Creative Strategist Intern- Summer 2026

Deeplocal is looking for a Creative Strategist Intern with a focus on interactive experiences to join the team for summer 2026.

Deeplocal pushes the boundaries of interactive experiences for some of the world’s top brands. The Creative Strategist Intern will work alongside creative marketing strategists, experience designers, and technologists to develop and refine creative concepts. Our interns contribute to the artistic vision of real-world physical experiences, environments, and exhibits through hands-on learning and application of their skills, with mentorship from top professionals in the field. 

The Creative Strategist Intern will collaboratively support the creation of experiences that tell a strategic story and look visually-stunning all while meeting the client’s goals. This typically looks like:

• Creative Briefs - Assist in creating creative briefs and participating in conversations with clients to help extract the necessary information for our internal teams to be successful creatively. Briefs can span all phases of project work from concepting through content creation. 
• Insight Development - Support creative concept development by conducting market and industry analysis, cultural trend research, and audience research to provide essential insights for brand comprehension.
• Persona Development - Collaborate with Experience Designers to define personas and user groups. This includes conducting secondary research as needed to understand user demographics, motivations, needs, and pain points within a given space.
• User Journey Development - Partner with Experience Designers to help develop user journeys of a space; thinking about how guests and users move through a space and how to arrange brand messaging in a way that makes sense from a storytelling and experience design strategy. 
• Content Strategy Development -  Assist in developing the overall content and messaging strategy. When required, contribute to writing the final copy.
• Proofreading - Ensure decks and content are meticulously reviewed and proofread for accuracy and error-free presentation.

All internships are based in our studio in Pittsburgh, PA.

Desired Skills

• Exceptional writing ability with a keen sense for capturing appropriate storytelling, tone and ideas.
• Must have excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Interest in a combination of strategy and design, developing a holistic narrative vision for a space.
• Knowledge of current social media best practices and key platforms, in addition to prior experience developing and executing social media strategies.
• An awareness of current aesthetic, cultural, and popular trends
• Ability to conduct research, including market, trend, and competitive analysis. Capable of interpreting data and translating findings into clear, actionable insights to assist with creative strategy and help inform decision-making.
• A strong understanding of marketing.  
• Experience crafting creative concepts in response to marketing briefs would be a bonus.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide a portfolio of their work demonstrating the desired skills listed above.

The hourly compensation for this internship is between $19 and $29. The specific rate offered will be based on the candidate's prior relevant experience and anticipated graduation date.

If you require a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please email us at hr@deeplocal.com

About Deeplocal

Deeplocal is an internationally-recognized innovation studio based in Pittsburgh, PA. Our team includes experts in marketing, engineering, design, and fabrication who collaborate to develop never-seen-before physical experiences for brand clients.

Deeplocal has been behind some of advertising’s most talked about campaigns: the Netflix Switch, Google Photos Pay With A Photo, and the Nike Chalkbot. From creating a mind-controlled bike that allowed riders to shift with their thoughts, to building a robotic pitching machine that allowed a child to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game from thousands of miles away, to a single button that dims the lights, orders food, silencers your phone and puts on your favorite show, our projects are wide-ranging and unique. Our work has been featured on Fast Company, Wired, NYTimes, USA Today, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Gizmodo, Engadget, Forbes, and many more.

Deeplocal’s studio is located in a renovated brewery loft space in Sharpsburg, PA—just outside of Pittsburgh and within a few minutes of Lawrenceville. All team members at Deeplocal contribute and participate in work for our amazing roster of clients.

Our Mission

Invent products and experiences for innovative brands.

Our Purpose

To be a place where amazing talent can invent, create and inspire.

Our Core Values

Deeplocal is committed to maintaining the company's core values and culture as the company grows. Employees should exhibit the following Deeplocal core values:

• Inventive
• Impactful
• Resourceful
• Humble
• Efficient