Marketing Research & Strategy Intern

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive research-based marketing direction for clients as an intern, turning trends, competitors, and events into actionable strategies.

  • Own ongoing industry and platform research and translate findings into briefs for the creative team and clients.
  • Must-have: strong research skills with ability to synthesize insights quickly.
  • Standout: exposure to real client strategy development and cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conduct ongoing research on industry trends, competitor activity, emerging marketing strategies, and platform algorithm changes across our clients' industries.
  • Monitor competitors' social media channels and communications to identify opportunities and gaps for our clients.
  • Track relevant industry events, conferences, partnerships, and campaigns to surface timely outreach and content ideas.
  • Research sales and outreach strategies to support client growth initiatives.
  • Develop and present content marketing strategies tailored to individual clients, based on your research findings.
  • Stay current with changes in digital marketing, social platforms, SEO, email marketing, and PR/communications trends.
  • Compile research into clear, organized briefs, reports, and strategy decks for the creative team and clients.
  • Collaborate with the team in weekly meetings to present insights and align on marketing direction.

Requirements

  • Current student or recent graduate in Marketing, Communications, Market Research, Business, or a related field.
  • A true internet native who is naturally curious and always up to date with the latest trends, platforms, and digital marketing shifts.
  • Strong research skills - you know how to find credible information quickly and synthesize it into something useful.
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to see the big picture and translate research into marketing direction.
  • Familiarity with social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, X/Twitter) and how brands use them.
  • Comfortable using tools like Google Analytics, SEMrush, or similar research and analytics platforms (a plus).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.
  • Able to work in a hybrid model (onsite + remote); available for weekly team meetings.

Benefits

  • Hands-on experience developing real marketing strategies for actual clients across multiple industries.
  • Exposure to agency workflows and client management processes.
  • Mentorship from an experienced creative and marketing team.
  • Portfolio-building opportunities through strategy briefs, content plans, and research reports.
  • Strong potential for full-time conversion based on performance.
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That's So Creative, LLC

That’s So Creative, LLC, a design and marketing communications studio based in Chicago with clients nationwide. Our goal is to partner with businesses to increase the effectiveness of their brand message. The studio serves as a one-stop creative hub, offering: branding and logo design, website design, website hosting and maintenance, printing services and layout design (including direct mail, book and ebook design), event photography, social media and content marketing and video promotion. That’s So Creative, LLC prides itself on friendly, approachable service and conceptual design thinking.We take the time to learn about you, your company and your vision with our branding and design process. Each design begins with a Vision Assessment where we analyze your target market and overall brand strategy.

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.7B
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.7%
Direct
67.5%
Referral
2.9%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~8

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (38% of company)