Commerce, Newsletter Apprentice

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About the People Inc. Apprentice Program:

The People Inc. Apprentice Program empowers Iowas next generation of creators innovators and problem-solvers. Rooted in Des Moines and open to students across the state it bridges classroom learning with real-world impact offering apprentices the chance to grow with purpose while helping People Inc. shape the future of media technology and storytelling.

People Inc. is committed to diversity equity and inclusion and representing the communities that we serve. We strongly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA students to apply.

This is a paid Apprenticeship offering $15/hour.

Deadline to Apply: Sunday March 29 2026

Eligibility Requirements:

• Junior Senior or recent graduate at an accredited college or university

• Located in the state of Iowa

• Available to work 15-20 hours per week September 7 2026 - May 22 2027

• Ability to spend at least 1 day a week on site in our DSM office

• Access to your own housing and transportation to/from the DSM office

About the Team:

The Commerce Email team sits within the Transaction Department and is a hybrid team based across multiple offices with approximately seven team members. The team focuses on the TRX email business including shopping newsletters and commerce tout placements within branded editorial newsletters.

About the Role:

Support the Shopping Newsletter team by helping brainstorm and write shopping email touts across People Inc. brands like Better Homes & Gardens Food & Wine Travel Leisure and more. Youll assist with creating content on topics like fashion beauty home food and entertainment.

Youll also help our Newsletter Analytics Manager pull reports and review data. Promotional holiday periods are a significant component of the email marketing strategy. Consequently youll gain knowledge of promotional planning and assist in touts for various brands particularly surrounding key holidays such as Amazon Prime Day Black Friday and others. Youll support small projects conduct competitive research and work with the team to understand how newsletters are performing.

Help the Apple News team with projects as needed.

Apprentice Responsibilities will Include:

• Support the creation of shopping email newsletters touts across multiple People Inc. brands.

• Help track and report on newsletter performance to support data-informed decisionsincluding during tentpoles.

• Conduct basic competitive research and contribute to small projects as needed.

• Provide cross-team support including assisting the Apple News team when needed.

About You:

Candidates for this role should have:

• Interest in digital writing and strong writing skills.

• Excellent communication time management and organizational skills.

• Open to new challenges and excited to grow within a fast-paced expanding and constantly evolving organization

• Creative and driven self-starter that can take direction and run with it asking questions up front to ensure youre able to complete the task successfully

• Motivated problem solver who will proactively troubleshoot and create solution

• Experience with Google & Microsoft Suites

• Some experience with digital media is a plus but not required

It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Accommodation requests can be made by emailing .

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