BSG Brand Marketing and Media Intern

Sally Beauty

Posted 23 days ago

Internship

Plano, Texas

Hybrid

Smart Summary

The intern will support the Brand & Media team by managing creative intake, quality assurance, and launch readiness across various channels. They will work closely with internal partners and external agencies to ensure that marketing assets are accurate and aligned with brand standards.

Looking for a current student or recent graduate in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Design, or a related field. The position requires strong attention to detail, clear written communication skills, and comfort working with spreadsheets. The internship spans from June 1st to August 7th, 2026, requiring a commitment of at least 30 hours per week.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Attention To Detail

Written Communication

Spreadsheet Proficiency

Creative Production

Brand Marketing

Paid Media

Research Skills

Quality Assurance

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Time Management

Adaptability

Customer Focus

Strategic Thinking

Big Picture Thinking

Results Orientation

Job Description

About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

To apply you must meet these guidelines/requirements:

  • This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work three days per week at the Support Center in Legacy West, Plano, TX.
  • This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
  • Housing, relocation, and transportation assistance are not provided.
  • Availability is required from June 1 through August 7, 2026, with a minimum commitment of 30 hours per week.

About the role

CosmoProf is seeking a Creative Operations & Brand Media Intern to support the Brand & Media team by helping manage creative intake, quality assurance, and launch readiness across channels. You’ll work closely with internal partners (brand, merchandising, ecommerce, CRM) and external agency teams to ensure assets are on-brief, on-brand, and accurate for web, app, email, and paid media.

This role is ideal for someone who’s detail-oriented, brand-minded, and interested in how creative work gets produced and activated in a performance-driven environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support creative requests by gathering essential inputs: objective, audience, product/category focus, offer details, required disclaimers, and destination URLs.
  • Coordinate with internal partners and agencies to clarify questions and ensure everyone is aligned on what’s needed.
  • Assist with preparing creative for channel execution (web/app/email/paid) by confirming placement requirements, correct versions, and final files.
  • Help verify that campaign creative reflects the correct offer, product focus, and brand positioning.
  • Research emerging and evolving platforms (e.g., new ad formats, creator tools, retail media capabilities, short-form video trends) and summarize:
    • What’s changing and why it matters
    • How competitors and adjacent brands are showing up
    • Recommended test ideas for CosmoProf (low-lift pilots, creative formats, messaging angles)
  • Recommended test ideas for CosmoProf (low-lift pilots, creative formats, messaging angles)
  • Conduct pre-launch QA for assets across channels
  • Flag issues and recommend edits to improve clarity, compliance, and brand consistency.
  • Capture creative learnings and examples of best-performing patterns (by placement or format) to inform future briefs.
  • Compile a small set of “do / don’t” guidelines based on real executions (what created confusion vs what drove action).

Knowledge, skills & abilities requirements

  • Current student or recent graduate in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Design, or related field.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple requests in a fast-moving environment.
  • Clear written communication skills (concise feedback, summaries, and follow-ups).
  • Comfort working with spreadsheets and documents (Excel/Google Sheets, Docs/Slides).
  • Interest in creative production, brand marketing, and paid media.
  • Curiosity about platform trends (short-form video, creators, retail media, new ad units) and ability to turn research into clear recommendations.

Competencies & attributes

The approved competencies for SBH are listed below. Please include the proper descriptors for the level of position, e.g., Entry, Intermediate, Professional/Manager, Director, VP, GVP, or SLT.

  • Passionate Learner – Actively seeks to learn about brand marketing and paid media; open to feedback and applies learnings
  • Flexible & Agile Adapter – Open to change, adaptable to shifting priorities, and works effectively with in a fast paced environment
  • Talent Builder – Shares ideas and knowledge, collaborates with peers, and supports team success.
  • Effective Communicator – Communicates clearly and professionally, listens actively, and asks thoughtful questions.
  • Team Builder – Works collaboratively with cross-functional partners and values inclusion and teamwork
  • Customer Focused Partner – Understands internal and external customer needs and supports marketing efforts that enhance the customer experience
  • Strategic Thinker – Supports marketing strategies and contributes ideas to improve execution and efficiency
  • Big Picture Thinker – Understands how marketing projects connect to broader brand and business goals
  • Results Driver – Manages time effectively, meets deadlines, and maintains a high standard of work.
  • Problem Solver & Decision Maker – Uses available information and sound judgment to help resolve issues and support project success

Working conditions & physical requirements

  • Office-based corporate environment (hybrid – 3 days a week in-office)
  • Should be based in Dallas Fort Worth area
  • Prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer
  • Ability to attend meetings and collaborate with multiple teams
  • Minimal physical lifting or manual labor required

Location: Hybrid | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at the Sally Beauty Support Center, Legacy West (Plano, TX); Remote Thursday or Friday

The typical working environment is in the support center office, and the work is sedentary. Typically, the associate may sit comfortably to do the job. However, some tasks and activities may be walking, standing, bending, carrying light items such as papers, files, books, and small parts, driving an automobile to a store location, etc. These activities are not frequent and do not require significant physical demands to perform the work.

While involving everyday risks or discomforts, the work environment is designed with standard safety precautions. These precautions, typical of offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, residences, or commercial vehicles, include using safe work practices with office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations and traffic signals,

Sally Beauty

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (“Sally”) through its affiliates is the world’s largest distributor of professional beauty supplies. Sally provides the channels that allow manufacturers of beauty supplies to reach customers, both professional and non-professional. Sally Beauty Company, Inc. began as a one-store operation in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1964. The Company expanded slowly until the 1980s, when it began to grow rapidly through acquisition and new store openings. In 1982, Sally moved its corporate headquarters to Denton, Texas following the acquisition of a Denton-based chain. In 1985, Sally acquired a major full-service (professional only) beauty supply distributor servicing the Midwestern United States. The growth of the full-service business led to the formation of the company now known as Beauty Systems Group LLC, focusing on distribution solely to the professional trade. New store openings and acquisitions continue to guide Sally’s expansion. In 1987, Sally became an international company with the acquisition of an affiliate in the United Kingdom. Today, Sally and its affiliates operate over 4500 stores throughout the United States and the world. Our international operations now extend to the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Puerto Rico, Canada, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico. Both Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group have successful and growing online (e-commerce) businesses. In 2006, Sally became a publicly held company with its shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Sally and its affiliates have long been industry leaders. Expertise in professional product merchandising, distribution and education provides the basis for a commanding presence in the global market. This, combined with strong domestic growth and international development, positions the companies for anticipated continuing success in future years. All subsidiaries and affiliates share Sally’s customer-driven operating philosophy and vision.

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