Marketing Intern

🐾 Marketing Intern (Hybrid) – Pet Retail & Grooming Brand
📍 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | ⏱ Part-Time | 15–25 hrs/week | Hybrid
💼 Internship Duration: 3–6 months (with potential for extension or full-time offer)

About Us

We’re a fast-growing pet retail and grooming chain rooted in the Colorado Springs community. With a loyal customer base and a fun, high-energy environment, we’re passionate about connecting pet parents with the best products, services, and experiences. We’re looking for a sharp, motivated Marketing Intern to help us grow our brand—both in-store and online.

What You’ll Do

As our Marketing Intern, you'll get hands-on experience working with both digital and local marketing tools, including Square Marketing & Loyalty, and you’ll learn how to grow social media accounts, build campaigns, and track performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and send email/text campaigns using Square Marketing
• Support Loyalty program management – tracking rewards, redemptions, and customer trends
• Help plan and create content for Instagram Reels and TikTok
• Capture behind-the-scenes grooming, pet tips, customer moments
• Edit videos using CapCut or Canva
• Assist in running local engagement campaigns (giveaways, events, UGC drives)
• Track marketing KPIs and generate simple performance reports (we’ll teach you!)
• Brainstorm campaign ideas with the team and test what actually works

Who You Are

You’re currently studying or recently graduated in marketing, communications, business, or media

• You love pets and understand the culture of pet parents 🐶🐾
• Comfortable with Instagram, TikTok, Canva, and short-form content creation
• Bonus if you’ve used Square Marketing, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or similar tools
• You’re curious, creative, and love experimenting with what grabs attention
• Strong attention to detail and a desire to learn through real-world experience

What You’ll Learn

• Real-world marketing for a multi-location retail/service brand
• Campaign creation, performance tracking, and customer retention
• How to “hack” social media engagement with trend-savvy content
• Using platforms like Square to manage marketing and loyalty programs
• Exposure to small business strategy, growth tactics, and creative development

Perks

🐕 Free pet grooming or retail discounts (for your pet or one you love)

💻 Flexible hybrid schedule – part in-store, part remote

📈 Real impact on brand growth and customer loyalty

💼 Future opportunity to convert into a full-time role based on performance

🧠 Mentorship from small business owners and marketing professionals