Marketing Intern
New Zealand, Auckland
ZURU Edge – Marketing /
Internship /
On-site
We are looking for a marketing intern to join our Baby team on a part-time basis! This is a great opportunity for a student looking to kick-start their career in marketing!
ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.
Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.
One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascal + Friends, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise and Dose & Co.
THE ROLE
Be a part of our globally recognized, award-winning team based in Auckland, and contribute to the execution of our strategic marketing initiatives across our global markets. This role will provide you with hands-on experience in various areas of marketing, making it an ideal entry role into the world of marketing.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
As a Marketing Intern, your role will encompass a wide range of responsibilities. You'll help work across our portfolio of baby brands, helping to localise our content strategy for global markets, support with our influencer partnerships, conduct insightful research to help facilitate data-driven decisions, identify and manage award applications, and more! Your contributions will play a vital role in supporting and contributing to our best-in-class execution at a global scale.
CORE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support with execution and localisation of our best-in-class content strategy across key global markets, including New Zealand, Australia, and USA.
- Execution of influencer partnerships and seeding campaigns, including shipment management, relationship management, and content approvals.
- Manage our NZ stock room and support with orders, samples and stock reports.
- Conduct competitor and customer research to provide insights that can be used for planning and strategy development.
- Support with the reporting of marketing activity and press tracking to assist in team decision making and both internal and external updates.
- Award identification and management of applications globally.
- Ad-hoc and admin support for the marketing team.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- In your penultimate or final year of tertiary study (any discipline welcome) and are willing to work part-time in Auckland.
- Demonstrate strong work ethic and have a proven track record of going above and beyond in all that they do – whether it’s participating in extracurricular clubs, balancing work and study, or becoming an expert in something just for fun!
- Are curious and willing to get stuck into anything and everything with a continuous improvement mindset and a perspective that challenges that status quo.
- Approach novel tasks and challenges with humility and enthusiasm
- Resonate with our ZURU DNA –
- Collaboration – we operate with a “we not I” mentality and sharing our learnings cross-functionally is what propels us forward and makes us better every day.
- Overprepare – and Win – we put in the work, hard and early.
- Good Humans Only – with our team of A players, we foster a culture of meritocracy. People at ZURU are all round ‘Good Humans’
- Shift the Needle – we hustle and persist to get things done, either winning or learning along the way.
- Compounding Improvement – we aim for 2% improvement each week in all that we do. Always challenging, always doing, always improving to stray away from complacency.
- Radical Candour – always constructively dissatisfied, we rely on feedback loops and debate hard for the best outcome.
LIFE@ZURU
At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.
At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.
We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.
WHAT WE OFFER
🌱 Culture for Growth
🧘 Health & Well Being Benefits (including an onsite 24/7 gym)
🌎 Global Opportunities
💡 Surrounded by an A Player Team
💰 Competitive Remuneration
🐶 Furry Office Friends
🍓 Lots of fresh fruit, coffee, pals fridge and more
ZURU – Tomorrow Reimagined
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