Account Services/Strategy Internship - Norwalk, CT

Company Description

Inspira isn't your typical agency. Our focus is on one thing: people. Real people, and the values that they hold to be true.

We're here to help our clients build genuine relationships with their audience — the kind of relationships that create powerful, active communities around their brand.

Our insights-driven, collaborative approach to the work establishes a better foundation and ensures that we're working towards one ultimate goal: making people care. We deliver award-winning campaigns for clients while devoting a portion of our profits to find a cure for pediatric cancer. 

Job Description

This hybrid Account Services / Strategy intern will split time working with an account manager and a strategist, supporting the business through project management, creating timelines, and developing budgets on the account management side while actively researching trends, conducting consumer research, and conducting competitive intelligence on the strategy side for existing and new clients. The qualified candidate will work on exciting projects and collaborations while exploring a career interest in experiential marketing. During this internship will develop skills and gain industry experience.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm

• In person - Tues/Thurs (Inspira Marketing 50 Washington St. Norwalk, CT)
• Work from home - Mon/Wed/Fri

Average Hours: 25-30 hours per week
Compensation: This is an hourly paid internship with 1 hour unpaid lunch
This internship will begin on May 20, 2024 and end on August 2, 2024. Candidate must be available for all 11 weeks of the internship.

Job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Assist with ideas and initiatives surrounding programming and point of sale
• Data entry and review, when necessary
• Participate in team brainstorms on strategy and activation ideas for new projects
• Participate in a team leadership orientation
• Participate in client calls and status updates 
• Preparation of reports - understanding the fundamentals of creating a deck incorporating facts, statistics, intro slides and storytelling 
• Conduct competitive intelligence
• Utilize paths of purchase to support competitive research
• Conduct consumer research
• Marketing Research – identifying trends and conducting industry research that fit the brand campaigns and industry at large

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal skills with a focus on email communication
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Mac
• Organization skills
• Presentation experience
• Self-starter and detail oriented
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Pulse on current trends and pop culture 
• Ability to understand and analyze data
• Utilize subscription services for category consumer and market research
• Excellent internet researching skills
• Ability to synthesize and summarize information
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and thrive in a face-paced environment

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this internship is $16.00-$19.00 hourly. The determination of what a specific employee in this job classification is paid depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, prior employment history/job-related skills and qualifications, length of service and geographic location. 

Inspira Marketing is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, disability, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Inspira is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for other reasons in the employment application and hiring process, in accordance with applicable law. To request an accommodation please contact [email protected].