AI & Automation Intern

[This is a 6-month internship with the opportunity to convert to full-time employee. This position is preferentially based in Cape Town, South Africa but can be 100% remote depending on your experience and remote working ability]

Hi there We're Welcome Tomorrow — the digital marketing agency behind some of Africa's most successful brands .

Welcome Tomorrow was founded in 2021, starting from a simple observation: the world's most advanced growth marketing techniques are not localised for emerging markets. Online marketing is increasingly complex and competitive, while there too much fragmentation in the expertises required to build sustainable compounding growth. Today, very few partners have a 360 vision of the key components that contribute a business success.

Bringing state-of-the-art performance marketing expertise, Welcome Tomorrow is on a mission to redefine what a trusted growth partner is in Emerging Markets, starting with Africa. We operate along 4 main pillars:

• Performance Marketing: we build an implement campaigns that driving business results for our customers (such as online sales, leads, usage or revenue) for mobile apps and web.
• Creative Studio: relevant creatives and messaging are paramount in any campaign performance. We design specific data-driven creatives for each marketing channel and adopt a systematic A/B testing approach.
• Tracking & Analytics: we enable our customers to collect, visualise and activate their 1st party data across multiple platforms and channels to make better business decisions, faster.

Role Description At Welcome Tomorrow, we believe AI and automation are the future of growth marketing. We're looking for a highly curious and technically-minded AI & Automation Intern to help us research, build, and implement the next generation of marketing solutions for our team and our clients.

This is a high-impact role for a "builder" who loves to tinker, solve puzzles, and make processes smarter. Your missions will encompass the following:

• Researching & Experimenting: Investigate and test new AI tools, APIs, and platforms (especially for creative generation, marketing copy, and data analysis) to keep our operations on the cutting edge.
• Building Automations: Develop and deploy automation workflows (using no-code/low-code platforms and scripts) to streamline repetitive internal and client tasks, saving hundreds of hours.
• Developing Tools: Assist in building and maintaining internal tools for data ingestion, data analysis, and reporting, with a focus on the Google Cloud (GCP) ecosystem (e.g., BigQuery, Looker Studio, Cloud Functions).
• Driving Innovation: Collaborate with our Performance, Creative, and Analytics teams to identify and implement AI-driven opportunities that enhance campaign performance and creative output.
• Owning Projects: Take ownership of small-to-medium technical projects from research and concept to implementation and internal training.
• Documenting & Sharing: Create clear documentation for your tools and automations so others can learn from and build upon your work.
• Growing Your Skills: Participate in tech events and customer trainings to grow your skills and represent Welcome Tomorrow.

Qualifications You have:

• Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a Bachelor or Master program in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong foundational knowledge of Python (or another relevant language like ) for scripting, data manipulation, and working with APIs.
• Hands-on experience with (or a strong, demonstrable interest in) cloud platforms, specifically Google Cloud (GCP).
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, APIs, and the capabilities of large language models (LLMs).
• A true builder mindset: you love solving problems, have already built small apps, or automated your own life with code and tools.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with an ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical team members.
• A portfolio of technical projects (e.g., a GitHub profile, personal website, or class projects) showcasing your skills and passion.

Bonus:

• You have experience working with Notion (ideally, you are Notion Certified).
• Experience with no-code/low-code automation platforms (e.g. Zapier, N8N, Google AppSheet).
• Specific Google Cloud Platform experience (e.g. Vertex AI, BigQuery, or Cloud Functions).
• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker Studio, Power BI, Tableau).
• Familiarity with performance-based marketing strategies.

Benefits

• A human adventure in an ambitious and fast-growing company
• Joining a team of top talents, localising advanced growth marketing techniques for emerging markets
• Embarking on a pleasant, stimulating and challenging environment
• An attractive salary and an interesting variable
• Premium Healthcare coverage
• The possibility to work on side projects benefitting Welcome Tomorrow
• High flexibility in your organisation of your work, including remote work
• Possibility of traveling overseas to meet clients and other team members

About us

At Welcome Tomorrow, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not practice any discrimination based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability

We are one of the fastest-growing companies in Africa, solving business challenges with marketing innovation

To know more about us, have a look at our values

Process

• On-way Screening Interview minutes)
• Technical Interview (with our Analytics Lead - 45 mins)
• Technical Interview (with our Performance Lead - 45 mins)
• Final Interview (with our CEO - 45 mins)