Marketing Operations Associate Internships
Marketing operations associate internships give university students, recent graduates, and early-career switchers hands-on project experience, mentorship from working marketing operations practitioners, and, at many employers, a path toward a full-time offer. Openings are concentrated in Accounting & Auditing and Consulting & Professional Services, with TikTok, Travelers, and Headfirst Companies among the employers posting roles now.
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For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Overview
The Marketing Operations and Excellence team builds the systems, content, and ways of working that help marketing run consistently and at scale. This internship sits at the intersection of site enablement, documentation, and practical AI use.
The intern will help stand up an iConnect (SharePoint) site for two major functions and support the creation of documentation and training materials that colleagues can actually use. The role works alongside marketing operations, data analytics and insights, program managers, and creative design.
This role is hybrid, requiring one day a week at our Wilmington, MA location
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location
Position is open to anyone, regardless of age, who meets the educational and experience requirements as posted.
Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring a sponsor visa.
Job Description
What you will do
- Help design and build an iConnect site for two major functions, including information architecture, page structure, navigation, libraries, and content placement so users can find what they need quickly.
- Migrate or organize existing content into the site, apply consistent naming and metadata, and flag gaps or duplicates for the team.
- Draft and refine documentation and training materials (how-to guides, quick-reference pages, process overviews, and short training outlines) with program managers and functional owners.
- Use approved AI tools to accelerate first drafts, summarize source material, and adapt content for different audiences, then edit for accuracy, tone, and clarity with the team.
- Partner with data analytics and insights colleagues to place key reports, definitions, and reference materials where users expect them, and with creative design on layout, visuals, and templates.
- Gather feedback from early users, track open items, and help iterate pages and materials before broader rollout.
- Support light project coordination: status notes, content checklists, and version control so work stays organized through the summer.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field (communications, business, or information systems), ideally finishing year 2 or 3.
- Clear writing and an eye for structure. Able to turn a messy process into a page someone else can follow.
- Comfort learning new tools quickly, including SharePoint or similar collaboration platforms, and interest in how teams use AI in day-to-day work.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with people across functions (analytics, program management, and design).
- Able to take feedback and revise work without losing momentum.
Nice to have
- Coursework or project experience in marketing operations, content strategy, digital experience, or project coordination.
- Exposure to SharePoint, Microsoft 365, or intranet publishing.
- Familiarity with prompting AI tools and editing the output rather than publishing it as-is.
- Basic comfort with data concepts (definitions, dashboards, source of truth), even if not an analyst.
What you will get
- Hands-on experience building an internal site used by real functions, not a classroom exercise.
- Practice writing documentation and training content, and using AI as a drafting partner under review.
- Exposure to how marketing operations, analytics and insights, program management, and creative design work together.
- Mentorship within Marketing Operations and Excellence and a defined summer deliverable to discuss in later interviews.
Education
Physical Requirements
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Overview
The Marketing Operations and Excellence team builds the systems, content, and ways of working that help marketing run consistently and at scale. This internship sits at the intersection of site enablement, documentation, and practical AI use.
The intern will help stand up an iConnect (SharePoint) site for two major functions and support the creation of documentation and training materials that colleagues can actually use. The role works alongside marketing operations, data analytics and insights, program managers, and creative design.
This role is hybrid, requiring one day a week at our Wilmington, MA location
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location
Position is open to anyone, regardless of age, who meets the educational and experience requirements as posted.
Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring a sponsor visa.
Job Description
What you will do
- Help design and build an iConnect site for two major functions, including information architecture, page structure, navigation, libraries, and content placement so users can find what they need quickly.
- Migrate or organize existing content into the site, apply consistent naming and metadata, and flag gaps or duplicates for the team.
- Draft and refine documentation and training materials (how-to guides, quick-reference pages, process overviews, and short training outlines) with program managers and functional owners.
- Use approved AI tools to accelerate first drafts, summarize source material, and adapt content for different audiences, then edit for accuracy, tone, and clarity with the team.
- Partner with data analytics and insights colleagues to place key reports, definitions, and reference materials where users expect them, and with creative design on layout, visuals, and templates.
- Gather feedback from early users, track open items, and help iterate pages and materials before broader rollout.
- Support light project coordination: status notes, content checklists, and version control so work stays organized through the summer.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field (communications, business, or information systems), ideally finishing year 2 or 3.
- Clear writing and an eye for structure. Able to turn a messy process into a page someone else can follow.
- Comfort learning new tools quickly, including SharePoint or similar collaboration platforms, and interest in how teams use AI in day-to-day work.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with people across functions (analytics, program management, and design).
- Able to take feedback and revise work without losing momentum.
Nice to have
- Coursework or project experience in marketing operations, content strategy, digital experience, or project coordination.
- Exposure to SharePoint, Microsoft 365, or intranet publishing.
- Familiarity with prompting AI tools and editing the output rather than publishing it as-is.
- Basic comfort with data concepts (definitions, dashboards, source of truth), even if not an analyst.
What you will get
- Hands-on experience building an internal site used by real functions, not a classroom exercise.
- Practice writing documentation and training content, and using AI as a drafting partner under review.
- Exposure to how marketing operations, analytics and insights, program management, and creative design work together.
- Mentorship within Marketing Operations and Excellence and a defined summer deliverable to discuss in later interviews.
Education
Physical Requirements
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
Marketing Operations Associate Internship Market
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- Accounting & Auditing
- Consulting & Professional Services
Tips for Your Marketing Operations Associate Internship Search
Apply earlier than you think necessary
Large employers open their summer marketing operations associate internship applications the preceding fall, often months before the program starts. Smaller companies and co-op programs post closer to their start dates. Checking listings regularly rather than waiting for a single season means you catch both waves and have more time to prepare strong applications.
Build a portfolio before you need one
Marketing operations associate intern hiring teams want something concrete to evaluate. Document two or three projects with the tools you used and the outcome you produced, whether that is a CRM workflow, an email automation sequence, an attribution model, or a campaign performance dashboard. A linked, viewable artifact does more for your application than a list of coursework alone.
Work your campus network and apply directly at the same time
Campus career fairs surface structured internship programs tied to your university, and professors or career center staff often know which employers recruit from your school before roles post publicly. Applying directly to companies running smaller cohorts alongside campus activity widens the pool you reach and reduces your dependence on any single recruiting channel.
Practice the marketing operations intern screen out loud
Marketing operations associate intern interviews typically include a technical or analytics component covering data interpretation, marketing technology platforms, or workflow logic. Practice walking through your reasoning out loud before your first screen, not just arriving at an answer, because interviewers weigh how you think through a problem as much as the final result.
Target structured internship pipelines early
Larger companies with dedicated marketing operations programs, including rotational cohorts built to train people new to the function, recruit earlier and fill faster than general postings. Identify the structured programs that match your background, note their application windows, and get your materials in during the first wave rather than after the cohort fills.
Set your work-type filter before you start
On-site roles are 53% of the marketing operations associate internships listed here. Decide what you can realistically commit to before you start applying rather than sorting through roles you cannot take. Filtering by location and work type at the start of your search on Migrate Mate saves time and surfaces only the listings that actually fit your situation.
Marketing Operations Associate Internships: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a marketing operations associate internship?
Lead with coursework, personal projects, and a portfolio rather than work history. Marketing operations associate hiring teams expect limited experience at the intern level, so give recruiters something concrete to assess: a documented campaign project, a workflow automation you built, or an analytics dashboard with the tools labeled. Pair direct applications with campus career fairs, where recruiters often move faster for students they meet in person.
Can a marketing operations associate internship turn into a full-time job?
Many employers extend return offers to strong interns, but conversion is never guaranteed. For marketing operations associate interns, what actually drives it is performance on real work, available headcount on the team, and how early the company signals its return-offer timeline. Position yourself by owning your projects and asking your manager about expectations midway through, without counting on a standing offer.
When should I apply for marketing operations associate internships?
Earlier than most candidates expect. Large employers recruit summer marketing operations associate interns the preceding fall, so applications open months before the program starts. Smaller companies and co-op programs post closer to their actual start dates, which means openings appear year-round. Checking listings consistently rather than waiting for a single recruiting season gives you more options.
Are marketing operations associate internships paid?
Most professional marketing operations associate internships in the United States are paid. Compensation varies by company size, industry, and location. Where an employer discloses pay, the listing shows it. Unpaid arrangements exist but are uncommon at established companies and rare at larger organizations where intern programs are structured and budgeted.
What should a marketing operations associate internship resume include?
Lead with two or three complete, documented projects rather than work history. For marketing operations associate candidates, that means naming the tools you used, what the project accomplished, and where reviewers can see it, such as a linked analytics dashboard, a published case study, or a CRM workflow you built. Add relevant coursework, keep the whole document to one page, and put the most applicable project first.
Are there remote marketing operations associate internships?
Yes. Remote and hybrid roles make up 47% of the marketing operations associate internship listings here, with the rest on-site. Remote cohorts tend to fill quickly because they draw applicants from anywhere, so apply early once you find a role that fits. Use the work-type filter to see only remote or hybrid openings without sorting through positions you cannot take.
What is a marketing operations rotational internship?
Some larger companies run structured rotational internship programs that place marketing operations associate interns across different functions, such as demand generation, marketing technology, and analytics, over a single summer. These programs are designed for people new to the field and offer broad exposure in a short period. They recruit early and fill competitively, so identify the ones that fit your background and apply in the first wave.
Can international students get marketing operations associate internships?
Yes. F-1 students can intern through CPT while enrolled or through OPT work authorization after finishing a degree, and the employer does not have to file anything for either, so many companies are open to international interns. Confirm your eligibility and timing with your university's international student office before accepting an offer.
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