Company:
Amazon
Industry: Online Sales / Marketing
Deadline: Not specified
Job Type: Contract
Experience:
Location: Western Cape
Province: Cape Town
Field: Internships / Volunteering, Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
Key job responsibilities
Depending on your placement, you may support one of the following areas:
- Retail / Amazon Vendor Services
- Amazon retail teams work to help improve the selection and shopping experience for customers across our product categories, from books to fashion, electronics to grocery, movies and music to toys and health & beauty, and everything in between. As a retail intern in one of those categories, you will learn how Amazon handles its e-commerce retail business.
- Support Vendor Managers in helping Amazon’s most strategic brands grow their business.
- Analyze category performance and customer behavior
- Identify opportunities to improve product selection, pricing, and availability
- Support vendor negotiations and retail operations
Amazon Advertising
- Amazon advertising sits at the intersection of advertising and e-commerce. Customers visit us every day to find, discover, and buy products, so we’re obsessed with making the shopping experience the best it can be – and advertising is a part of that experience. As an intern, you’ll gain a deep understanding of Amazon’s display advertising products as well as our technical and operational capabilities.
- Work with Account Managers to deliver impactful advertising solutions.
- Learn about Amazon’s advertising products and targeting capabilities
- Support campaign planning, data analysis, and client presentations
- Contribute to improving advertising products and client outcomes
Merchant Services
- Amazon merchant services cover all third-party merchants’ activity related to selling on Amazon as well as the specific services and products we offer to help develop and grow these sellers.
- Help third-party sellers grow and succeed on Amazon.
- Identify and engage high-potential merchants using market data and industry intelligence
- Analyze seller performance data, understanding of customer pain points, requirements, and potential value that can be delivered by advertising or merchant services to propose improvement strategies
- Learn the advertising or merchant services portfolio and the Amazon culture
- As part of your internship, you will have the opportunity to collaborate across multiple teams, including category, product, and technical support. You will gain hands-on experience with Amazon’s internal tools and systems while developing a strong understanding of our culture and ways of working. Throughout your project, you’ll be encouraged to identify opportunities to improve internal processes, tools, and the overall customer experience.
A day in the life
- As an intern, you will be matched to a mentor and work on a high-impact project from day one.
Throughout your internship, you will also:
- Expand your professional network by engaging with Amazonians for both personal and professional development
- Take part in intern events. No matter the location of your internship,
- we give you the tools to own your project and learn in a real-world setting
- Receive ongoing feedback and development support
Basic Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree with a graduation date of 2026 or a recent graduate (within the last 6 months)
- Fluent written and verbal communication in English
- Available to complete a full time 12 month internship full time (40h/week).
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.