Brand Strategy & Activation Intern

Danone; Hoofddorp; Hybrid; EUR 6,700 - 7,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship allowance 650€

Home working allowance

Public transport travel card

Career workshops and guidance

International environment (140+ национ

Internship community

Job summary

Danone in Hoofddorp invites you to join the Global Aptamil Strategy and Activation team as a Strategy & Activation Intern, starting November 2026 for six months. You’ll support brand storytelling, asset creation, and cross-functional collaboration with agencies like BETC and WPP.

You will gain hands-on experience in global marketing campaigns, contribute to shaping a global brand for new parents, and work in a dynamic, international environment across departments and markets.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal English skills
• Experience in marketing within an FMCG or multinational environment preferred
• Able to work from Hoofddorp at least 2–3 days per week

Responsibilities

• Drive campaign assets from brief to final approval with agencies
• Collaborate across functions to ensure on-brand, compliant campaigns
• Audit and optimize the Aptamil asset library and present improvements
• Create presentations and playbooks for Business Units
• Analyze campaign performance and propose data-backed improvements

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Project management

Brand marketing

Content development

Education

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

Job description

About The Job

Do you

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? Join us as our new Strategy & Activation Intern in our Hoofddorp office starting November 2026! In this internship, you will be part of the Global Aptamil Strategy and Activation team, within our Specialised Nutrition business.

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 world-class agencies like BETC and WPP.

Your mission? 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 Units
• 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 a 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 December 2026 for 6 months with a possibility to extend, 5 days per week;

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. One Planet. One Health.

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.

We put people at the center of everything we do. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and ideas to the table – the impact you could make might surprise you. We are committed to embrace diversity, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA.

Application Deadline

Application deadline: 5th of November.

Need more information? Please contact Pien de Beer [e-mail].

• all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability, or any other protected status.