Start Date: September 2025
Duration: 9 months, Full-time
Type of Employment: Internship
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of university interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential – and excitement for the journey ahead.
Our purpose is to earn fans and drive growth by building emotional connections to delight and empower everyone. We engage with consumers globally throughout their shopping journeys, navigating both physical storefronts and digital visits across Partner Channels in Windows and M365. Together with our ecosystem partners, we strategize and implement plans for customer engagement and economic growth.
As Channel Marketing Intern at Microsoft, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s focused on driving full-funnel marketing for an exciting ecosystem that continues to grow. You will be working with the Partner Marketing Team to drive partner engagement, you’ll have the opportunity to share feedback around the partner trends, capture learnings and establish campaign best practices, leveraging the global infrastructure for support and shared platforms.
As an intern at Microsoft, you’re stepping into a world of real impact from day one. You’ll collaborate with global teams on meaningful projects, explore cutting-edge technologies like AI, and kick start your career while doing it. With a strong focus on learning and development, this is your opportunity to grow your skills, build community, and shape your future—all while being supported every step of the way.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a strategic partner planning framework and marketing calendar aligned with product campaigns and seasonal priorities.
- Build full funnel, omnichannel partner marketing plans to drive sales and maximize ROI across short, medium, and long-term horizons.
- Execute partner-specific campaigns using global creative assets, with a strong emphasis on digital, mobile-first, and social commerce strategies.
- Enhance in-store and online conversion through connected experiences, shop-in-shop programs, and compelling retail demo platforms.
- Foster retail seller advocacy via training, evangelism, and community engagement initiatives.
- Ensure brand consistency and visibility through optimized search, discoverability, and collaboration with content creators and agencies.
- Track and analyze campaign performance, secure partner reporting, and generate actionable insights to support continuous improvement and business milestones.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Currently pursuing Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or related field
- Fluent in English
- Legally Authorised to work in Turkey
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in digital marketing, growth marketing, retail, channel marketing, marketing, retail sales, Consumer Technology Products and Services marketing experience is preferred
- MBA degree
- Understand the digital and physical buying journey (omni channel)
- Understanding of cross-discipline marketing programs
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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