Sales & Marketing Summer Internship at AIP Connect – Toronto, Kansas

We are seeking a highly organized, solution-oriented Summer Intern to support content and new business efforts from an administrative and executional perspective. This role is designed to help power the engine behind content, outreach, and new business initiatives.

This is an ideal role for a student in a Marketing, Digital Media, Communications, or related program who is detail-oriented, tech-savvy, and creatively inclined.

You’ll work closely with a small, senior, and highly collaborative team that values curiosity, speed, and smart execution. The team is composed of experienced leaders across strategy, growth, and execution, bringing a strong track record of advising CEOs, marketing leaders, and investors.

This is a hands-on environment where your work will matter, your input will be valued, and you’ll gain real exposure to how strategy, content, and new business come together.

This organization is an independent consumer insight consultancy that serves as the voice of the consumer for brands making high-stakes decisions. It brings real human understanding into a world flooded with data, combining senior-level critical thinking with AI-enabled capabilities to cut through noise and create clarity.

The team goes beyond what consumers say or do, uncovering why they behave the way they do and translating that understanding into confident decisions, focused investment, and measurable impact. It operates in a curious, innovative environment where ideas are tested, perspectives are challenged, and insight is expected to inform action.

For individuals who value thoughtful problem-solving, collaboration, and purposeful innovation that shapes business outcomes, this is an opportunity to gain meaningful, hands-on experience.

New Business & Outreach Support

• Source and build high-quality contact lists aligned to priority industries, brands, and roles
• Help plan email workflows and repurpose content for social and blog channels
• Maintain and update CRM and outreach tracking systems (contacts, status, follow-ups)
• Support outreach and drip campaigns
• Conduct background research on prospects and prepare meeting prep documents as needed

• Assist in developing case studies, including compiling inputs and formatting content
• Support speaking opportunity submissions and track responses and follow-ups
• Support basic performance reporting (traffic, clicks, email lists)

• Support website updates, including case studies, copy, and visual assets
• Help audit website and blog content for SEO, clarity, and performance
• Support publishing and optimizing content for engagement and conversion
• Research SEO- and GEO-optimized content topics

• Solution-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with digital tools, spreadsheets, content platforms, and websites.
• Basic design capability using tools such as Canva.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple work-streams independently.
• Tech-savvy, creatively inclined, and comfortable learning new tools (including AI tools).
• Currently enrolled in a Marketing, Digital, Communications, or related program.

• Hands-on experience supporting real-world brand strategy, insight, and new business efforts.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Practical experience connecting insight, content, and growth.
• A clear understanding of how strong execution enables strategic impact.