Alternatives Marketing – Undergrad Intern

Undergrad Intern – Alternatives Marketing

Location: The intern candidate must be able to commute into the New York City office each week.

Position Summary: 

Franklin Templeton continues to expand our alternative investment capabilities and build innovative products through the acquisition and utilization of independent specialist investment managers, each of whom has deep expertise in a specific asset class and long-term experience managing assets for some of the largest institutions in the world.

The Alternatives Marketing team is responsible for helping position Franklin Templeton as a leader in the alternative investments space. Having launched the Alternatives by Franklin Templeton brand in 2022, our efforts are focused on U.S. Wealth Management providing one relationship with access to a diversified platform of alternative asset capabilities backed by specialist investment managers with deep expertise in their domain.

Alternatives are a fast-growing group of asset classes and a core focus for Franklin Templeton. Being a part of not only where our firm is focused, but also where the overall financial industry is focused, is an exciting opportunity. Until recently, alternatives were mainly used by institutions in search of additional sources of growth and income, increased strategic diversification, and tools to manage risk as part of a total portfolio strategy. Additionally, high investor capital thresholds, prohibitive investment minimums, and limits on liquidity have meant that only institutions and other large investors could access alternative investments. Today, with product innovation, individual investors are able to access these investment options.

Our goal as a team is to help educate advisors on why and how to allocate alternative investments into their clients’ portfolios, and from there, choose Alternatives by Franklin Templeton as their provider of choice.

Being a part of this growth area will allow you to see the impact our efforts make on building awareness and increasing sales.

Team Culture:

Our small team has a strong growth-oriented mindset. We embrace challenges and seek to innovate while we get stuff done. We will be encouraging you to bring new ideas, especially about how we can use AI to become more productive and more creative within our function.

Our team’s culture is:

·       Accountable and goes the extra mile

·       Open to new ideas

·       Willing to constructively challenge the status quo

·       Intellectually curious

·       Fast-paced

·       Close-knit

·       Values partnerships beyond our small but mighty team and recognizes that we can’t do this alone

·       Always willing to learn and try new things

An Alternatives Marketing Intern at Franklin Templeton can expect to gain:

·       Understanding of why alternatives are an important investment to consider.

·       Knowledge of where U.S. Marketing sits in the overall Franklin Templeton landscape and how the Alternatives Marketing team is a part of a larger whole.

·       Keys to success in marketing – relationship building, creative thinking, organization, and strong communication.

·       Insight into how marketers are experimenting with AI to drive productivity and creativity

Key responsibilities may include:

·       Helping us super-charge social media; optimizing content for social and creating post options using AI for variation in tone and style

·       Digital engagement via the website, emails, advertising. Fine tuning nurture journeys, creating new content for initial engagement and tracking success of the alts nurture programs.

·       Identifying ways that we can use AI for customization/personalization of client marketing and scaling/versioning of product marketing.

Ideal qualifications:

·       Communicates effectively in writing and speaking, and understands the power of active listening.

·       Highly organized with strong attention to detail.

·       Collaborative and open to new ideas.

·       Engaged and excited to participate and be part of our team.

·       Have an interest in AI and social media.

·       Skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Ready to make moves? Apply today!

When applying, please be sure to attach your resume. Applications without a resume file attachment will not be reviewed.

Due to the large volume of applications anticipated, we may not be able to personally contact every applicant. If you are interested in applying to more than one Franklin Templeton internship, please apply for other internships that pique your interest.

Compensation Range: This is a full-time internship where students will work approximately 35 hours per week and earn competitive hourly pay of $30 USD per hour. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation.

What makes Franklin Templeton unique?

We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and supporting our communities. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture, and is an important element of how we achieve success.

We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. We invite you to visit us at Franklin Templeton Careers to learn more about our company, career opportunities and recruitment process.

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