Marketing: Summer Co-op Internship Opportunities

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. 

A Field Product Marketing Intern, for a given product or solution area, activates and drives area leadership and stakeholders to foster short- and long-range growth and claim market share. Delivers impact as a product spokesperson/evangelist, leveraging product knowledge and technical expertise to position the value proposition and tailor messaging to a variety of key internal and external audiences. 

A Field Integrated Marketing Intern drives Microsoft’s business objectives through integrated marketing campaigns aligned to globally defined priorities, strategies, and programs. Develops local marketing plans that drive customer demand based on global program availability, functional expertise, and local market knowledge and insights. Ensures marketing plan execution upholds global strategic guidance, regulatory and compliance standards and Microsoft Accessibility and Privacy principles.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

This is a 8 month consecutive internship with start dates in April 2024

Field Product Marketing Intern:

• Acts as a product advocate and spokesperson for the respective product(s) within the Product Manager-owned portfolio. Develops product, market, and/or industry knowledge, as well as required technical expertise to support the team in positioning the value proposition.
• Develops an understanding of business opportunities and strategy, and builds knowledge of the customer/partner ecosystem. Owns the development of plans for a project/initiative, and measures the efficacy of plans. Supports accountability for scorecard metrics for a product/service.
• Supports strategic plans for owned initiatives/projects and go-to-market (GTM) strategy development and execution.
• Supports the team in ensuring the channel and sellers are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and resources to sell.

Field Integrated Marketing Intern:

• Assists in the creation and implementation of integrated marketing plans aligned to targeted business outcomes for a single business area. Coordinates with local teams, including Program Marketing Managers (PMMs), Sales, Communications, Finance, and Business Operations to establish the appropriate marketing plan, with guidance from others on their team.
• Contributes to the delivery of the marketing plan. Contributes to reports and analysis of customer metrics. Assists with the creation of reports and analyses of customer metrics to identify opportunities to improve customer engagement by collaborating with engine owners.
• Reads and interprets marketing performance and marketing spend reports, using analytical knowledge to extract insights from data. Interprets business implications of results and reports findings to stakeholders.
• Assists with orchestrating and completing work needed across local stakeholders for Rhythm of Connection (RoC) meetings. Tracks marketing-related spending against planned estimates. Ensures event or campaign delivery is consistent with marketing plan.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, Communications, Economics, Public Relations or related field.
• Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in the continually evolving craft of marketing.
• Proven aptitude for seeking creative solutions to multi-faceted problems.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills .

The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $4,250.

Find additional pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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