Strategy Intern

GSD&M•Austin, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

This isn’t your basic coffee run internship. This is GSD&M Daze of Summer. Come spend your summer days in a daze as you experience our fast-paced creative environment for yourself. Here, you’ll actually be working alongside our talented teams. From creative and account leadership to strategy and analytics and beyond, you can expect a real, hands-on competitive experience. GSD&M is a creatively driven, full-service advertising agency born and raised in the heart of Texas. Today we are a global agency in the music, food and “weird” capital of the world. We’ve won the Super Bowl, cleaned up at Cannes and continue to help iconic brands win every day. We live by our core values and believe an agency should be able to think like the diverse world that it’s talking with. We think it’s better to be honest than cool. We also play foosball in the agency bar and eat breakfast tacos for dinner.

Requirements

Candidates must be enrolled as a junior, senior or graduate-level student in college OR recent college graduate (less than 1 year since graduation)
Must be available during the length of the program (6/2/26 – 8/7/26) and able to come into the GSD&M Austin offices at least 3 days a week. Option to work offsite on Mondays and Fridays.
Must be able to work full-time 40 hours per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience with secondary research platforms (Mintel, KANTAR, etc.) is nice to have, but not required
Experience with social listening & analytics platforms (Brandwatch, Talkwalker, etc.) is nice to have, but not required

Responsibilities

Conducting research and sharing POVs based on the data you have access to and trends you identify in the social and cultural consciousness
Trendspotting and thought leadership. You’ll help keep our Strategy team on their toes by identifying interesting consumer and business trends that represent opportunity for the brand to have a first-mover advantage.
Helping with creative briefs. You’ll collaborate with your team to develop interesting and insightful briefs that inspire creative teams.
Become an expert on our brand’s competitors through research and competitive audits
Assist in preparing client-ready documents such as POV's, briefs, competitive audits, trend reports, etc.