Marketing Intern

Location: Remote with occasional in-person meetings (Tampa Bay area / USF preferred)

Type: Part-time internship, 15-20 hrs/week

Compensation: $15-18/hr based on experience; school credit available if your program supports it

Start: ASAP

Duration: One semester minimum, with the possibility of extension or part-time hire

About Crystal AI

Crystal AI is a software engineering and consulting firm. We build modern, AI-leveraged software and advise clients on how to ship better products faster. We're at an inflection point — small team, real clients, growing demand — and we're ready to build a real marketing function for the first time.

What This Internship Is

This is not a coffee-and-copying internship. You'll be the first marketing hire at a small, ambitious firm. You'll own real projects, see them through, and watch them produce results. The work you do will be visible — on our website, on LinkedIn, in client conversations — and will directly shape how Crystal AI shows up in the market. If you want a portfolio piece that proves you can build something from zero, this is it.

Responsibilities

• Build the foundation: brand voice, positioning, and messaging templates
• Set up and run our LinkedIn presence — Nick's personal page and the company page
• Plan and write content: 2-3 LinkedIn posts/week, monthly long-form pieces, case studies
• Manage our content calendar end to end
• Run light competitor research and ICP (ideal customer profile) work
• Help design lead magnets and outreach materials
• Track what's working — engagement, follower growth, lead source attribution
• Sit in on internal strategy meetings and contribute ideas

Requirements

• Currently enrolled at USF (or another local university) in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field
• Junior, senior, or graduate preferred — but motivated sophomores welcome
• Strong writing — you can take a technical idea and make it readable
• Comfortable on LinkedIn; bonus if you have a personal brand of any size
• Curious about technology, AI, and consulting — you don't need to know all of it, but you do need to be interested
• Self-directed — you don't need to be told what to do every hour
• Reliable communicator — answers Slack messages, hits deadlines, raises issues early

Skills

Bonus points

• Coursework or projects in B2B marketing, content marketing, or SEO
• Experience with Canva, Notion, Buffer/Hootsuite, or HubSpot
• A personal LinkedIn following or content portfolio (blog, newsletter, etc.)
• Membership in USF AMA, marketing clubs, or related organizations

Schedule

Hours: 15-20/week, flexible around your class schedule

Location: Mostly remote; occasional in-person meetings in Tampa Bay (likely every 2-3 weeks)

Benefits

• School credit available if your program supports it — we'll work with your advisor

Tools we use

Slack, Google Workspace, LinkedIn, and Claude (plus other AI tools). We're open to bringing in new tools that make the work better — if you have favorites, tell us about them.