Job Description

ASSOCIATE, ACCOUNT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN (VIRTUAL)

Our Account & Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible.  We are passionate about transforming ideas into results, as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

To help with this, we’re looking for Interns in Account & Project Management. You’ll help create dynamic digital experience and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. Our project work includes experience design and development, digital and social media campaigns, digital partnership activations and promotions, eCommerce and CMS implementations, CRM programs and branded content. As an intern, you will learn how to develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work and endeavor to make the work better. Sound like you? Read on.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:  

At Digitas, we know that to produce great work, you need great talent – and that talent needs to be developed and nurtured. To this end, we developed the Associate Management Program, or “AMP”, which redefines the entry-level experience. In AMP, you will learn the foundational skills necessary for a successful career delivering marketing programs and experiences. This program accelerates and expands your learning through curated training, mentorship, peer guidance and a meaningful connection to diverse project experience. Whether your path leads you to becoming a Project Management Professional, a Client Lead, a Marketing Maven or an all-around Agency All-Star, AMP will provide you with a solid foundation for a career in digital marketing.

As part of the AMP Team, you will focus on five key areas of development as you learn the fundamentals of digital marketing:

• Project Management: You will own key project management functions such as scheduling, scoping, resource management and risk mitigation
• Client Coordination and Management: You will facilitate projects with your client counterparts and develop client-ready documents such as competitive analyses, SOWs, schedules, briefs, and risk assessments
• Marketing: You will learn your client’s business and be trained in the craft of Marketing, learning how to deliver effective campaigns that meet strategic objectives
• Communication and Engagement: You will learn to use the right communication tools at the right time, understand how to communicate effectively and lean into your work with active participation in meetings and on your projects
• Financial Operations: We will train you in the fundamentals of business financials including forecasting, promoting great margins and managing Digitas operational processes

AS AN AMP INTERN, YOUR ROLE DAY COULD INCLUDES:

• Participating in internal meetings and providing proper materials and documentation when necessary
• Both supporting large initiatives and also leading smaller projects independently
• Ensuring the many workflows run smoothly, on schedule and on budget
• Setting up projects for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
• Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
• Anticipating the needs of your projects, heading off potential pitfalls
• Developing and revising production schedules for creative projects
• Removing barriers to success for the team
• Actively seeking and sharing knowledge with your project teams and within the Account Management & Project Management capabilities
• Experiencing something new every day

Qualifications

YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON IF YOU ARE:

• Passionate about creating and building brands
• Collaborative and enjoy working with others
• Eager to learn and are not afraid of new challenges
• Organized, detailed-oriented, and skilled in time-management
• Comfortable with straightforward, candid, and thoughtful communication with different types of people
• Proactively looking to problem solve & improve processes
• Exhibiting a calm, steady demeanor when handling change
• Demonstrate grit and extreme ownership
• Inquisitive and curious natured

Additional Information

THE YOUNICORN BRIEF

Digitas is looking for an inclusive group of up-and-coming talent to help us reshape the world of marketing and advertising. Are you interested in joining us as an intern this summer?

TO BE CONSIDERED, CANDIDATES WILL NEED TO SUBMIT A YOUNICORN BRIEF AS PART OF THE APPLICATION. Briefs should be no more than 60 seconds or 5 slides.

1. Download template here
2. Add content to slides explaining what makes you a unicorn
3. Record & upload to video sharing site (Vimeo, YouTube, etc)
4. Submit application including link to YOUnicorn Brief in the “Website” field

All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.