Integrated Marketing Intern

KEEN Footwear • Portland, OR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Marketing Intern will support the team connecting KEEN’s brand and product choices to how the company shows up in the market across launches, partnerships, channels, and regions. This hands-on internship offers exposure to integrated marketing, including consumer and cultural research, go-to-market planning, launch readiness, activation, and post-launch learning. A key project will support a stronger communications foundation for KEEN Effect, helping priority audiences find, understand, and connect with its work and KEEN’s broader purpose.

The intern will help organize planning materials, consolidate team inputs, document decisions and follow-ups, prepare meeting materials, and compile launch and collaboration recaps. They will also organize KEEN Effect content and source materials, research communications examples, support information organization across priority work areas, and summarize findings and recommendations. Additional support may include coordinating product-seeding requests, maintaining project files, and assisting with research, meeting preparation, and coordination across priority workstreams.

This is a 10-week, on-site internship at KEEN’s Global Headquarters in Portland, Oregon, running June 14 through August 20. The role requires 40 hours per week during normal weekday working hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s degree, with an interest in brand, marketing, culture, consumer insight, sustainability, or product storytelling.
• If currently enrolled, must be a junior, senior, or graduate-level student at an accredited college or university; recent graduates of an accredited college or university are also considered.
• Eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Able to commit to the 10-week program and work 40 hours per week during standard Monday–Friday working hours, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM.
• Able to work on-site at the Portland headquarters five days per week.
• May plan no more than four total vacation days during the internship.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, follow-through, prioritization, and ability to manage multiple workstreams and tasks.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize research, conversations, and information into useful summaries.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Comfort with PowerPoint, Figma, Google Slides, or similar presentation tools; spreadsheet familiarity is helpful.
• Able to learn and adapt quickly to new software and tools.
• Curiosity about the outdoor, lifestyle, and cultural spaces KEEN operates in.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team.
• Able to perform the essential functions of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation, including using a computer for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Support go-to-market planning, launch readiness, and post-launch learning.
• Maintain planning decks, trackers, and working documents for priority launches, moments, and collaborations.
• Consolidate inputs from product, creative, fan insights, channel, and market teams into clear, current source-of-truth materials.
• Capture decisions, next steps, dependencies, and open questions from weekly brand and product meetings.
• Prepare meeting materials, briefs, and readouts for priority workstreams.
• Compile concise recaps of launches and collaborations, including activity, early response, and key learning.
• Help develop a clearer communications foundation for KEEN Effect by translating complex work into relevant, understandable information for priority audiences.
• Organize existing KEEN Effect online content and source materials, beginning with KOL, and identify gaps, duplication, outdated information, and opportunities to improve the experience.
• Research relevant communications examples, including outdoor and purpose-led brands, and identify useful practices in content hierarchy, storytelling, navigation, and calls to action.
• Support I&E and KEEN Effect in organizing information around priority areas such as product sustainability, impact investment, thought leadership, and employee action.
• Develop a practical summary of findings, content priorities, and initial recommendations to inform future content updates and implementation.
• Coordinate selected product-seeding requests for creative and brand partners, including order tracking and follow-through.
• Maintain accurate project files, links, and source materials.
• Support ad hoc research, meeting preparation, and coordination across priority I&E workstreams.

Benefits

• Product discounts
• Subsidized cafeteria
• Inspiring workspace
• Hands-on experience on meaningful projects
• Collaboration with talented teammates and participation in a group project with other interns
• Networking opportunities with industry experts and mentors

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern