Marketing Calendar Intern - June 2026

Staples Retail•Framingham, MA

About The Position

Staples is business-to-business. You’re what binds us together. We’re searching for you: fresh talent with new ideas, innovation, passion, and drive to bring to Staples. We have student and graduate opportunities where you’ll help the Staples, Inc. organization be more successful and productive while building a purposeful career. Whether you are looking for a summer internship, co-op, or an entry-level role, we’ll help you develop the technical and soft skills you need to thrive in the future. Target Start Date: June 1, 2026 - August 14, 2026 (11-week program) Intern Pay Rate: $21.00 per hour Objective: Gather insights, trends, competitor tracking, and planning, helping the team deliver more customer-led, well-informed strategies year-round.

Requirements

Collaborative – able to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
Customer Focused – able to identify and understand internal or external customer needs and interests and deliver customer-centric solutions
Inclusive – dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment consisting of diverse individuals from varying backgrounds and cultures
Innovative – develop new insights; question conventional approaches; encourage new ideas; design and implement new solutions
Self-Developer – actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
Actively pursuing a bachelor's degree in Brand Marketing or a related field
Must be a rising Junior, graduating in May 2027 or 2028
Must be organized, detail-oriented, and curious to learn new tools
Strong communicator with good writing/editing instincts
Able to multitask and be flexible to new initiatives
Strong Microsoft Office skills

Responsibilities

Holiday GTM Insights & Planning (Staples Business + Omni Focus)
Partner directly with Rachael/Chris and the Insights team to build a clear picture of the Staples Business customer and the Omni customer during the Holiday.
Compare timing, category focus, and channel preferences to highlight overlaps and differences
Translate findings into targeting recommendations and priorities for SB and Omni
Support in building the integrated Holiday GTM plan (timing arc, focus areas, and deliverables).
Competitor & Market Monitoring to enable real time plan adjustments
Conduct ongoing tracking of competitor campaigns and offers, specifically for BTS
Maintain a GTM Tracker that provides weekly updates on competitor activity and notable strategy shifts
Micro-Holiday Exploration
Assess the current micro-holidays Staples focuses on today
Determine if these are the right ones based on customer alignment and business opportunity
Recommend where to lean in more, where to pull back, and identify any additional opportunities.
General GTM Team Support
Assist with research, insights pulling, and meeting prep.
Support post-mortem reviews of campaigns and pull macro/consumer trend analysis as needed.