Marketing Automation Intern 8 Months - Summer 2026

Dayforce, a global leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, operates across North America, EMEA, and APJ regions. Our Cloud HCM platform, recognized for its unified database and continuous calculation engine, enhances efficiency, productivity, and compliance for global workforces. We are committed to "Making Work Life Better" for employees, customers, and partners worldwide.

As an Intern at Dayforce, you’ll gain real-world experience with meaningful responsibilities, access to development programs, and the chance to collaborate globally, bringing new ideas and optimizing processes across multiple business units.

Job Title: Marketing Automation Intern

Team: Marketing – Marketing Automation

Location: Virtual

Duration: Summer 2026 - 8 months (May 2026 – December 2026)

Availability: *Full-time availability of 37.5 – 40 hours weekly is required to be eligible for this opportunity.

Benefits for Students

• Experience working for one of the fastest growing Human Capital Management technology companies in the world Access to Dayforce’s development programs and resources
• Ability to work with as well as create relationships with members across the globe
• Autonomy to bring forth new ideas and optimize existing structures within the organization
• Meaningful responsibilities, enabling you to obtain ‘real-world’ experience
• Dynamic hands-on exposure to multiple business-units and stakeholders across Dayforce

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Marketing Automation Intern to join the Marketing Automation team within the Dayforce Marketing department. This role will be to work closely with the Marketing Automation Partner, Project and Traffic Management, and Growth Marketing teams for campaign execution.

Each intern will report to the Manager, Marketing Automation and be responsible for tasks including, developing and maintain automation programs, ensuring accurate and timely execution of program activities, reviewing and testing (QA) programs created by other team members, maintaining quality of marketing data, and assisting with creation of documentation and analytical reports. This collaborative role will also work closely with our Marketing Automation Partner team, providing a wide range of exposure to end-to-end marketing campaign execution. Assignments within the marketing team will expose interns to the various aspects of demand generation.  

What you’ll get to do

• Build marketing automation programs within Marketo, including emails and landing pages using standardized templates.
• Set-up campaign workflows within Marketo to assist with data processing.
• Deploy email marketing campaigns for customer communications, virtual events, and other routine marketing programs.
• Follow list upload guidelines to ensure data quality and lead processing.
• Maintain the quality of marketing data aligning to company’s compliance and privacy practices.
• Serve as a point of contact for automation tasks for assigned marketing programs.
• Assist with the creation of documentation to capture repeatable processes and cross training opportunities
• Assist with the creation and analysis of campaign performance reporting to inform and guide our marketing partners
• Update project management tool, Smartsheet, with status of work completed in a timely manner Other duties as assigned

Skills and experience we value

• Process and detail-oriented.
• Organized and able to work within time constraints and due dates.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and confident presence
• Excellent interpersonal skills to ensure successful interactions and strong working relationships across marketing team.
• Ability to understand data and analytics to help inform decisions.
• Working towards Bachelor’s degree. Preferably in Business, Marketing, or related field.

What would really make you stand out

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams
• Knowledge of Marketing Automation platforms: Marketo, HubSpot, Pardot
• Knowledge of CRMs/Reporting tools: Salesforce and PowerBI
• Online project management tools: Asana, Trello, Smartsheet, Wrike, Monday

We understand that no matter where you are, choosing a new employer is always one of life’s most stressful events. We encourage you to check us out at Dayforce.com or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about how we are impacting the world of work for our customers, employees and you!

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