Strategy & Market Intelligence Intern (MBA)
At a glance
Junior Market Research role at OpenArt AI. San Carlos · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Estimate the size of new markets, including enterprise, studios, agencies, new verticals and international opportunities
- Translate those opportunities into operating scenarios and KPI goals tied to annual and quarterly plans
- Monitor creative AI pricing, product releases, funding and model partnerships, then turn research and expert calls into recommendations
- Help the Partnerships team assess major content co-production and AI lab co-sell deals
What you bring
- You are currently completing an MBA or have recently earned one
- You bring pre-MBA experience in consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy or another listed investing field
- You can build financial and market models from incomplete data, draw clear takeaways from interviews and prepare executive-ready slides and memos
Who this fits
This role suits MBA students with a consulting, banking or corporate strategy background who want to support leadership growth decisions. You must be based in the Bay Area, with a hybrid setup available. It is a year-round internship, full-time in summer and part-time during the academic year, with at least a three-month commitment.
From the employer
🎨 About OpenArt
OpenArt is an AI Storytelling and Visual Creation Platform used by millions worldwide. We’re building the next generation of creative tools powered by cutting-edge AI, enabling anyone to create videos, visuals, characters, and stories with unprecedented speed and imagination. We believe the future of creativity is AI-native, and we’re shaping that future.
🚀 Why Join OpenArt
Real impact through leadership exposure — work directly with C-level leaders and the key decision-making committee, with opportunities for your ideas and judgment to shape a product used by more than 10M users worldwide.
A direct role in growth strategy — help leadership assess where to expand, which customers and partners to prioritize, and how to plan for scale.
Exposure to the creative AI ecosystem — research the market and gather insights from creative professionals, agencies, model providers, operators and investors.
Return offer opportunities — strong interns will be considered for full-time roles across product, engineering, research and GTM.
About the Role
You'll work with leadership on OpenArt's growth strategy: where to expand, which customers and partners to prioritize, and how to plan for scale. This role suits MBA students from consulting, investment banking or corporate strategy.
Employment Type
Year-round internship with rolling start dates: full-time in summer, part-time (15–20 hrs/week) during the academic year. Minimum 3-month commitment
What You’ll Do
Market sizing & planning: connect the external market with internal plans. Size opportunities top-down for new segments, including enterprise, studios and agencies, new verticals and international expansion. Build bottom-up operating plans, scenarios and KPI targets that tie those opportunities to our annual and quarterly goals.
Competitive intelligence: track pricing, product launches, funding and model partnerships across the creative AI landscape. Gather insights through public research and expert calls with creative professionals, agencies, model providers, operators and investors, then turn what you learn into clear judgments the team can align on.
Partnership deal support: provide strategic support to the Partnerships team on major deals, such as content co-production with media platforms and co-sell programs with AI labs.
What We’re Looking For
Core Requirements
Currently pursuing or recently completed an MBA. For strong candidates, we don't limit by major. We welcome candidates at any stage, including those on a gap year or in other situations.
Pre-MBA experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, venture capital or growth equity is preferred, along with the core toolkit that comes with it: strong financial and market modeling from imperfect data, structuring expert or customer interviews into crisp insights, and executive-ready communication in slides and memos.
Nice to Have
You've built AI into how you work (e.g., agent-driven research or automated modeling workflows).
Deep understanding of the AI business landscape: how models are built, priced and distributed, where value accrues across the stack, and what that means for application companies like OpenArt.
Work Setup
Bay Area required (hybrid allowed)
Visa sponsorship available
Compensation & Benefits
The expected base salary range for this role is $40 to $50 per hour, plus the same in-office benefits as our full-time employees.