Job Description
Background Location: Hybrid – work-from-home and office: 303 E Wacker Dr., Suite 2200, Chicago, IL
Type: Full-time temporary position (six months)
Practice: Insights & Strategy
Reports to: Senior Coordinator, Insights & Strategy
Overview Intersport is an award-winning agency that fills the empty space between marketing campaigns and consumers – helping brands make more meaningful connections. Our industry-leading team includes 200+ team members supporting 50+ clients with services spanning content production, experiential and event marketing, hospitality, partnership consulting, creative, social and digital marketing, and platform development. We also own and operate event properties across the professional and collegiate sports landscape, focused on sports including basketball, football, golf, pickleball, and volleyball.
The Insights & Strategy team supports all areas of expertise across the company and is integral to providing clients with strategic insights through the execution of research projects.
The Insights & Strategy team is seeking to hire a Trainee (0-1 years’ experience). The Trainee will learn about primary research, syndicated data, and how to leverage those to solve commercial problems that brands face. Sharp time management skills and keen attention to details are the most important skills to this role.
The Trainee program is the means for entry-level hiring for Intersport. A Trainee position is full-time, with salary and benefits, and covers a period of six months. At the conclusion of the six-month period, a Trainee is hired on to a permanent position based on a number of factors: 1) their performance as a Trainee, 2) Intersport’s company performance, and 3) macroeconomic conditions. A Trainee position is by definition a training position – one in which they will be taught while doing real work. A Trainee must make a discernable impact and prove themselves; it is not in any way an internship position. The Trainee program is competitive by design and its purpose is hire the very best entry-level talent and grow that talent into a permanent team member of increasing responsibility and career advancement over time.
Responsibilities General
- Embody and reflect Intersport’s performance-based culture and commits him/herself and team to the highest standards for all agency work
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver executional excellence
Team Support
- Assist fellow team members in an effort to understand the business needs of the client and ideate the appropriate solution
- Acquire comprehensive understanding of client marketing objectives and how Intersport’s practice groups are uniquely positioned to achieve those goals
Research and Data
- Execute and coordinate both primary and secondary data-driven research projects
- Prepare client deliverables and find new ways to visualize the data that elevates our storytelling
- Work with the team on research and analysis planning
- Attend client briefing meetings / results presentations
- Present internal research to the team / company to grow your presentation skills
- Collaborate on the analysis and interpretation of research results to fine tune analytical skills
- Train on the suite of tools (e.g., syndicated, social listening, etc.) that we leverage to service our clients
Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in marketing, psychology, economics, or a related field; ,minimum GPA 3.3
- Zero (0) to one (1) years’ experience in a marketing role at an agency, brand, media company, sports or entertainment property, or related organization
- Demonstrated interest in, and ideally exposure to, working with data and extracting meaningful insights
- Consulting experience preferred
- Some experience with primary research and syndicated data preferred
- An ability to learn quickly, work efficiently, and succeed in a dynamic environment
- A team-oriented mindset, looking for ways to improve yourself and others around you
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
- Application of superior prioritization and time-management skills
- Detail and process orientated
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage all who feel they might be a fit for the opportunity to apply.
Intersport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Traineeship, Internship, Work from home, Home office,