Brand Marketing Specialist Internship
7Qubes is currently seeking a Brand Marketing Specialist. Applicant should be enthusiastic, resourceful, and genuinely interested in working in a technology start-up with a growing, multi-state footprint.
7Qubes is an evolving company, operating in the B2B (business-to-business) space helping provides technical solutions to the problems faced by businesses. We have flexible work hours but are very results-driven. Our work covers everything from marketing campaigns, social media content management, and interacting with vendors and members of our products, you will gain a wealth of opportunities to grow your skills. You will be supporting the products team to help build awareness of our products.
Culture
We love what we do. Our team is looking for interns who are passionate about learning digital marketing and enthusiastic about applying analytical and creative methods to brand building and digital campaigns.
We live our core values every day:
• PASSION FOR LEARNING – Pursue continuous learning with passion, enthusiasm, and curiosity. Failures are expected and valued as learning opportunities.
• TEAM FIRST – Put team success ahead of personal glory and avoid unnecessary competition.
• LET DATA GUIDE YOU – Challenge opinions not supported by data. Evidence-based facts and hard numbers are the best basis for decision-making.
• GET THE DETAILS RIGHT – Sweating the small stuff is the difference between mediocre and magnificent.
• TAKE OWNERSHIP – Celebrate successes and take full responsibility for negative outcomes. Always ask what you could have done better and never shift blame to others.
If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you! We’ll review your application and writing sample in order to determine whether you are a good fit for this internship.
• We offer an internship for candidates interested in working with us for a 16-week duration. The internship is for both undergrads and candidates 1-2 years out of college.
We’re looking for passionate people who want to improve and build on what we’ve created and take responsibility to help others build something meaningful and sustainable for their futures. If this sounds interesting to you, we’d love to have you read on.
Job Description
Our internship program is designed to launch your career as a Brand Marketing Specialist. This is a remote internship, eligible to candidates within the US. You’ll work directly on real-world projects and build a portfolio that you will not learn in a classroom.
About you
You’re interested in marketing and are ready to dig in, learn, and execute. You love being part of a team, and you’re energized by a high-growth environment.
• You’re interested in (or have worked in) marketing, writing, or advertising.
• You’re a strong communicator, especially in writing.
• You’re a self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and collaborative environments.
• You have a passion for learning and love to drive improvement in yourself and others.
• You understand or are interested in personal finance, behavioral finance, and financial wellness topics.
• You understand or are interested in topics like mental models, self-improvement, intentionality, psychology, habits, motivation, and more.
• You will serve as our ambassador to our members and partners.
Requirements
• Strong organizational and time management skills Intimate knowledge of the small businesses landscape
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Work, PowerPoint) REQUIRED
Highlights
• Opportunity to grow at a fast-moving company
• Fun work environment with entrepreneurial people
• Ability to run your own projects
• Gain real-world experience
• Consistently challenging work for multiple brands
• Weekly meetings with an experienced marketer to guide your learning and get your questions answered.
• You will work directly with our brand products delivering analytical market research and digital campaign management services.
• Your learning objectives: web analytics, search engine optimization, written/oral communication, content marketing, market research, and marketing.
In this role, you’ll:
• Brainstorm, pitch, and create original content, like blog posts, video scripts, and more.
• Support keyword research and on-page optimization efforts.
• Interview company stakeholders and turn their words into relevant content.
• Stay up to date on the latest content marketing and personal finance trends.
• Support content and calendar workflows and organizations.
• Collect and curate content for distribution channels, like email newsletters.
• Support competitor research efforts.
• Work closely with other teams at 7QUBES, like creative, communications, promotions, lifecycle, and more.
• Work closely with our partners (University of Chicago Polsky Center & Innovation lab, USHCC, IHCC, UIC, DataProducts, ALVCoaching, and more)
• Work in tandem with our sponsors and investors.
• Participate in the learning and development of seminars and online webinars.
Requirements
• You must be available to work a minimum of 10 hours per week.
• We look for applicants who are detail-oriented with phenomenal communication skills (written and verbal).
• If you like working with creating content, outsmarting social media algorithms, using Excel, Canva, and Powerpoint, to figure out what they mean, and then explaining your findings to pitch your strategy, you might thrive in our internship.
• The part-time internship cycles occur over the course of a college semester.
• Knowledge of Adobe’s Creative tools
• Knowledge of using AI generative art tools are encouraged
Our Brand
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