Corporate Marketing Intern

Job description

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<h1 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Corporate Marketing Intern</h1>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Location:</strong> San Jose, CA · Internship · On-site</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Role Overview</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">The Corporate Marketing Intern will help turn Astera Labs’ technology, brand, and company story into clear, consistent experiences for customers, partners, employees, media, and analysts. You’ll work with Corporate Marketing on content, events, executive and customer experiences, brand assets, and the operating systems that keep requests and approvals moving.</p>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">This is a hands-on opportunity to learn how marketing works inside a fast-growing semiconductor company. You’ll research the AI infrastructure market, support high-visibility projects, and partner with teams across the company to deliver work that is useful, polished, and on brand.</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Key Responsibilities</h2>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Content & Market Intelligence</strong></p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Research semiconductor, AI infrastructure, and connectivity news, market trends, and competitive developments.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Turn complex information into concise internal summaries, briefs, presentations, and messaging inputs.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Help maintain a regular flow of timely, shareable market and competitive intelligence for internal stakeholders.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Brand & Communications</strong></p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support the creation and review of presentations, written content, event materials, and other corporate marketing assets.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Use approved templates, brand assets, trademarks, and messaging; flag materials that need Corporate Marketing or Legal review.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Help keep public-facing and internal materials accurate, consistent, and appropriately marked for confidentiality.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Events & Executive/Customer Experiences</strong></p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support event planning, demo readiness, briefing materials, agendas, logistics, and follow-up tracking.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Help coordinate the details behind customer, partner, investor, analyst, and press experiences, including Executive Briefing Center activities.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Track action items and dependencies across Corporate Marketing, Product Marketing, Sales, Solutions & Ecosystem, and partner teams.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Marketing Operations</strong></p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Help manage incoming requests through the Corporate Marketing Service Desk by organizing requirements, routing work, tracking priorities, and following up on next steps.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Build or improve simple trackers and processes that make projects, approvals, deadlines, and ownership visible.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support the team’s review and approval workflows for branded items, promotional materials, speaking opportunities, and other external-facing work.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Project Ownership</strong></p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Own a defined project or workstream and move it from an initial brief to a polished deliverable.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Communicate progress clearly, incorporate feedback, raise blockers early, and present your work and learnings at the end of the internship.</p>
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<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Helpful Experience</h2>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in marketing, communications, business, journalism, technical communication, or a related field.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong writing, editing, research, and presentation skills, with the ability to make technical or business topics clear to different audiences.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Interest in semiconductors, AI infrastructure, cloud computing, technology markets, and corporate communications.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience through coursework, projects, student organizations, or prior work with content creation, market research, event planning, project coordination, or competitive analysis.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and comfort managing multiple requests or deadlines.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, learn quickly, and work effectively through ambiguity.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Professional judgment when handling confidential information and external-facing content.</p>
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<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">What success looks like</h2>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Week 1:</strong> Learn Corporate Marketing’s brand, content, approval, and request-intake processes; meet key cross-functional partners.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>By Day 30:</strong> Deliver useful summaries, presentations, trackers, or content support while keeping project details and next steps organized.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Day 60+:</strong> Own a meaningful project, improve a process or deliverable, and move work forward with increasing independence.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Final two weeks:</strong> Deliver a polished project outcome, document the handoff, and clearly communicate the impact and lessons learned.</p>
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<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Internship experience and compensation</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">This is a paid, hourly U.S. internship. The applicable hourly rate is determined as part of the offer process and specified in the offer letter, depending on education level ranges form $35/hour to $55/hour. U.S. interns currently receive a $500-per-week housing/relocation stipend for the duration of the internship. Interns participate in Early Career programming, including technical and professional-development sessions, community events, and an end-of-program project presentation.</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Equal Opportunity Employer</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Astera Labs is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. This policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.</p>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.</p>
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