Marketing Intern - Product Strategy at Ameritas

Ameritas is looking for a Marketing Intern – Product Strategy to drive the business by supporting the marketing strategy team. This intern will get a great exposure to marketing tools, management system work, and other advertising assets.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

This internship will begin in May 2025. This is a hybrid role working partially in-office and partially from home.

What you do

• Work with Marketing Strategists to help develop and execute marketing strategies to accelerate sales and cultivate advocates for insurance, investments and retirement plans.
• Assist with development of marketing assets including email, social media, digital and print collateral and other media for product launches and product enhancement rollouts.
• Learn how to navigate, set up and track marketing projects to completion using the enterprise-wide work management system, Workfront.
• Assist in enhancing and increasing the number of meaningful touchpoints on marketing and communication needs including strategy, design, and execution.
• Help multi-channel marketing strategies and initiatives to help drive new sales and retain current customers while leveraging marketing data and analysis.
• Assist with promotion, tracking and measurement of marketing tactics.

What you bring

• Enrolled in a college program for the course of the internship, preferable pursuing a marketing, communication, or advertising degree
• Able to fulfill a year-round commitment – part-time during the academic school year and full-time during the summer
• PT includes 10-20 hours a week
• FT includes 30-40 hours a week
• Strong writing and excellent proofreading skills
• Working proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Working proficiency with Adobe PDF
• Strong work ethic and high work speed and capacity
• High levels of resilience, positive attitude, and adaptability to unplanned requests and changes
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Eagerness and quickness to learn new systems and processes
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously, responsibly, and take ownership of projects

What we offer

• Our company motto is “Fulfilling Life” and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future
• Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers
• We’re committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities

This internship is benefits ineligible.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

The pay range posted reflects a nationwide Minimum to Maximum covering all potential locations where the position may be filled. The final determination on pay for any position will be based on multiple factors including role, work location, skill set, and candidate level of experience to ensure pay equity within the organization.

Pay transparency is rooted in principles of fairness, equity, and accountability within the workplace. Sharing pay ranges for all job postings is one way Ameritas shows our commitment to equitable compensation practices.