Start Date: September 2025
18 month Fulltime Internship
South African Nationals
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity in January 2025 will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Marketing Planning and Execution
· Assists in the creation and implementation of integrated marketing plans aligned to targeted business outcomes for a single business area. Coordinates with local teams, including Program Marketing Managers (PMMs), Sales, Communications, Finance, and Business Operations to establish the appropriate marketing plan, with guidance from others on their team. Ensures local marketing plan leverages Global Demand Center (GDC) strategy, execution frameworks, and marketing technology (MarTech) capabilities to drive business priorities (e.g., customer adds, lead generation) via local marketing engines (e.g., digital, social, email, events).
· Contributes to the delivery of the marketing plan. Contributes to reports and analysis of customer metrics. Assists with the creation of reports and analyses of customer metrics to identify opportunities to improve customer engagement by collaborating with engine owners. Builds knowledge of local customer segments, audience landscapes, and programs. Utilizes corporate customer targeting, segmentation tools, and various metrics to continually update and improve customer experiences. Aligns digital-engine plan with critical company focuses such as privacy, accessibility, and compliance with guidance. Delivers local events and campaigns that are aligned to the global-event framework, leveraging appropriate target lists and digital tools.
Measurement
· Reads and interprets marketing performance and marketing spend reports, using analytical knowledge to extract insights from data. Interprets business implications of results and reports findings to stakeholders. Helps perform and guide analyses to generate insights that address the identified business
questions. Under guidance, provides data-driven insights leveraging available Global Demand Center (GDC) tools and dashboards to optimize marketing strategy and delivery. Takes action based on insights from corporate data, with guidance as needed. Incorporates inclusive marketing and accessibility principles, best practices, and tools in the execution of marketing initiatives. Suggests feedback on GDC analytical tools or dashboards as necessary.
Marketing Operations
· Assists with orchestrating and completing work needed across local stakeholders for Rhythm of Connection (RoC) meetings. Tracks marketing-related spending against planned estimates. Ensures event or campaign delivery is consistent with marketing plan. Reviews marketing activities and local website properties for any gaps with global guidance and compliance standards (e.g., accessibility, privacy, security, area company brand) with guidance. Executes standardized, scalable, compliant, and efficient marketing execution by leveraging global capabilities, engines, and tools via MSC (Marketing Service Central) in partnership with Global Demand Center (GDC) stakeholders
Qualifications
Minimum Qulifications
- Currently pursuing and will complete a Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Marketing, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, Business Administration, Business, or related field by September 2025 (OR must be recent graduates or recently graduated).
- South African National
- Fluency in English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for technology and customer obsessed.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills.
- Integrated marketing (e.g., campaign planning and execution, digital marketing), event management, program management, marketing operations (including campaign reporting and analysis), or related work experience including other internships.
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