Category Management Project Intern

About the Role

The Category Management Project Intern will contribute to impactful short-term projects and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, professional environment. This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical skills, apply knowledge to real-world challenges, and explore career interests.

Key Responsibilities

• Creator, Community & Industry Ecosystem Development:
• Develop strategies to grow the Collectibles creator and influencer ecosystem, including creator segmentation, sourcing, engagement, and partnership models.
• Work with creator agencies, talent partners, and external stakeholders to shape content direction, activation strategies, and scalable collaboration models.
• Own workstreams for key industry and community activations, including trade shows, seller events, creator programs, and major collectibles moments.
• Identify ecosystem gaps and growth opportunities across creators, sellers, agencies, and industry partners.
• Strategic Partnerships & Category Marketing:
• Evaluate and develop strategic partnership opportunities with leading brands, sellers, creators, agencies, and industry partners.
• Develop integrated category marketing strategies across creators, social, LIVE, events, and major product or cultural moments.
• Build partner proposals, activation plans, and recommendations that align marketing opportunities with category growth objectives.
• Work cross-functionally to drive strategic initiatives from concept through execution.
• Campaign Strategy & Execution:
• Own key workstreams across end-to-end category campaigns, including strategy, partner participation, content planning, execution, and performance evaluation.
• Translate category and consumer insights into campaign concepts and activation recommendations.
• Evaluate campaign performance and recommend optimizations to improve engagement, conversion, and business impact.
• Data Analysis & Strategic Insights:
• Analyze category, creator, campaign, partner, and competitive performance to identify growth opportunities and support business decisions.
• Conduct market and competitive analyses to inform category strategy and partnership priorities.
• Develop executive-ready reports and presentations that translate data into key insights, recommendations, and next steps.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• Comfortable working across creator programs, marketing campaigns, industry events, and strategic partnerships.
• Interest or familiarity with collectibles, sports, trading cards, gaming, or entertainment is a plus.
• Prior internship or full-time experience in strategic partnerships, business development, marketing, creator/influencer marketing, consulting, e-commerce, entertainment, or technology preferred.
• Experience working with external partners, agencies, creators, brands, or events is highly preferred.