Marketing Intern (Summer Internship)

  • Intern

Company Description

Fire Hose Games is the Boston-based (but fully-remote) independent game development studio behind titles such as Techtonica, Go Home Dinosaurs, Catlateral Damage, and 20XX. We pay good salaries and our generous benefits package includes health care, dental, take-what-you-want vacation/sick time, 401(k) with matching, maternity/paternity leave, and flexible work hours. Fire Hose hasn’t crunched in years and we don’t intend to start. Our company culture is inclusive, supportive, and fun. We strongly encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and voices to apply, and consider relevant experience in all its forms. We hope to hear from you!

For more info, visit https://www.firehosegames.com/

Job Description

Fire Hose Games is looking for a Marketing Intern to join our team and help us develop and execute marketing campaigns that align with our overall strategy, both for the upcoming launch of Techtonica and our studio-wide branding efforts. As a Marketing Intern, you'll collaborate with our marketing team to create content for various social media channels and communities. Successful candidates will be passionate about video games and fluent with the state of Twitch, TikTok, and other platforms. This is a full-time, paid, remote summer internship with one of the Boston area’s premiere indie game studios.

Our studio is fully-remote, so interns who can sync with U.S. East Coast hours may work from anywhere. Start and stop dates are flexible to work around the student’s schedule. This is an opportunity to build skills and relationships while also doing meaningful marketing work on a commercial game title. We strongly encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and voices to apply.

Responsibilities

  • Work as a part of the marketing team to develop and execute social campaigns that align with overall marketing strategies, especially for TikTok
  • Assist in the creation of social media assets such as graphics, videos, and GIFs
  • Assist in the creation of social media copy
  • Help develop our growing Discord community

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Candidates must be enrolled in university (or equivalent) and entering into their third or fourth year of undergraduate education, studying at the graduate level, or a recent post-graduate (graduated in 2023)
  • Candidates must have a demonstrated interest in marketing, journalism, or another related field
  • Knowledge of the video game industry and related trends is required

Preferences

  • Experience with photo/video editing and Adobe creative suite is preferred
  • Knowledge of TikTok's algorithm and audience engagement is a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.