Digital Intern — AI Foundry & Digital Growth

Prophet•New York, NY

3h•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 rising senior earning a BA or BS degree in a relevant field (e.g., business or economics, computer science) with demonstrated academic performance.
Structured critical thinking and creative problem solving: ability to break down a problem, ask the right questions, and contribute to solutions.
Clear, confident communication: strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to structure ideas and adapt messages to different audiences.
Hands-on comfort with AI and digital tools: experience experimenting with AI assistants, generative AI, or digital design/analytics platforms.
Knowledge of, and passion for, digital strategy and transformation: understanding of how technology, AI, and digital experiences are reshaping industries and business models.
A builder's mindset: energized by creating things (frameworks, prototypes, research syntheses, internal tools) and documenting/sharing learnings.
Curiosity and adaptability: commitment to get to the answer, test new approaches, and push assumptions, with comfort in ambiguity and 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 'so what', and connecting digital capabilities to business outcomes. Contribute to workshop preparation and practice presenting.
Own work and collaborate across disciplines by managing tasks with increasing independence, prioritizing deadlines, and delivering high-quality outputs. Participate actively in cross-functional team settings, adapting to feedback and different working styles.
Play a role beyond project work by contributing to firm growth and culture, supporting business development, participating in internal initiatives, and documenting learnings. In the AI Foundry, this includes codifying best practices for MAIA usage and helping onboard colleagues to new tools.
Learn fast, grow early, and lead with a point of view through direct exposure to senior teammates and clients, with mentorship and regular feedback.