Marketing & Creative Internship

Axia is a multidisciplinary creative agency founded by Creative Director Marika Adamopoulos and Design Director Natalie Krasik. We partner with consumer startups and growth-stage brands across wellness, beauty, food & beverage, and lifestyle, helping them build brand foundations designed to scale. Our capabilities include brand strategy and identity, full-scope design services, production, campaigns, paid and organic creative, and more. We work directly with founders and marketing teams, with no account managers or handoffs. Our client list includes Equip Foods, California Naturals, SmartyPants Vitamins, Perelel Health, Aura House, and Innersense Beauty.

About the role

We’re looking for a driven, brand-obsessed intern to join Axia for the spring/summer semester. This is a hybrid marketing and creative role where you’ll split your time between helping execute our internal content and marketing/outreach strategy and supporting creative production across client and agency work. If you spend your free time dissecting why certain brands work, love trying the latest product innovations, screenshot packaging that stops you mid-scroll, and have opinions about what makes a TikTok hook land, this role is for you!

10-15 hrs/week (flexible based on your college course schedule), hybrid (ideally based in Southern California), unpaid (for college credit).

Responsibilities

Marketing Execution

• Schedule and cross-post content across Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn
• Write first-draft captions from video transcripts and creative briefs
• Manage and update our outreach contact list and pipeline tracker
• Research brands and founders for personalized outreach
• Track engagement metrics and flag what’s working
• Support newsletter drafting and email sequence prep
• Research LA events, award programs, and PR opportunities

Creative Support

• Assist with mood board creation and visual research for client projects
• Gather and organize reference imagery for brand and campaign work
• Support asset organization and file management across client projects
• Help prep decks, case study materials, and presentation layouts
• Assist with photo and video production logistics when needed
• Collaborate on design projects related to brand identity, packaging, paid media, and more
• Contribute ideas in team creative reviews (your POV is welcome!)

What You'll Get

• Direct mentorship from two senior founders—a Creative Director and a Design Director—with almost two decades of combined experience building and marketing consumer brands
• Exposure to real client work across brand strategy, creative direction, content, and production
• A front-row seat to how a venture-style agency is built from the ground up
• Hands-on experience with AI-powered marketing and creative workflows
• A portfolio of real work you actually contributed to, not fake case studies
• College credit that counts toward your degree requirements

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a design, marketing, communications, or related program and can receive college credit for this internship
• Fluent in Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn as a content creator, not just a user, and understand what makes content perform natively on each platform
• Strong visual instincts—you understand the difference between something that looks good and something that’s strategically right for a brand
• Already using AI tools in your workflow (Claude, ChatGPT, Notion AI, or similar)
• Obsessed with consumer brands—you follow founders, read about launches, and have opinions about why certain brands connect and others don’t
• Write well—captions, emails, and short-form copy come naturally to you
• Organized and self-directed—at a small agency, you’ll have real ownership over your work and need to manage your own time and deliverables
• Based in or near Los Angeles or Orange County and can come in for some in-person work

Nice to Have

• Proficiency in Figma, Canva, or Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with email platforms (Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or similar)
• Basic video editing skills (CapCut, Premiere, or similar)
• A personal Instagram, TikTok, or portfolio that shows your creative sensibility