Integrated Marketing Intern

KEEN Footwear•Portland, OR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Marketing Intern will support the team connecting KEEN’s brand and product choices to how the company appears in the market across launches, partnerships, channels, and regions. This hands-on internship offers experience with consumer and cultural research, go-to-market planning, launch readiness, and post-launch learning. The intern will also support the development of a communications foundation for KEEN Effect, helping priority audiences find, understand, and connect with the organization’s work and purpose. The intern will work across product, creative, channel, market, and KEEN Effect teams, contributing to planning materials, research, launch coordination, recaps, and content recommendations. The position is based onsite at KEEN’s global headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The program lasts 10 weeks, from June 14 through August 20, and requires 40 hours per week during standard weekday working hours.

Requirements

Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s degree, with an interest in brand, marketing, culture, consumer insight, sustainability, or product storytelling.
Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university at the junior, senior, or graduate level, or have recently graduated from an accredited college or university.
Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Commit to the 10-week program from mid-June through mid-August and work 40 hours per week during the standard Monday–Friday workweek.
Be available to work onsite in the office five days per week.
Plan no more than four total vacation days during the internship.
Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
Have strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-through across multiple workstreams.
Have clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize research, conversations, and information into useful summaries.
Be comfortable with PowerPoint, Figma, Google Slides, or similar presentation tools; familiarity with spreadsheets is helpful.
Be able to learn and adapt quickly to new software and tools.
Be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, work independently, and collaborate with a team.
Be curious about the outdoor, lifestyle, and cultural spaces KEEN operates in.
Be able to perform the essential functions of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation, including using a computer for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Passion for outdoor activities, sustainability, footwear trends, or innovation.
Creative mindset, fresh ideas, and problem-solving ability.
Proactive attitude, curiosity, willingness to ask questions, and eagerness to learn.

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 input 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 making complex work relevant and understandable to 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 communications examples from outdoor and purpose-led brands, including content hierarchy, storytelling, navigation, and calls to action.
Help organize information about priority I&E and KEEN Effect work, 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.