Product Marketing Intern

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the market-insight flow to guide product positioning and GTM planning by turning competitive and customer signals into actionable strategy for Product Marketing, Product, and Commercial teams.

  • Market and competitor insights: synthesize trends, feedback, and data to shape messaging, value propositions, and prioritization.
  • Cross-functional alignment: support product briefs, GTM plans, and stakeholder communications with Sales, Product, and Marketing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough market research to assess where our products stand compared to competitors in terms of positioning, messaging, and value proposition.
  • Analyze trends, customer feedback, competitor strategies, and other data to provide actionable insights to the Product Marketing, Product, and Commercial teams.
  • Contribute to product prioritization decisions by using data to assess strategic and product fit in specific market segments and suggest potential areas for growth.
  • Assist in the development of product briefs and GTM plans with internal and external stakeholders, including sales, product development, and marketing teams.
  • Support the creation of presentations, one-pagers, and other materials required by the team to communicate key strategies.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment between teams such as Product Development, Sales, and Marketing during strategic planning.
  • Develop monitoring dashboards, AI tools, analytics, and related processes to track product development priorities and initiative progress.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Math, Data Analytics, Finance, Economics or related fields.
  • Senior standing, May 2026 graduate
  • Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting and visualizing data to identify trends and strategic opportunities.
  • Familiarity with data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets) and market research techniques; experience with tools like Tableau or Power BI is a plus.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to express complex ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.
  • Interest in product marketing strategy, positioning, and customer insights.
  • Collaborative, curious, and a self-starter who thrives in a team-based culture.
  • General interest in Fintech.

Preferred

  • Interest in product marketing strategy, positioning, and customer insights.

Benefits

  • We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS , we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
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