The Internship

Group Black is seeking our next talented and innovative group of students for our Summer Internship Program for June 2024. The paid internship will offer an exciting 11-week development opportunity with our growing media start-up. Students will be an important part of a fast-paced, cross-functional team, supporting our KPIs.

We are looking for collaborative and creative interns who are eager to learn about Group Black and the dynamic Media industry. Reporting directly to a member of the leadership team, you will gain both experience and exposure to our Group Black partners and media strategies. There is a great deal of responsibility, but also an abundance of training and mentorship throughout your time with us.

Summer Internship dates: June 3, 2024 - August 16, 2024. All candidates must be willing to work 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, with their assigned department. Students are chosen from all majors, from freshmen through graduate students. The ideal candidate will have intellectual curiosity and will be interested in helping our company grow!

As the Media Planning & Operations Intern, you will help: with ensuring our CRM data is accurate and clean, learn more about reporting and analysis, and assist with sharing information with our partners and stakeholders.

Your Day-to-Day:

• You will work on high-visibility projects, focused on key initiatives within the Revenue Operations department.
• Own and manage follow-up items designated by your internship supervisor.
• Collaborate with the Media Planning team to develop and execute media plans that align with marketing objectives.
• Research and assess market trends, competitor activities, and audience demographics to advance media strategies.
• Assist in and learn about negotiating and maintaining relationships with media partners and stakeholders.
• Attend meetings and take/distribute notes and other administrative tasks. For example, creating and maintaining documents, presentations, and other assets that apply to your role.
• Perform research, ad-hoc tasks, and special projects.
• Learn and utilize different software, programs, and systems, and assist with reporting.

Key Projects:

• Your example intern deliverables may include pulling weekly reporting from Boostr, joining internal and external brainstorming sessions and kick-off calls, and joining our weekly partner calls and sharing notes.
• At the end of the internship, you will present your learning and development experience to the company during a cross-functional meeting.

What you bring to the team:

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, growing, and changing environment.
• Strong comprehension of collaborative tools (Slack & Google).
• Microsoft suite of products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), with a focus on Excel and Sheets.
• Maintain a level of confidentiality.
• Strong analytical and solution-finding skills.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and administrative experience.
• Well-versed in social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Passion for media and entertainment.
• Previous internship experience and on-campus involvement are a plus.

At Group Black we believe in leveraging our hiring process as a way to support transparency. As an undergraduate student, the hourly rate band for this opportunity is ($18-$20/hr). As a graduate student, the hourly rate band for this opportunity is ($20-$25/hr). Our job offer compensation philosophy, which impacts actual compensation, is based on a number of important factors including, but not limited to, internal and market equity, financial budgets, and the individual’s skills, qualifications, experience, and education. Published annual base salary bands do not include individual variable compensation opportunities, such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentives.