Marketing Intern

Job description

Our growing creative design agency would like to bring in a Marketing Intern for an initial period of 6 months to start immediately. The successful candidate will have experience in using Social media platforms to engage audiences, increase followers and promote awareness. A strong interest and across Marketing and communications is expected and any existing experience an advantage. We’re looking for a driven, ambitious individual who wants to create a career in social media and content marketing. If you are currently studying towards a Marketing degree or qualification, we’re offering a flexible schedule to continue taking classes but are ideally looking for a full-time intern for a period of 6 months. We will provide extensive training, guidance and support, as well as the opportunity to experience the industry from the inside and gain valuable work experience.

We are looking for an enthusiastic marketing intern to join our Marketing Manager and provide creative ideas to help achieve our goals. You will have administrative duties in developing and implementing marketing strategies, and the opportunity to learn across a range of in-depth analysis and industry research endeavours to support the implementation of new campaigns based on our current market interests.

As a marketing intern, you will collaborate with our design team to support events and marketing campaigns. Your insightful and contribution will help develop, expand and maintain our marketing channels.

This internship will help you acquire marketing skills and provide you with knowledge of various marketing strategies. Ultimately, you will gain broad experience in marketing and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced and creative work environment.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Performing market analysis and research on competition
• Perform research into our clients’ industries and provide actionable tips and advice for expanding our reach in the digital space
• Respond to customer reviews
• Supporting the marketing manager in daily administrative tasks
• Collect quantitative and qualitative data from marketing campaigns
• Assist in marketing and advertising promotional activities (e.g. social media, direct mail and web)
• Manage and update marketing contact database and customer relationship management systems (Pipedrive and Mailchimp)
• Help organize marketing and events activities
• Take over content creation for all of our company social media accounts
• Monitor social channels for trending news, ideas and memes, then capitalise on those trends
• Assist with capturing and analysing social media metrics

Desired profile

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
• Strong experience of social media strategies and platforms, especially Instagram
• Keep up-to-date on changes to social media platforms
• Familiarity with social media management platforms such as Buffer
• Ability to multi-task and take initiative
• Hardworking and dedicated outlook
• Ability to take direction and absorb information quickly
• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office

PREFERRED SKILLS
• Familiarity with marketing online applications (e.g. Online analytics and Google Adwords)
• Familiarity with tracking tools such as hotjar, bit.ly, Brand24 a bonus
• Experience building press contacts