Consumer Insights Intern

Who we are:

Since 2013, the company has served small towns that larger carriers skipped. Safety meetings are every Monday at 7 a.m., before trucks roll.

Overview:

Prairie Connect is hiring a market research intern to study competitors, pricing and customer needs for our Market Insights team. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

Responsibilities:

• Design online surveys in Google Forms or Typeform and clean the responses
• Track competitor social media, ads and product launches every week
• Estimate market size using public data, government statistics and industry reports
• Research competitors' products, pricing and positioning and log it in a comparison sheet
• Read app store and online reviews to find common complaints and requests
• Build lists of potential customer segments with company size and location
• Conduct remote customer interviews over Zoom and write up key quotes
• Analyse survey results in Excel with pivot tables and charts

Who can apply:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Laptop, headset and a stable internet connection for remote interviews
• Comfortable reading long reports and pulling out what matters
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week
• Curious, and careful about where numbers come from

What you'll learn:

• Running remote interviews and writing up findings clearly
• Certificate and a recommendation letter
• Feedback from the strategy lead on every report you submit

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $19.00 - $25.50 an hour

Perks:

• Return offer opportunities
• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Paid company holidays
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Final presentation to leadership

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Prairie Connect.