'), and the right column provides a concise, friendly answer written as if spoken directly to a nervous first-time enrollee, no jargon, no walls of text, one to three sentences each.
  2. Add a short 'What to Do This Week' action checklist at the bottom (five bulleted steps a new employee should take immediately after enrolling) and a brief 'When to Ask for More Help' section that describes two or three signals that a participant's situation is complex enough to warrant a one-on-one call with a Financial Consultant, demonstrating the referral-identification skill the role explicitly requires.
  3. Apply clean, professional formatting: a header with a fictional participant's name and plan name to make it feel like a real client deliverable, consistent fonts and spacing, and a one-sentence summary at the top that states the document's purpose in plain English. Export it as a PDF so a recruiter can open it in one click and immediately see both your communication style and your command of retirement plan basics.
Build this project for free →

Free account. Provieo walks you through it and turns it into a page with a link you can put on your application. This posting comes with you.

Questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. For roles like this one, Provieo builds the project as a live case-study page: slides, tables and findings you fill in. You bring the thinking.

Where did this project come from?

Provieo read the T. Rowe Price posting and generated it on 2026-10-22. If you paste the same posting yourself you may get a different project, so two applicants don't show up with the same one.

Is Provieo connected to T. Rowe Price?

No. This is an independent project idea based on a public posting. It does not guarantee an interview.