Website & Marketing Technology Internship

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce 

Bring your talent and eagerness to learn to Paylocity, where you’ll discover the skills needed to launch your career! Benefit from award-winning training and one-on-one coaching as you play a key role in Paylocity’s future with an early careers position. Explore how you can go from the classroom to the conference room with internships and new-grad programs at one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Experience the support that’ll take you from grad to a flourishing career with a position in Paylocity’s early careers division

 In-Office: This is a 100% in-office role based at our  Schaumburg, IL  location. Remote or hybrid work is not available for this position. Candidates must be able to work on-site five days per week during designated work hours. 

Position Overview 

The Go-To-Market (GTM) Intern will support the website team by maintaining and enhancing our digital experiences, evaluating emerging AI tools, and helping identify operational efficiencies within workflows. This role is ideal for a tech savvy, analytical intern who enjoys learning new tech tools, experimenting with AI, and applying data-driven thinking to improve processes. 

You will work hands-on in our content management system (Adobe Experience Manager), assess AI tools across our world class technology stack, and conduct external benchmarking to understand how competitors are leveraging AI. You will evaluate how these tools can streamline our workflows, help design and implement improved processes, and document the operational gains (financial, time savings, and team efficiency). 

This internship is a great opportunity to gain real world experience across marketing operations, AI applications in enterprise environments, data driven decision-making, and digital experience optimization. 

Responsibilities 

• Update, maintain, optimize, and publish content and assets on the company website using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). 
• Research and evaluate AI tools available to the web team, including their capabilities and limitations. 
• Build recommendations for how AI can integrate into existing web team processes in a practical and measurable way that enhances quality and/or accelerates team workflows. 
• Conduct external benchmarking to analyze how competitors are using AI in marketing, digital experiences, and operational workflows, and identify industry-wide adoption trends to document best practices we may adopt. 
• Quantify potential gains of AI-enabled processes (time savings, reduced effort, cost efficiency, increased capacity) and summarize insights into clear reports or visual dashboards. 
• Utilize AI to create playbooks and standard operating procedures for publishing content within templates and common experience fragments. 

Required Qualifications 

• Currently pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, and a minor in Marketing or a related field. 
• Understanding of AI concepts, prompt engineering, or experience with AI platforms (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Midjourney, etc.). 
• Ability to analyze data and quantify improvements (e.g., time saved, reduced steps, automation potential). 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly document findings and recommendations. 
• Detail oriented and comfortable working within digital content systems or technical platforms. 

Preferred Skills 

• Tech-savvy, with strong curiosity and comfort working with new tools, especially ones with integrated AI.  
• Interest in AI implementation in marketing, customer experience, and digital content workflows. 
• Ability to map processes and identify automation or optimization opportunities. 

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

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