2027 Future Talent Program - Marketing Strategy & Project Management Co-op

Rahway, NJ (Hybrid)

$40K/yr – $111K/yrIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end marketing project lifecycle from strategy to execution, driving cross‑functional campaigns, market intelligence, and vendor coordination.

  • Lead project tracking, timelines, and reporting across marketing workstreams.
  • Coordinate meetings and action items across departments.
  • Analyze competitive data and gather customer insights to inform strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Strategy & Execution
  • Campaign Operational Support: Assist in the end-to-end execution of product launch strategies, seasonal promotional campaigns, and brand awareness programs.
  • Market Intelligence & Competitive Research: Gather and synthesize competitor commercial data, pricing models, and market trend reports to identify strategic whitespace for our products. Support market research and outcomes research projects.
  • Customer Insights: Support customer segmentation analysis and survey management to gather feedback from veterinarians, pet owners, or producers. Create or enhance legacy data models to drive strategic decision making.
  • Cross-Functional Project Management
  • Project Tracking & Timeline Management: Serve as the central PM lead for marketing workstreams; maintain detailed project plans, tracking sheets, milestones, and deliverables. Develop and launch new project management tools, templates, and support in-flight projects with tracking and reporting.
  • Meeting Facilitation: Help coordinate, schedule, and document multi-departmental alignment syncs; distribute clear action items to project team members.
  • Vendor & Agency Management: Assist in managing deliverables and timelines with external creative and production agencies.

Requirements

  • Project Management Proficiency: Strong organizational skills to handle multiple moving parts.
  • Analytical Capabilities: Strong working knowledge of Excel (data manipulation, basic pivot tables) and PowerPoint for drafting high-level strategic decks.
  • Collaborative Mindset: Ability to operate effectively within complex matrix organizations, communicate across levels of leadership.
  • Industry Interest: A genuine interest in veterinary medicine, companion animal health, livestock production, or overall animal well-being is highly valued.
  • Undergraduate (Junior or Senior) or Graduate Student (MBA, MS, or Master's in a related field).
  • Core Disciplines: Marketing, Business Administration, Project Management, Communications, Animal Science, or Biomedical/Agribusiness fields.

Preferred

  • Industry Interest: A genuine interest in veterinary medicine, companion animal health, livestock production, or overall animal well-being is highly valued.
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Rahway, New Jersey, US
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$40K/yr – $111K/yr

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