Careers in Strategy

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in strategy? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Strategy deals with creating a plan of action to achieve a goal. In the business world there are two major arms of strategy that usually go together: business strategy and marketing strategy.

Business strategy involves creating and executing plans that are designed to achieve a business’s mission. Marketing strategy involves understanding the current market and coming up with a plan that will address a business’s current marketing objective.

A lot of jobs in marketing strategy are in marketing and advertising agencies, while jobs in business and marketing strategy are in the business management and marketing departments of large businesses. If you’re interested in working in strategy, you need to be a creative thinker and great communicator. You also need a bachelor’s degree in a related field for most positions.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Strategy

The Rockefeller Foundation - The Rockefeller Foundation is based in New York, NY and is putting its $3+ billion endowment to work promoting "the well-being of humanity throughout the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Regulatory Associate	New York, NY
Research Technician I	New York, NY
Research Aide	New York, NY
Research Specialist	New York, NY
Asst Research Biostatistican	New York, NY

See all 151 job postings

G2 - G2 is a marketing communications agency that helps its clients sell more. They have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Network Engineer	San Antonio, TX
QC Lead & CMM Programmer	Union City, CA
System Administrator	Apex, NC
Merchandiser-14 hrs month	Glendale, AZ
Mechanical Designer	Apex, NC

See all 363 job postings

Demandware - Demandware is a Burlington, MA based company that offers an “enterprise-class cloud commerce platform” that powers “more than 150 retail brands across more than 575 sites."

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Job Title	Location
Education Content Development Specialist III	Burlington, MA
Sr. Technical Trainer	Burlington, MA
Software Engineer	Burlington, MA
Principal Software Engineer- Java, Swing, GXT / GWT	Burlington, MA
Technical Support Engineer	Burlington, MA

See all 185 job postings

LockerDome - LockerDome is a St. Louis, MO based startup that offers a social media platform to help professional athletes, brands, and other sports properties” reach fans.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Media Strategist	St. Louis, MO
Activation Specialist Intern	St. Louis, MO
Business Development Intern	St. Louis, MO
Community Manager Intern	St. Louis, MO
Product Manager	St. Louis, MO

See all 10 job postings

Trailer Park - Trailer Park is a Hollywood, CA based full-service entertainment marketing agency that serves “a broad spectrum of clients."

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Job Title	Location
Retail Sales Associate	Strafford, MO
Part Time Retail Sales Associate	Kansas City, MO
Retail Merchandiser	Strafford, MO
Retail Office Associate	Lubbock, TX
Recruiter	Lincolnshire, IL

See all 591 job postings

Continuum - Continuum is a Boston based "innovation and design consultancy” that helps “organizations drive business innovation through design."

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Job Title	Location
Mental Health Clinician/Clinical Social Worker	Leominster, MA
CLINICIAN III (PD)	Meriden, CT
CLINICIAN III	Meriden, CT
LICENSED CLINICIAN	Meriden, CT
CLINICIAN IIA	Meriden, CT

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Percolate - Percolate is a New York, NY based company that provides software to “help brands create content at social scale.”

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Job Title	Location
Designer	New York, NY
Design Intern	New York, NY
Jr. Brand Strategist	New York, NY
Brand Strategist	New York, NY
Account Coordinator	New York, NY

See all 22 job postings

Leo Burnett - Leo Burnett is a Chicago, IL based advertising agency that was founded in 1935 and has one of the most impressive client lists of any agency out there.

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Intern	San Francisco, CA
Assistant Account Executive - West Region	Thousand Oaks, CA
VP Strategy Director	Chicago, IL
VP Strategy Director	Chicago, IL
Associate Creative Director	Chicago, IL

See all 52 job postings

Mullen - Mullen is a Boston, MA based agency that is “on a mission to work with the world’s most innovative marketers.”

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Job Title	Location
Copywriter	Boston, MA
Boston Summer 2013 Internship Program	Boston, MA
Agent Marketing Manager	Chicago, IL
Research Coordinator - Psychometrician	Philadelphia, PA
Research Coordinator - Psychometrician	Philadelphia, PA

See all 156 job postings

Morpheus Media - Morpheus Media is a New York, NY based “full-service provider of interactive marketing solutions to Fortune 500 companies and those aspiring to land on that list.”

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Job Title	Location
TAG Heuer Senior Marketing Manager - Springfield, NJ	Springfield, NJ
Master Control Operator	Miami, FL
Master Control Operator	Miami, FL
TAG Heuer Senior Marketing Manager - Springfield, NJ	United States
Junior Associate Analyst/Developer, Analytics & Insights	New York, NY

See all 8 job postings

AdRoll - AdRoll is a San Francisco, CA based advertising startup that specializes in retargeting (showing advertising to people who have already indicated interest).

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
Executive Assistant	San Francisco, CA
VP of Marketing	San Francisco, CA
RTB Product Manger	San Francisco, CA
Online Marketing Associate	San Francisco, CA

See all 28 job postings

FSG - FSG is a "consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research" with offices in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and DC.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Consultant, Brokerage Research Unit	Charlotte, NC
Auditor (of Credit Unions)	Grand Rapids, MI
Financial Systems Analyst - Data Maintenance (Procurement) Job	Austin, TX
Oracle EBS Senior Systems Analyst	Boston, MA
Lead Systems Analyst, Oracle EBS	Boston, MA

See all 111 job postings

Captain Lucas Inc. - If you're constantly in search of what's cool, then you need to check out the jobs at Captain Lucas Inc.'s Cool Hunting and Largetail.

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No current job openings.

GREE - GREE is a Japanese mobile social game developer that is expanding rapidly in the U.S, and that means that they're hiring a ton of new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Site Medical Director	Bowling Green, FL
Part-Time Library Assistant	Sioux City, IA
Head of Third Party Production, Yahoo! Studios	Santa Monica, CA
Senior Research Analyst, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Senior Director of User Acquisition	San Francisco, CA

See all 67 job postings

The Marketing Arm - The Marketing Arm is a Dallas, TX based marketing agency that focuses on building brand experiences through promotions, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Manager	San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sales Representative - New York	New York, NY
Outside Sales Representative	Birmingham, AL
Customer Service/Sales Support	Lewisville, TX
Assistant Account Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 2,397 job postings

mcgarrybowen - mcgarrybowen is based in Chicago and New York, and they were just named Agency of the Year by AdAge. Sounds like a good place to land a job.

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Job Title	Location
Associate Director, Digital Production	New York, NY
Media Planner	New York, NY
Senior Social Media Specialist (PR Experience Required)	New York, NY
Digital Copywriter	New York, NY
Junior Digital Copywriter	New York, NY

See all 38 job postings

Hill Holliday - If you’re digging Hill Holliday’s portfolio, then you’re in luck, because they also appear to be an awesome place to work.

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Job Title	Location
Copywriter	New York, NY
Senior Social Media Strategist	Boston, MA
VP Planning Director	Boston, MA
Junior Researcher	Boston, MA
Senior Planner	Boston, MA

See all 23 job postings

Ahkun - Ahkun is a New York based non-profit that connects micro-funded entrepreneurs with the U.S. market so that they can sell their goods and grow their businesses.

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No current job openings.

Better Place - If you want to be part of the transition to sustainable transportation, then it’s time to take a look at Better Place’s jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Customer Service Representative	Kalispell, MT
Part-time Sales Representative - North Phoenix (Revana)	Phoenix, AZ
Sales Representative - North Phoenix (Revana)	Phoenix, AZ
Inbound Customer Service Representative	Morgantown, WV
Technical Support Representative	Greeley, CO

See all 25,138 job postings

Vodori - The best example of Vodori's work is their own website. That’s why you should go check it out and let it convince you that you want to work for them.

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager	Chicago, IL
Business Analyst	Chicago, IL
Java Developer (Spring Framework)	Chicago, IL
Web & Mobile Software QA Analyst	Chicago, IL
Software QA Analyst (Web & Mobile)	Chicago, IL

See all 6 job postings

Corporate Executive Board - If you’re fascinated by large corporations and how they work, then The Corporate Executive Board would be an excellent place to start your career.

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Job Title	Location
Sr. Executive Recruiter (South of Milwaukee)	Milwaukee, WI
Administrative Assistant	Flourtown, PA
VP of Finance	New York, NY
Community Outreach Coordinator (520197)	Tucson, AZ
Federal Financial Audit Readiness Senior Consultant (TS/SCI)	McLean, VA

See all 3,408 job postings

iContact - Groupon and Gilt Groupe have built huge businesses by leveraging e-mail. If you want to get into the e-mail game, then you should check out jobs at iContact.

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Job Title	Location
Web Developer	Blairstown, NJ
Senior Programmer (applications & platforms)	Troy, MI
Marketing Associate - Social Media	Princeton, NJ
Website Specialist	Seattle, WA
Business Development Consultant II	Charlotte, NC

See all 31 job postings

Lloyd’s of London - It’s not often that we feature international companies (mostly because it’s hard to say whether they’ll hire US students), but Lloyd’s of London is just so cool

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Job Title	Location
Underwriter - HUC	Atlanta, GA
Sr. Underwriter- Property/Casualty	San Francisco, CA
Regional Executive	San Francisco, CA
Product Marketing Manager	New York, NY
Data Architect Developer- Contract	Rye Brook, NY

See all 6 job postings

IGT - IGT is really big on campus recruiting, and they seem to put a lot of effort into their University Relations presence.

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Job Title	Location
12339br	Las Vegas, NV
Project Manager	Las Vegas, NV
Technical Artist II	Bozeman, MT
Localization Online Game Artist I	San Francisco, CA
Artist IV	Reno, NV

See all 267 job postings

Upward Strategy - Upward Strategy’s clients include Equinox, Daylife, TopGuest, The Aspen Institute, and quite a few more, and they're hiring to keep up with all the business.

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Job Title	Location
Intensive In-Home Mental Health Counselor - No Relocation Assistance	Farmville, VA
Experienced Intensive In-Home Autism Counselor - No Relocation Assistance	Danville, VA
Day Treatment Mental Health Counselor - No Relocation Assistance	Lynchburg, VA
Technical Business Operations Partner (ASD) (Principal)	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Security Systems Sales Representative	Columbus, OH

See all 601 job postings

Aruliden - Usually with these kinds of firms you’d want to have a product design background to apply for a job, but I think at Aruliden that may not be necessary.

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No current job openings.

Trumpet - If you’re intrigued by the story and you like the work, then you’ll probably want to consider a career with Trumpet.

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Job Title	Location
Behavioral Skills Therapist working with kids with severe behaviors	San Mateo, CA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) - San Mateo, CA	Foster City, CA
Behavioral Skills Therapist (ABA) - San Mateo/Penninsula	San Mateo, CA
Music Teacher	Cincinnati, OH
Music Teacher - Piano, Guitar, Violin, Cello	Arlington Heights, IL

See all 713 job postings

Visa - If you’re intrigued by payment processing or just think that Visa is a great brand, you should check out Visa's Careers page and Campus Recruiting page.

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Job Title	Location
Scrum Master - Relocation to Panama City, FL	Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager	Longview, TX
SQL DBA	Columbia, SC
Senior PeopleSoft HCM Developer	Boston, MA
Software (Python) Developer	Chagrin Falls, OH

See all 30,323 job postings

ExactTarget - ExactTarget has done a fantastic job with their entry level recruiting program, and I bet that reflects how much they value young talent.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Media Strategist	Blacksburg, VA
Email Production Coordinator	St. Louis, MO
Web Developer	Blairstown, NJ
Front End Web Developer	Phoenix, AZ
Senior PHP Developer	Chicago, IL

See all 344 job postings

Revel Consulting - Revel’s Careers page has information on Culture, Consultant Experiences, and Campus Recruiting. The latter means they're likely hiring new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Global Planning and Events Manager	United States
Senior Associate Business And Technology Transformation	Kirkland, WA
Business Development Manager	Arizona
Senior Business (BI) Analyst	Seattle, WA
Support Engineer	Austin, TX

See all 5 job postings

Mars & Co. - Mars & Co. has approximately 250 consultants; however, they want to grow to about 450. That doesn't happen without hiring great people at the entry-level

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Job Title	Location
Regional Nurse (RN)	Wausau, WI
Geospatial Data & Web Applications Engineer - Task 21	Moffett Field, CA
Comp Sys Sec Technigst II	Springfield, VA
Medication Safety Officer(EK)	Rochester, NY
Consultant	New York, NY

See all 171 job postings

CarMax - Just as they make car buying less stressful with "No-Haggle Pricing," CarMax also makes finding a first job easy with an exceptional entry-level hiring program.

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Job Title	Location
FT - Partner Service Specialist CarMax	Irving, TX
foodguys - Training Coordinator and Admin Assistant	Portland, OR
Facilities Coordinator	Richmond, VA
Legal Secretary	Kennesaw, GA
Content Editor	Richmond, VA

See all 286 job postings

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