Strategy Intern
Strategy Intern
The Strategy Intern is naturally curious and has a strategic mindset. They are avid explorers of information and know how to connect the dots across information sources. The Strategy Intern is proactive, intuitive and an excellent storyteller with strong research skills and an analytical mindset.
What you’ll do:
- Conduct secondary and primary research to uncover actionable insights
- Analyze and monitor brands/products to develop competitive analyses
- Transform research findings into interesting, inspiring and meaningful overviews
- Collaborate on strategic briefs to guide creative teams in delivering impactful campaigns
- Work in true collaboration with the strategy team and cross-functional teams (creative, media, social, public relations, etc.)
- Advocate for both the brand and the target audience to ensure resonance and relevance
- Adapt to the evolving needs of the agency and contribute to a variety of projects
Traits for success:
- Genuine interest in brand strategy, consumer insights, brand planning and creative problem-solving
- Fundamental understanding of and practical experience with qualitative and quantitative research
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects and deadlines with a keen attention to detail
- Insatiable curiosity and a drive to dig deeper and ask “why”
- Self-confidence without ego
- Well-organized, detail-oriented, with demonstrated multi-tasking skills and the ability to work well under tight deadlines
- Comfortable presenting insights and strategies to internal and client teams
- An innate ability to balance creative thinking (right-brain) with analytical rigor (left-brain)
- Natural enthusiasm to making the whole room smarter, not to pump up your own ego
Details:
- This is a paid internship: $20/hour for approximately 40 hours per week in-person at our Minneapolis office
- Interns will earn Sick and Safe Time in accruals based on hours worked
- The Strategy Intern will be supervised by the Senior Strategist
- This is a 12-week internship running from Tuesday, June 3 – Thursday, August 28
- This is an in-person internship