Marketing Innovations Associate

Schaumburg, IL (Hybrid)

$38K/yr – $50K/yrIntern/New Grad2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own early stage ideation and rapid prototyping for marketing concepts by turning trends and new tech into testable ideas across content, campaigns, and brand experiences.

  • Innovation & Idea Development: shape new marketing concepts from emerging platforms and formats.
  • Build & Experimentation: quickly prototype ideas with AI tools and content platforms to learn fast.
  • Execution & Activation: bring winning concepts to life with cross‑team collaboration and quick-turn activation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Innovation & Idea Development
  • Contribute to a team that functions as a marketing think tank, generating new ideas across content, campaigns, and brand experiences
  • Identify emerging trends, platforms, and technologies and translate them into actionable marketing concepts
  • Challenge traditional approaches and introduce new ways of thinking about how we engage our audience
  • Build & Experimentation
  • Rapidly prototype ideas using AI tools, content platforms, and emerging technologies
  • Turn concepts into tangible outputs such as social content, campaign ideas, videos, and marketing experiments
  • Test new formats, channels, and approaches with a focus on learning and iteration
  • Execution & Activation
  • Take ownership of bringing ideas to life, from initial concept through execution
  • Partner with internal teams (Creative, Campaigns, Product Marketing, Events) to activate and scale successful ideas
  • Contribute to quick-turn initiatives tied to market moments, launches, or trends
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with Brand & Marketing leadership to align innovation efforts with business priorities
  • Collaborate across teams to ensure ideas are integrated into broader marketing programs where appropriate
  • Present ideas, concepts, and outputs clearly and confidently to stakeholders

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field
  • 0–2 years of experience (internships, academic work, or early career experience acceptable)
  • Strong interest in marketing, content creation, AI, and emerging digital trends
  • Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to learn across multiple disciplines
  • Ability to take initiative and operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Preferred

  • Builder mindset – enjoys creating, testing, and iterating, not just ideating
  • Curiosity & creativity – constantly exploring new ideas, tools, and approaches
  • Adaptability – comfortable working across a variety of tasks and projects
  • Bias for action – moves quickly from idea to execution
  • Collaborative – works effectively across teams and functions
  • Confidence & presence – comfortable sharing ideas and perspectives with leadership

Benefits

  • great benefits and perks
  • medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match
  • perks that support you, your family, and your finances
  • career development you desire
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Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR, payroll and spend management software solutions. At Paylocity, we’re more than a leading HR, payroll, and spend management technology provider—we’re a company driven by a simple truth: People matter most. Since 1997, we’ve been partnering with organizations to create workplaces where employees thrive, and businesses excel. From our thousands of team members to the millions who use our platform, caring is in our DNA. For more information, visit www.paylocity.com.

Founded in 1997
Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
6.7K employees (169 in marketing)