Account Strategy Intern

Columbus, OH (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 19 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the account strategy workflow from client audits and cultural trend spotting to vendor management and knowledge-system building, while designing research, coordinating moving parts, and turning findings into reusable case studies.

  • Lead learning and internal infrastructure for the strategy team
  • Own insights and storytelling that fuel new business and ongoing client work

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Interns will be dedicated to the Account Strategy department. They will be assigned a supervisor to provide general guidance and mentorship while learning about the agency and how we work cross-functionally, having an opportunity to explore and learn about all parts of an advertising agency.
  • Projects
  • Client audits. Assess the client, their business, their competitors, their category, and the macro cultural forces around them. Feeds new business and active accounts.
  • Culture and trend spotting. Track what’s moving in culture outside client work. Share it with the whole team on a regular rhythm.
  • Research project support. Help run active research projects: timelines, briefs, fieldwork coordination, and synthesis of findings.
  • Vendor management. Keep research vendor relationships organized. Track scopes, schedules, and deliverables. Serve as the day-to-day contact.
  • Department initiatives. Build the infrastructure the team uses:
  • A repository of workshop exercise and strategy deck examples.
  • Case studies built from past strategy work, ready for new business.
  • Claude Skills tailored to team workflows, distributed to the department.

Requirements

  • Must be authorized to work in the US without the need for Visa sponsorship.
  • High School Diploma/GED.
  • Hybrid work from home/office position (in-office attendance is required on Tuesdays & Thursdays); candidate must live near Columbus, OH
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The Shipyard

3.6 Glassdoor

The Shipyard is a leading, independent agency that builds performance-driven brands audiences can’t help but love. By applying modern mindsets to established models, we fuel brand and marketing decisions that are more courageous and more validated. Our ability to align bold creativity with individual consumer motivations lets us do more than hope for brand love – we methodically engineer it throughout the consumer journey. That’s how we activate the synergistic power of brand building and performance marketing.The Shipyard. Engineering Brand Love through the courageous ambitions of our people and our clients.

Founded in 2014
Columbus, Ohio, USA
310 employees (107 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Salaries

Marketing Strategy median pay in the United States

$128K/yr

Most pay falls between $96K and $170K. Based on 759 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
64 (21% of company)
Median Tenure
2.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Total Funding
$59.5M
Last Raise
$59.5M
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2023
    Private Equity • $59.5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.9%
Direct
49.4%
Referral
6.1%
Social
15.1%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~310
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Account Strategy Intern

The Shipyard · Columbus, OH · Hybrid