Strategy Intern Jobs in Illinois

Company Description

Overview

Epsilon is seeking a Strategy and Informatics Intern to help develop data-informed strategies and marketing experiences that improve customer and business outcomes. You'll work alongside cross-functional teams and gain exposure to areas such as campaign strategy, audience insights, messaging, content development, digital media, go-to-market planning, and performance measurement.

In this role, you'll contribute to meaningful projects that help Epsilon and its clients better understand audiences, personalize experiences, and activate campaigns across channels. Depending on team needs, your work may include supporting audience segmentation, campaign planning, competitive research, creative development, website content, sales materials, media activation, reporting, or optimization.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of two days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

Epsilon's Internship Program

As an intern, you'll participate in Epsilon's formal 11-week summer Internship Program, designed to create a meaningful early-career experience for university students. The program offers professional development, hands-on training, networking opportunities, business projects, and social events, along with consideration for full-time employment.

What You'll Achieve

• Support the development and execution of marketing and customer engagement strategies aligned with business and client goals.
• Conduct market, audience, customer, and competitive research to identify trends and opportunities.
• Translate data and insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Assist with audience definition, segmentation, personalization, messaging, and campaign planning.
• Contribute to the creation of marketing materials such as presentations, sales collateral, case studies, website content, campaign briefs, and performance reports.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Strategy, Product, Sales, Creative, Analytics, and other cross-functional partners.
• Help coordinate campaign execution across owned, paid, and earned channels.
• Monitor campaign or program performance and assist with reporting, analysis, and optimization.
• Help maintain consistent messaging across communications, promotions, campaigns, and events.
• Present ideas, findings, and recommendations to team members and project stakeholders.

These responsibilities reflect the source roles' shared emphasis on cross-functional collaboration, messaging, audience strategy, campaign execution, research, reporting, and results analysis.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring With You

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Advertising, Psychology, Analytics, or a related field.
• Interest in marketing, strategy, customer behavior, digital media, or data-driven decision-making.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Curiosity and an ability to translate research or data into clear ideas and recommendations.
• Strong organization, time-management, and prioritization skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative approach and an ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.
• Initiative, creativity, resourcefulness, and a willingness to learn.
• Comfort working at both strategic and tactical levels.
• A desire to develop professionally and make a meaningful contribution to the team.

Why You Might Stand Out

• Previous internship, project, coursework, or leadership experience related to marketing, strategy, advertising, customer insights, or digital media.
• Experience conducting research, analyzing information, or developing presentations and recommendations.
• Familiarity with digital marketing channels, campaign measurement, audience segmentation, CRM, or paid media.
• Experience working with marketing, analytics, research, design, or presentation tools.
• A portfolio, case study, or class project demonstrating strategic thinking, research, marketing, or problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

When You Join Us, We'll Create Something EPIC Together

Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we've provided marketers from the world's leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon's comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world.

Our pillars aren't just words. They're how we show up every day.

• People centricity: We focus on employee well-being in an environment where colleagues truly care about each other.
• Collaboration: We work together, support one another, and collectively achieve goals.
• Growth: There are endless opportunities for growth through learning, development and career advancement.
• Innovation: We drive progress through cutting-edge solutions and forward-thinking approaches.
• Flexibility: We've created a balance between work and personal life, and we encourage adaptability to solve problems creatively.

Our values guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers.

• Act with integrity
• Work together to win together
• Innovate with purpose
• Respect all voices
• Empower with accountability

These pillars and values are our foundation—shaping our culture, guiding our decisions, and uniting us in common purpose.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:

• Time to Recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 15 paid holidays
• Time to Recover: Paid sick time
• Family Well-Being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra Perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to LeaveofAbsence@epsilon.com to request an accommodation.

For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply.

Compensation Range: USD $25.00 - USD $25.00/Hourly. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/15/2026.