Digital Intern — AI Foundry & Digital Growth

Prophet•New York, NY

3d•$1,610•Hybrid

About The Position

Prophet's Digital discipline is a dedicated team of seekers, experimenters, and makers — powered by the latest in digital culture and technology — creating breakthrough marketing campaigns, customer experiences, products, services, and new business models that accelerate growth and innovation for our clients. Where much of Prophet works in the realm of strategy and insight, Digital is where thinking becomes doing: we seek out emerging technologies and opportunities, experiment with hypothesis-led approaches, and make the digital things that bring strategies to life. Our practitioners span the intersections between marketing impact, product and service innovation, and new capability building — all in pursuit of uncommon growth for CEO and CMO buyers. Whether it's launching a go-to-market campaign, designing a new digital product, or standing up an AI-powered service from scratch, Digital is the team that builds it. Our Digital Summer Associate Program immerses you in this maker culture while giving you hands-on experience inside Prophet's AI Foundry, the team behind MAIA. MAIA is our next leap in AI — an always-available assistant that amplifies human insight. Built on a multi-agent framework, MAIA connects specialized tools, data sources, and reasoning systems through one interface, turning AI into true Augmented Intelligence that extends our creativity, judgment, and expertise. Digital Summer Associates work across two complementary tracks: contributing directly to the AI Foundry team (building and evolving MAIA and supporting our ecosystem of AI accelerator partners) and joining client project teams delivering digital strategy, experience design, marketing services, and transformation work. On any given day, you'll interact with engineers, designers, strategists, media specialists, product managers, and client leads from across Prophet's multidisciplinary bench.

Requirements

A BA or BS degree in a relevant field (e.g., business or economics, computer science).
Demonstrated academic performance.
At least 1 year of professional experience.
Strong academic foundation.
Structured critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
Clear, confident communication with strong written and verbal skills, and the ability to structure ideas and adapt messages to different audiences.
Hands-on comfort with AI and digital tools, including experimentation with AI assistants, generative AI, or digital design/analytics platforms.
Knowledge of, and passion for, digital strategy and transformation.
A builder's mindset, energized by creating things and sharing learnings.
Curiosity and adaptability, with an unrelenting commitment to get to the answer, test new approaches, and push assumptions.
Comfort in ambiguity and the ability to flex when circumstances shift.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with prompt engineering, no-code/low-code platforms, or data analysis tools is a strong differentiator.

Responsibilities

Develop structured thinking and digital problem-solving skills by breaking down complex challenges using structured frameworks, researching industries, customer behaviors, and digital trends, and identifying user needs and mapping workflows.
Use AI as a working tool by actively using MAIA and other AI tools to improve work quality and speed, crafting prompts, evaluating AI-generated outputs critically, and refining results. Also, help build or improve prompts, templates, and workflows for the AI Foundry's tools.
Communicate clearly and tell compelling stories by turning research and data into persuasive deliverables (decks, frameworks, presentations), framing the business impact, and contributing to workshop preparation and presentations.
Own work and collaborate across disciplines by managing tasks independently, prioritizing deadlines, delivering high-quality outputs, and participating actively in cross-functional team settings.
Play a role beyond project work by contributing to firm growth and culture, supporting business development, participating in internal initiatives, and documenting learnings. This includes codifying best practices for MAIA usage and helping onboard colleagues.
Learn fast, grow early, and lead with a point of view through direct exposure to senior teammates and clients, with mentorship and regular feedback.