Creative Strategist Intern- Summer 2026
About The Position
Deeplocal is looking for a Creative Strategist Intern with a focus on interactive experiences to join the team for summer 2026. Deeplocal pushes the boundaries of interactive experiences for some of the world’s top brands. The Creative Strategist Intern will work alongside creative marketing strategists, experience designers, and technologists to develop and refine creative concepts. Our interns contribute to the artistic vision of real-world physical experiences, environments, and exhibits through hands-on learning and application of their skills, with mentorship from top professionals in the field. The Creative Strategist Intern will collaboratively support the creation of experiences that tell a strategic story and look visually-stunning all while meeting the client’s goals. This typically looks like: Creative Briefs - Assist in creating creative briefs and participating in conversations with clients to help extract the necessary information for our internal teams to be successful creatively. Briefs can span all phases of project work from concepting through content creation. Insight Development - Support creative concept development by conducting market and industry analysis, cultural trend research, and audience research to provide essential insights for brand comprehension. Persona Development - Collaborate with Experience Designers to define personas and user groups. This includes conducting secondary research as needed to understand user demographics, motivations, needs, and pain points within a given space. User Journey Development - Partner with Experience Designers to help develop user journeys of a space; thinking about how guests and users move through a space and how to arrange brand messaging in a way that makes sense from a storytelling and experience design strategy. Content Strategy Development - Assist in developing the overall content and messaging strategy. When required, contribute to writing the final copy. Proofreading - Ensure decks and content are meticulously reviewed and proofread for accuracy and error-free presentation. All internships are based in our studio in Pittsburgh, PA.
Requirements
- Exceptional writing ability with a keen sense for capturing appropriate storytelling, tone and ideas.
- Must have excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Interest in a combination of strategy and design, developing a holistic narrative vision for a space.
- Knowledge of current social media best practices and key platforms, in addition to prior experience developing and executing social media strategies.
- An awareness of current aesthetic, cultural, and popular trends
- Ability to conduct research, including market, trend, and competitive analysis.
- Capable of interpreting data and translating findings into clear, actionable insights to assist with creative strategy and help inform decision-making.
- A strong understanding of marketing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience crafting creative concepts in response to marketing briefs would be a bonus.
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide a portfolio of their work demonstrating the desired skills listed above.
Responsibilities
- Assist in creating creative briefs and participating in conversations with clients to help extract the necessary information for our internal teams to be successful creatively.
- Support creative concept development by conducting market and industry analysis, cultural trend research, and audience research to provide essential insights for brand comprehension.
- Collaborate with Experience Designers to define personas and user groups.
- Partner with Experience Designers to help develop user journeys of a space
- Assist in developing the overall content and messaging strategy.
- Contribute to writing the final copy.
- Ensure decks and content are meticulously reviewed and proofread for accuracy and error-free presentation.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
