Product Marketing & Sales Intern

About the Role

Deion is a Canva alternative for YouTube thumbnail design, powered by a proprietary Semantic Design Engine that transforms YouTube video titles into custom thumbnails. This is a paid, remote or hybrid contract opportunity for an undergraduate Product Marketing & Sales Intern. This is a part-time independent contract, not full-time employment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and document ODI-based customer interviews.
• Plan, execute, and quantify the impact of product marketing campaigns.
• Support market/segment research and selection.
• Attend in-person product marketing and sales events.
• Support multi-channel go-to-market (GTM) operations.
• Initiate and manage communications with customers across various market segments.
• Research, write, and edit product copy and microcopy.
• Explain new features in easy-to-understand language.
• Leverage AI tools to drive high-value product marketing and sales outcomes.
• Support the extraction of marketing insights from customer discovery, usability testing, and other customer/user research and analysis.
• Drive community building and engagement efforts through online channels.
• Write and edit product marketing content such as blogs, newsletters, FAQs, and social media posts.
• Collaborate with product designers, data product engineers, and other team members.
• Proactively identify and present opportunities to improve product marketing and sales operations.
• Collaborate with teammates using Notion, Slack, Google Workspace, and other software.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Technically inclined product marketing & sales practitioner who enjoys both customer-facing and heads-down work.
• Understanding of Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) Theory and Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI), as defined by Tony Ulwick / Strategyn.
• Work products demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and the ability to see the big picture.
• Aptitude, mindset, and ability to learn quickly.
• Resonance with MDP's core values:
• High performance, engagement, and reliability.
• Proper prioritization, timeliness, and risk mitigation.
• Outcome ownership and accountability.
• Systems thinking, modularity, and automation.
• Excellence in execution and hyper-detail orientation.
• Documentation and asynchronous work.
• Resourceful initiative.

Qualifications

• Submission of 2 writing samples.
• Completion of a demo project.
• At least 8 hours of synchronous meeting availability between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM Central Time on weekdays, for the next 3 months.
• Demonstrated experience in a high-impact product marketing or sales role.
• Direct experience using Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) Theory and Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI), as defined by Tony Ulwick / Strategyn.
• Effective modular thinking skills evidenced by the ability to break down large, intricate undertakings into a series of smaller self-contained tasks.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Emotional intelligence and coachability.

This role is not open to individuals on CPT/OPT/EAD, recruiters, agencies, consulting companies, or C2C arrangements.