Strategy, Activation and Operations Intern

Description

Time: 30 hours per week: June 2 - August 15, 2025

Mon- Fri (In-person Tuesday Wednesday)

Location: NYC Based

Company Overview

Indie Consulting is a boutique marketing agency focused on providing our clients marketing support from strategy to execution. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and curious Strategy & Activation Intern to join our team. This role offers the chance to dig into real-world brand challenges and support the development of marketing strategies across a range of consumer-facing industries — especially within the CPG space.

Role Overview

As a Strategy, Activation, and Operations Intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience across the full marketing lifecycle, from research and strategic planning to media execution and performance analysis. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to real client work, sharpen your marketing instincts, and build skills in marketing strategy, media planning and project management.

Requirements

Media Planning Support

• Assist in the development of paid media strategies, help gather competitive intelligence, and organize recommendations across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  
  

Analytics & Reporting

• Learn how data is structured and reported; assist in pulling performance metrics, formatting dashboards, and identifying early trends or insights alongside our activation team.
  
  

Client Insights & Research

• Help uncover key trends in category, culture, competition, and consumer behavior to support strategy development for brand plans or go-to-market campaigns.
  
  

Marketing Strategy Writing

• Lead the research and writing of 3 strategic marketing POVs for Indie’s blog and social channels. You’ll explore trends, case studies, and provocations that matter in today’s marketing world.
  
  

Operations Support

• Support the operations team in Fancy Food Show planning including event setup and logistics
• Assist in podcast preparation and research including run-of-show documents and Name Drop blog posts
• Contribute to project management team for pro bono project
  
  

Ad Hoc Strategy & Activation Projects

• Jump in where needed to support the team on additional strategy development, project coordination, and internal workstreams.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Advertising, or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail
• Proactive, collaborative, and excited to learn in a fast-paced, team-first environment
  
  

This is a paid internship ($20/hour), and must commit 30 hours per week with two in-person office days from 9-5 in Manhattan, NYC (Tuesday and Wednesday) Will be expected to attend team meetings on Friday mornings and other occasional meetings (some virtual, some in person) on an ad hoc basis. Please send your resume and a 200-400 word write up about why you’d like to work at Indie and what you hope to gain from this internship.