Marketing Intern, Bondi

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.

As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values we pride ourselves to be listed among the World's Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.

The Role:

We are looking for innovative, professionals with fresh ideas who would like to be part of a dynamic growing company. If you've got what it takes to join our team consider the following assignment as a Spring - Summer Intern on our Bondi Sands team reporting to the Senior Brand Manager.

What you will do:

• Implement 360 Marketing campaigns. Assisting in brand campaigns including brainstorming, research and execution across North America.
• Work with NA Brand Team and Global Brand team to localize to North America Market.
• Ensure all facets of marketing mix execution are consistent and help improve brand equity and consumer centricity.
• Develop insights and data. Analyze how our brand is positioned in the market and bring to life targeted consumer insights to amplify our brand's consumer centricity including competitor analysis, retailer analysis, beauty landscape deep dive.
• Execution in localized communications & content.
• Help with building strategy decks in Canvas for campaigns, campaign wrap ups, business planning.
• Brand Guardian Support Across Skin, Sun and Tan categories responsible for helping maintain brand integrity across all marketing programs including copy, creative and positioning, ensuring all communications in market is cohesive with global brand Guidelines.
• Support with office admin, product sends to influencers.

What you will need:

• Student pursuing bachelor's degree or MBA required; Marketing majors
• Available 25+ hours during Spring Semester, with the possibility of remaining on through the Summer semester fulltime hours.
• Prior internship experience in a marketing or sales environment is required.
• Love for the beauty industry and the brand.
• Demonstrated leader that excel in hands on team environment with a lot of collaboration.
• Understanding of basic marketing principles.
• Project management skills.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets)
• Hybrid position, ability to come into our Santa Monica office required.

A reasonable pay range is 18/hr. - 22/hr.

How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and create our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with great compensation packages, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward thinking and new ideas.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

Kao USA is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.

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