Brand Marketing Intern (summer 2026)

Brand Marketing Intern

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota, Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com.

Brand Post Consumer Brands offers a robust summer immersive & transformative internship experience that will present you with a meaningful business problem to ideate and collaborate cross-functionally that will lead to you presenting recommended solutions to improve the business. Post Consumer Brands is unique as our core values & mission is at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey.

Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

Looking to pursue a career working on marketing and management of iconic cereal and pet food brands? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in a growing, mission-driven, consumer-centric organization? Post Consumer Brands is looking for a Brand Marketing Intern for a 10-12-week summer 2026 immersive and transformative internship experience. The purpose of this position is to learn through an immersion within the Brand Management Team. The intern will be a key member of the team, working on various projects throughout the summer and will close with a final presentation to the Marketing Leadership Team and cross functional partners. It is an exciting opportunity to hone skills and drive volume growth by identifying and delivering on consumer and retailer needs. This role is a great step in developing a long-term marketing career within Post Consumer Brands.

Major Job Activities / Duties

The Brand Management Intern may assist in a number of project and/or operations support roles in the Brand Management department. Assignments may include work such as:

• Weave together all components of the "4 P's" (product, price, place, and promotion) to deliver a compelling consumer and retailer need.
• Analyze and report in-market performance across multiple businesses using Nielsen, IRI and other data as needed to better understand consumer behavior to ultimately influence business decisions (forecasting, consumer spend, strategy/plan shifts, etc).
• Identifying Key Issues and Opportunities for the Brand and contribute to annual planning process.
• Present findings and plan recommendations to Marketing Leadership Team, including the Chief Growth Officer.

Qualifications

Candidates must be pursuing a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree or at an institution with an accredited program in Marketing or Management and graduate in December 2026, May 2027 or August 2027. Proven leadership, problem-solving and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing Communications, Insights, and Sales). Strong communication and analytical skills. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes initiative to identify areas of opportunity and take action. A high level of competence in computer applications and the ability to use technology as a decision-support tool. Ability to identify and evaluate tactical methods to achieve objectives, identify deviations from the plan, and facilitate resolution. Interest in the consumer packaged goods / manufacturing industry with the desire to start a career with Post Consumer Brands after graduation. We are unable to consider candidates that need visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Additional Program Information & Perks

Offering competitive compensation. Access to a dynamic internship event program including development, networking, & social activities. Eligible for subsidized housing & relocation stipend. Cereal galore – enjoy a variety of cereal and oatmeal options in our break room, for free. Free milk, coffee, and conversation included as well. We promise you won't be disappointed.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.