Brand Strategy & Activation Intern

Danone; Hoofddorp; Hybrid; EUR 6,600 - 7,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

650€ gross/month internship allowance

Home office allowance

Public transport travel card

Career workshops & networking

International environment

Intern community

Job summary

Danone invites you to join the Global Aptamil Strategy and Activation team as a Strategy & Activation Intern. You will contribute to transforming Aptamil into a purposeful global brand for new parents, collaborating with Culture & Influence, Digital Platforms, Media, Production, Science and Regulatory teams.

You will manage creative projects end-to-end, ensuring assets are on-brand and backed by data-driven insights while developing playbooks and presentations for Business Units.

Qualifications

• Enrolled as a Bachelor’s/Master’s student in Marketing, Communications, Business or related field during the whole internship period.
• Resident of the Netherlands with a valid BSN number; non-EU citizens need Dutch residency permit.
• Excellent written & verbal English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive creative projects from brief to final approval with agencies.
• Collaborate across functions to keep campaigns compliant and on-brand.
• Audit and optimize the Aptamil asset library and suggest improvements.
• Create presentations and playbooks for Business Units.
• Analyze performance and propose data-backed improvements.

Skills

Brand marketing

Storytelling

Project management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's/Master's student in Marketing/Communications/Business

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About the job

Do you love brand communication, storytelling, and working on global marketing campaigns?

Are you looking to gain hands-on experience in brand marketing and contribute to shaping a global brand that supports millions of parents worldwide? Then join Danone as a Strategy & Activation Intern in the Global Aptamil Strategy and Activation team, within the Specialised Nutrition business, starting November 2026.

You will be at the heart of our global office, collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Culture & Influence, Digital Platforms, Media, Production, Science, and Regulatory, working alongside agencies like BETC and WPP.

Your mission is to help transform Aptamil into a purposeful brand that genuinely supports new parents worldwide, within our Specialised Nutrition business, where meaningful work meets real impact.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Drive creative projects from start to finish, partnering with agencies to manage asset creation, from brief to final approval
• Collaborate across functions to keep campaigns compliant, on-brand, and aligned with business goals
• Audit and optimize the Aptamil asset library - your recommendations for improvements are key
• Create presentations and playbooks for Business Unites
• Analyze performance and pitch improvements backed by real data

Meet your future manager: Kseniya Fursova

About you

As a Strategy & Activation Intern, communication and collaboration will be second nature to you. You are skilled in project management, combine analytical and creative steak and natural networker. You have a strong understanding of brand marketing and content development principles alongside strong visual sense.

On top of that, you’re proactive, highly structured and organized, have passion for brand storytelling and are always looking for opportunities to learn and grow. You are able to keep focus while being involved into multiple projects simultaneously.

Other mandatory requirements:

• Previous internship / job experience in marketing within a multinational FMCG (or similar) environment
• Enrolled as a Bachelor's/Master's student in Marketing, Communications, Business or any related field during the whole internship period
• You are a resident of the Netherlands and hold a valid BSN number (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to have a valid Dutch residency permit)
• You have excellent written & verbal skills in English; additional languages are considered as a plus
• You are able to work from our Hoofddorp office, at least 2-3 days per week
• Available to start in November 2026 for 6 months with a possibility to extend, 5 days per week

About Danone

At Danone we are committed to our mission "bringing health, through food to as many people as possible". Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good.

We offer:

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship)
• Home working allowance of 2.45 euros per day
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL
• Active Internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.