The Marketing Intern will assist in creating social media content, conduct research, support influencer marketing, and engage in day-to-day marketing tasks.
Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. PopSockets has sold close to 300 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.
Our mission is to empower enhanced mobile functionality, self-expression, and authentic human connection. We imagine an Eternal Positivity Machine that sparks joy, creativity, and meaningful relationships. We bring this vision to life by upholding the highest standards in materials, packaging, logistics, and design—while ensuring our supply chain and labor practices remain ethical, responsible, and transparent.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
The Marketing Intern will nurture their creative content mindset, impacting business through their instincts for trends and short-form content. This role calls for a social media visionary who can not only brainstorm quick, relevant, and engaging ideas but also bring them to life through production, editing, and posting. The ideal candidate will embody their magnetic personality and on-camera confidence, infusing funny, witty, and playful energy into content that stays true to the brand. Expect to have your ideas heard, valued, and often implemented.
Responsibilities
- Grow your knowledge and assist with day-to-day marketing tasks, such as maximizing social media, conducting research, and working with influencers.
- Help activate our TikTok Shop and assist with affiliates and the creator marketplace.
- Support new product innovation by sharing the latest trends and upcoming talent with the team and leadership.
- Assist in creating compelling, entertaining video content that tells our brand story, from ideation to filming, editing, and posting.
- Lend a hand to the marketing team and help with hands-on projects like prepping and shipping PR packages.
Qualifications
- Be a trendsetter and innovative thinker who loves bringing fun and creating entertaining, disruptive content.
- Have a passion for and understanding of social media as a brand and marketing communication channel, and possess in-depth knowledge of Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok.
- Be familiar with content segmentation between platforms (e.g., IG stories/reels/in-feed and TikTok page/TikTok Shop).
- Be proactive, self-motivated, and have a natural rise-and-grind attitude.
- Bring new and disruptive ideas to the table while supporting day-to-day tasks that keep the marketing engine running.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a 4-year college or university and able to take on a paid internship
- Based in Boulder/Denver Metro area with the availability on Tuesdays and Thursdays to work in-office with the marketing team.
- Legally authorized to work in the US full-time without requiring sponsorship
Compensation and Benefits
- Expect to work up to 10 hours per week for the duration of the 3-month internship, with an opportunity to extend to 6-months.
- Be a part of our social media and influencer team with opportunities to support other marketing campaigns.
- Professional development and social programming to understand our culture and industry.
- Free product!!
Are you raising your eyebrows, dropping your jaw, and thinking, this is totally me, to everything we’re saying? Send us your CV along with an example of the perfect video that encapsulates your personality and concepts you want to bring to our native platforms. Bonus points for incorporating a big social trend!
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
Top Skills
Instagram
Pinterest
Tiktok
PopSockets LLC Boulder, Colorado, USA Office
We're just outside Downtown Boulder (no traffic!) in a gorgeous, newly built and designed office with terrific mountain views!
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