Market Research Intern (Boston)

For the Fall 2025 / Winter 2026, Protobrand is seeking enthusiastic and talented students and recent graduates with an interest in consumer behavior and / or market research and marketing who wish to gain real world experience. As an intern at an entrepreneurial organization, you will be able to contribute and be part of a team that spans across the data intensive processes in our firm. Since we are a consulting company you will have the opportunity to work with multiple brands during the semester, spanning industries and regions.

Join our dynamic research team and dive into a wide range of tasks from data manipulation and processing, to analysis and reporting. You will have opportunities to participate in client calls and get firsthand experienceno fetching coffee here! You will be able to work with our proprietary survey software to collect, prepare, and analyze data. Contribute your ideas and help shape our organization, as well as the insights and strategies we deliver to clients. Be part of a team that values diversity, inclusion, and everyones point of view. If you're ready to make a real impact, learn a ton, and help build better brands, we want to hear from you!

This is a paid, full-time internship. Boston office.

Fall 2025 / Winter 2026

What will you gain?

Practical knowledge in consumer behavior and System1 / System2 decision making

First-hand experience working on a variety of projects for FMCG, Tech, Healthcare, Energy industry leaders including Kraft Heinz, Hulu, Mars, Xcel Energy, Colgate Palmolive etc.

A tight-knit team of experts in market research

Exposure to best project management tools and practices

What will you do?

Questionnaire programming and testing

Data collection, manipulation and analysis (quantitative and qualitative, with the possibility of working with our NLP tools)

Data visualization

Report preparation

Who are you?

Marketing / research background / experience

Experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

SPSS or other survey analysis software (preferred)

Experience with a survey collection / programming platform such as Qualtrics or Survey Monkey (would be nice)

What do people say about working at Protobrand?

Everyone is always collaborative and flexible regarding workload and time scheduling to think for others.

Many companies seem to want as much control over their employees as possible. I've found it very easy to work here due to the flexibility of the hours, and the flexibility of location.