Brand Marketing Intern (Summer 2027)
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Post Consumer Brands
Lakeville, MN, US
Summary
The intern will support brand growth by analyzing consumer and marketplace data to identify insights and growth opportunities. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams on marketing initiatives, innovation efforts, and annual brand planning.
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.
Location Description
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities
Launch your career with one of the nation's leading consumer packaged goods companies.
Interested in building and growing iconic cereal and pet food brands? Looking to gain hands-on marketing experience in a dynamic, consumer-focused organization? Post Consumer Brands is seeking a Brand Marketing Intern to join our team for a 13 week internship at our Lakeville, MN headquarters during Summer 2027.
As an intern, you'll work on meaningful business challenges, collaborate with experienced brand leaders, and gain exposure to professionals across the organization. You'll finish the summer by presenting your work and recommendations to members of the Marketing Leadership Team and cross-functional business partners.
Join us in delivering our purpose: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all.
What You'll Do
As a member of our Brand Marketing team, you'll help drive brand growth by partnering with teams across Marketing, Sales, Insights, R&D, and Finance. Depending on business needs and your interests, you may have opportunities to:
- Analyze consumer, customer, marketplace, and brand performance data to identify insights and growth opportunities
- Support brand strategy, marketing initiatives, innovation efforts, and go-to-market plans that meet consumer and retailer needs
- Partner with cross-functional teams to solve business challenges and contribute to annual brand planning
- Apply the principles of product, price, place, and promotion to support business objectives and strengthen brand performance
- Present findings and recommendations to marketing leaders and business partners
Specific projects are determined prior to the internship based on business needs and intern interests.
Qualifications
What We're Looking For
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Management, Business, or a related field with an expected graduation date of December 2027, Spring 2028, or Summer 2028
- Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Self-starter who takes initiative and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency with business and data analysis tools
- Interest in the consumer packaged goods/manufacturing industry and the desire to start a career with Post Consumer Brands after graduation is strongly preferred
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
Additional Program Information & Perks
- Competitive compensation with a starting bonus
- Access to professional development programming, networking opportunities, and social events
- Exposure to leaders and teams across the organization
- Opportunity to build skills and relationships that support future career growth
- Free cereal, oatmeal, milk, coffee, and plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow interns and teammates
Compensation for this role is $25.00 per hour.
This role will be posted until October 4, 2026.
Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories.
Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, Pebbles™, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand.
As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands.
Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Food and Beverage Services
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
St Louis, Missouri
Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories.
Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, Pebbles™, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand.
As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands.
Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Food and Beverage Services
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
St Louis, Missouri
