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

SheKnows - SheKnows is a Scottsdale, AZ based “women’s lifestyle media platform” that “allows brands to distribute authentic content and integrated advertising at scale.”

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Job Title	Location
Managing Editor	New York, NY
Video Shooter & Editor	New York, NY
Deputy Editor	New York, NY
Social Media Manager, StyleCaster.com	New York, NY
QA Analyst	Scottsdale, AZ

See all 16 job postings

Haberman - Haberman is a Minneapolis, MN based agency of “modern storytellers for pioneers.” They work with "the leading entrepreneurs, innovators, healers and heroes of our day."

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Job Title	Location
PR + Marketing Intern	Minneapolis, MN
Public Relations Strategist	Minneapolis, MN
Media Planner/Buyer	Minneapolis, MN
SPED TEACHER/SSN	Colorado Springs, CO
CLDE TEACHER (Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education)	Colorado Springs, CO

See all 8 job postings

Targeted Victory - Targeted Victory is an Alexandria, VA based agency that has “anchored digital campaigns on the local, state, and presidential level.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern, Email Marketing	Alexandria, VA
Intern, Digital Media Marketing	Alexandria, VA
Intern, Design	Alexandria, VA
Intern, Advertising Operations	Alexandria, VA
Graphic Designer	Alexandria, VA

See all 28 job postings

GoPro - GoPro is a San Mateo, CA based company that has built a huge business by offering “the world’s most versatile camera.”

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Job Title	Location
Brand Marketing Intern	San Mateo, CA
Relationship Marketing Coordinating Intern	San Francisco, CA
Program Manager - Camera Intern	San Mateo, CA
User Experience Intern	San Francisco, CA
Project Engineer Intern	San Mateo, CA

See all 159 job postings

Digital Intent - Digital Intent is a Chicago, IL based company that helps clients "create and grow digital businesses."

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Job Title	Location
Class A Digital Modeler	Walled Lake, MI
Summer Internship for Public Affairs	Philadelphia, PA
SEO Specialist	Alexandria, VA
Digital Design Intern - Summer 2015	West Newton, MA
Business Analyst TC12912	Jersey City, NJ

See all 1,017 job postings

Doorways to Dreams Fund - D2D Fund is an Allston, MA non-profit that is using innovative ideas to "increase the financial security and opportunity of low- and moderate-income households."

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Job Title	Location
Senior Innovation Manager	Allston, MA
Senior Innovation Manager	Boston, MA
Innovation Strategist	Allston, MA

See all 3 job postings

Reformation - Reformation is an LA based “environmentally sustainable fashion brand that repurposes vintage and surplus materials to create a chic, limited edition collection.”

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Job Title	Location
Consultant, Life Underwriting	United States
Assistant Fashion Designer	Los Angeles, CA
Analyst, Preferential Bidding System	Fort Worth, TX
Planner Crew Resources Production	Fort Worth, TX
Assistant Vice President - Development	Cincinnati, OH

See all 41 job postings

Pure Branding - Pure Branding is a Northampton, MA based consultancy that “builds leading brands for values-based companies in the natural products industry.”

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Job Title	Location
Vice President Sales ( IT Recruitment /BPO/BiG DATA)	Hoffman Estates, IL
Marketing Copywriter	Frisco, TX
Social Media & Marketing Intern	Northampton, MA
Graphic & Web Design Intern	Northampton, MA
Market Research & Strategy Intern	Northampton, MA

See all 50 job postings

Kelton - Kelton is an NYC and LA based consulting firm that is “passionate about listening to your customers and translating their stories into innovative solutions.”

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Job Title	Location
Technical Sales Manager	Waltham, MA
Full Time Research Intern	New York, NY
Full Time Research Intern	New York, NY
Analyst, Qualitative Research	New York, NY
Analyst, Quantitative Research	New York, NY

See all 52 job postings

Column Five - Column Five is a Newport Beach, CA based infographic design, social PR, and content strategy agency that landed at #291 on the Inc. 5000

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Job Title	Location
IRF-PAI Coordinator N - Savannah, GA	Savannah, GA
Sales Intern	Arlington, VA
SECRETARY-14	Tucson, AZ
Editor	Lubbock, TX
Java Hadoop Systems Analyst-Business Inte	Dallas, TX

See all 123 job postings

NerdWallet - NerdWallet is based in San Francisco, CA and “empowers consumers to make better decisions about their personal finances, travel plans, health bills, or higher education.”

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Job Title	Location
Staff Writer	United States
Software Engineer Intern	San Francisco, CA
Product Designer	San Francisco, CA
Research Analyst (Contract)	San Francisco, CA
Health Content Strategist	San Francisco, CA

See all 63 job postings

Sterling-Rice Group - Sterling-Rice Group is a Boulder, CO based, food-focused “strategy, innovation, and communications firm that grows businesses and builds brands in considerable ways.”

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Job Title	Location
Brand Innovation Internship +	Boulder, CO
Account Management Internship +	Boulder, CO
Managing Director/Senior Relationship Leader +	Boulder, CO

See all 3 job postings

Arnold Worldwide - Arnold Worldwide is the Boston, MA based ad agency behind Progressive’s Flo campaign. They've also done work for Jack Daniels, New Balance, and Volvo.

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Job Title	Location
Strategy Internship - Summer Session	Boston, MA
Marketing Internship - Summer Session	New York, NY
Creative Internship - Summer Session	New York, NY
Production Internship - Summer Session	Boston, MA
Operations Internship - Summer Session	Boston, MA

See all 35 job postings

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
Residency Program Coordinator	New York, NY
Program Assistant II	New York, NY
Programmer	New York, NY
Regulatory Coordinator	New York, NY
Intern B - Curatorial (3-mo positions)	Williamsburg, VA

See all 150 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
Embedded Application Developer	San Jose, CA
Director of Marketing	Bellevue, WA
Graduate Student Internship	Annapolis Junction, MD
Marketing Associate	San Jose, CA
Project Control Coordinator	Houston, TX

See all 275 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
UX Development Lead - modern JavaScript frameworks and design patterns	Boston, MA
Web User Interface Designer	Warren, MI
Sr. Web Marketing Manager	Randolph, MA
Principal Software Engineer	Burlington, MA
Sales Engineer - NYC	New York, NY

See all 382 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
Writer (Intern)	St. Louis, MO
Marketing and Communications Internship	St. Louis, MO
Activation Specialist (Intern)	St. Louis, MO
Writer	St. Louis, MO
Market Analyst	St. Louis, MO

See all 11 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
Class A CDL Truck Driver - NEW Pay Increase	Smyrna, TN
Forman and Operators	Commerce City, CO
Full Time Delivery Driver - CDL A - Houston, TX	Houston, TX
CDL Retail Fuel Hauler	Austin, TX
Attn: CDL A Drivers and Recent Grads - Dedicated Runs Available	Sayreville, NJ

See all 1,935 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
RN II - Nursery Level II and III (Experienced)	Gillette, WY
OR Coordinator	Watertown, NY
Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator	Menomonee Falls, WI
Medical Assistant	Lakeland, FL
DON- Director of Nursing - CV, Care Coord, and ER (3 Positions Available)	Boynton Beach, FL

See all 17,460 job postings

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
Social Media Specialist ~ Telecommute	Philadelphia, PA
Specialist Social Media	Columbus, OH
Social Media Community Specialist - Fashion Industry Opportunity	Richardson, TX
Social Media Community Specialist – Fossil Brand	Richardson, TX
Social Media Specialists	Houston, TX

See all 16 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
2015 Summer Internship - Digital Project Management	United States
2015 Summer Internship - Celebrity Services	United States
2015 Summer Internship - Marketing Operations	United States
2014 Summer Internship - Compliance	United States
2015 Summer Internship - Motion Graphics	United States

See all 107 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
Summer Intern	Boston, MA
Assistant Media Planner	Winston, FL
Creative Director	Boston, MA
Junior Experience Designer	Boston, MA
CNC Operator/Machinist (1st shift)	Springfield, OH

See all 124 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
Automation Engineer	Centennial, CO

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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
Web Analytics & Optimization Manager	Millbrae, CA
Digital Intern	Chicago, IL
Display Advertising Analyst	Greensboro, NC
Marketing Associate	Township of Galloway, NJ
Graphic Designer	San Francisco, CA

See all 52 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
Oracle Financials Report Writer	Houston, TX
Software Developer Intern	Washington, DC
FSG Intern	Raleigh, NC
Business Analyst - Cognos/Hyperion	Dallas, TX
Oracle EBS R11i Technical Consultant	Richmond, VA

See all 173 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
Sales Development Representative	San Francisco, CA
Lead System Architect - LSA0315AU07	Austin, TX
Concept Artist	San Francisco, CA
QA Tester	San Francisco, CA
QA Game Tester	San Francisco, CA

See all 102 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
Retirement Plan Business Development Officer	East End, AR
Skin Therapist / Esthetician	Fairview Park, OH
Jr. Media Associate	New York, NY
2015 Summer Internship	New York, NY
Consumer Marketing Intern	United States

See all 1,549 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
Dentsu Aegis Network Summer Internship Program - Amnet, Carat, iProspect, Posterscope, and Vizeum	United States
Dentsu Aegis Network Summer Internship Program - Amnet, Carat, iProspect, Posterscope, and Vizeum	United States
Associate Director of User Experience	New York, NY
Packaging Designer ( with 3d skills)	New York, NY
Account Supervisor	New York, NY

See all 7 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
Associate Director, Platform Media	Boston, MA
QA Associate	Boston, MA
Experience Designer	New York, NY
Platform Media Manager	Boston, MA
Management Supervisor	Boston, MA

See all 13 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
Programmer	Dallas, TX
Restaurant Manager	Austin, TX
Kitchen Manager	Austin, TX
Restaurant General Manager	Nashville, TN
Sales Application Engineer	Cary, NC

See all 35,798 job postings

Vodori - Vodori is a Chicago, IL based full-service digital agency, and they do some killer work. The best example of Vodori's work is their own website.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Consultant / Business Analyst	Chicago, IL
Manager - Digital Marketing and Content Management	Chicago, IL
Senior Manager - Digital Marketing and Content Management	Chicago, IL

See all 3 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
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	Rice Lake, WI
Front End Web Developer	Washington, DC
Java Developer	Washington, DC
Office Manager / Executive Liaison	Brookings, SD
Medical Director, Corporate	Torrance, CA

See all 4,841 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
Marketing Intern	Scarsdale, NY
Marketing Assistant	Framingham, MA
IT Data Intern	Scarsdale, NY
CRM Intern	Scarsdale, NY
Marketing & Community Relations Intern (Multiple Positions Available)	United States

See all 58 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
Human Resources Intern	Manhattan, NY
Claims Summer Intern	Farmington Hills, MI
Treasury Intern	Chicago, IL
Graduate Underwriter Associate	Atlanta, GA
Marketing Analyst (Contract)	Atlanta, GA

See all 28 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
Mobile Developer	Seattle, WA
Node.js Developer	Seattle, WA
Android/Mobile Developer	Seattle, WA
JavaScript Developer	Seattle, WA
Sr. Product Manager	Seattle, WA

See all 132 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
Account Manager	Burlingame, CA
B2B Corporate Inside Sales - Account Executive	Chicago, IL
Inside Sales Support Representative	Tucson, AZ
Oracle Value Chain Planning (VCP)/ Business and Systems Integration Consultant	Florham Park, NJ
VP, Pathology (DVM)	Irvine, CA

See all 983 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
Music Educator	Houston, TX
Behavioral Skills Therapist (ABA)	Santa Ynez, CA
Associate Behavior Analyst	Arcata, CA
Musician (42R)	United States
Content and Communications Coordinator	New York, NY

See all 753 job postings

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