2027 Summer Associate - New York City

Prophet Application•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We're a consulting firm built to find growth where others don't see it. Real growth comes from understanding a business inside and out: how it makes money, where its customers are headed, and what has to change to get there. It's spotting the white space competitors miss and turning it into a client's next big move. Our Summer Associate Program is built to teach exactly that, from the ground up. Over our 8 week internship, Summer Associates work across the firm with colleagues from nearly every discipline in order to solve our client's business challenges. You won't be watching from the sidelines: you'll learn our approach by doing the work itself from research, analysis, and strategy, to the storytelling that ties it together, all pointed at real top-line growth for real clients. From day one, that means work with real impact for clients and their customers. It means stepping into meaningful responsibility faster than you'd expect, working directly with leaders and clients. It means building next-generation skills that keep you ahead of where business is going. And it means growing a career that connects to what you actually value, not just the client work in front of you.

Requirements

Rising senior, earning a BA or BS degree with demonstrated academic performance (Business, Economics, Management majors preferred, not required)
Well-developed critical thinking capabilities, problem-solving skills, and creative thinking
Comfort working with AI tools for research, synthesis, and building and curiosity to keep exploring new ones
Superior communication skills, both verbal and written
Business acumen and a passion for understanding what grows and transforms companies
A curious mind with an unrelenting commitment to get to the answer, to test new approaches, learn new skills, and push others' assumptions
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to adapt, flex, and change directions given client, project, and team circumstances
Unable to require sponsorship now or in the future

Nice To Haves

Brand, digital, and marketing strategy knowledge

Responsibilities

Understand the business and the customer using primary and secondary research to uncover insights that drive transformation.
Blend creative and analytical thinking to understand what moves a client's numbers and bring ideas to life.
Synthesize information from interviews, data, and market scans to form a point of view and connect the dots others miss.
Contribute to creative problem-solving and storytelling by analyzing data, shaping hypotheses, and turning research into persuasive presentations and frameworks.
Collaborate on complex challenges across multidisciplinary teams to answer big questions on topics like growth, brand, and transformation.
Explore and work with the full consulting toolkit, including AI, for research, synthesis, and innovation.
Take ownership of project work, follow through, flag risks early, and hold yourself accountable for quality and deadlines.
Play a role beyond project work by supporting proposals, office initiatives, social events, and thought leadership.
Learn fast, grow early, and lead with a point of view through exposure to senior teammates and clients, and regular feedback and mentorship.
Work and grow as part of a team, with a project coach and peer buddy, through team-based mentorship and feedback.
Build relationships across the firm through intern events, coffee chats, and firm-wide programming.
Experience what it means to be an Associate by taking on real project work.