Job description
HBCU Fellowship - Creative Strategy.
Remote
We are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious Strategy Fellow to gain hands-on experience across all aspects of the agency business while providing invaluable support to our strategy team. Taylor’s Strategy HBCU Fellowship is a paid post-undergraduate, six-month, remote fellowship program.
Taylor provides real-world professional experience, development, and career-readiness fellowships to post-undergraduates and master’s students from accredited historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
As a Taylor Fellow, you are open minded, ready to learn, and motivated to start your career in the PR, social, and digital marketing industry. You’re excited to join a multifaceted group of colleagues that embrace diversity of thought as a means to enhance innovation and collaboration in all we do
Responsibilities and learning opportunities:
As a Taylor Fellow, you will gain hands-on agency experience through an in-depth training program, a dedicated manager, professional development and networking opportunities, and the day-to-day responsibilities and learning opportunities outlined below.
- Collaborate with other strategists, creatives, and account teams to create high-impact work that solves client and customer challenges
- Support the development of smart, contextual customer journeys and audience segmentation for clients
- Assist with research and analysis to prepare client-facing POVs, thought-leadership and reports on client business information, industry trends, influencer content performance, social/web content performance, media coverage, and competitive set
- Clearly distill research, programming/content performance, and client business knowledge
- Highlight relevant and actionable data/results, insights, themes, and trends in presentations, strategic briefs, and reports
- Stay attuned to and proactively elevate cultural trends, news, media/content, and industry insights that form relevant, innovative ideas for client and agency thought-leadership, strategic POVs, presentations and reports
- Learn and understand critical metrics and processes involved in gathering data related to PR, Influencer, and/or Social
- Think creatively to leverage and integrate data to tell a straightforward, insightful story and/or consumer journey
Requirements of this fellowship program:
This is a post-undergraduate opportunity open to:
- Recent graduates who hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited HBCU
- Those who are currently completing a master’s program or hold a master’s degree from an accredited HBCU
Prior experience/internships at PR, Digital/Social, Creative agencies, or relevant coursework
Experience or passion for consumer categories (including Finance, Spirits, Sports, Personal Care, etc.)
General understanding of the purpose and function of a Strategic Brief; experience with strategic planning processes and brief-writing a plus
Basic knowledge and experience with tools such as Tagger, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Crimson Hexagon, BrandWatch, GWI, Google Analytics, and Meta Business Suite
Strong attention to detail, organization, multitasking, and time-management
Writes, presents, and communicates in a persuasive manner, across a variety of platforms, including social media
Team player who enjoys working with and helping others in a collaborative environment
Curious and open to others’ ideas and viewpoints with a willingness to learn and take constructive feedback
A good problem solver who seeks to make improvements and learns from mistakes
Interest in developing purpose-driven work
Details:
- Full-time position, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
- Full-time (40hrs/week)
- Paid fellowship: $4,166.68 per each month worked, less applicable deductions and withholdings (based on an annual equivalent salary of $50k)
- Includes Paid Time Off, Holidays, and additional perks
- Fellowship begins 7⁄72025, and will go through 12/19/2025
About Taylor
Taylor is a purpose-led marketing communications agency that has shaped possibilities for the world’s leading brands for four decades. Our heritage in public relations and deep sports & entertainment expertise fuels breakthrough creativity across the entire media ecosystem.
