Compensation & People Analytics Intern, Smartly.io
This internship is paid at $20 per hour
AI-powered advertising platform
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AI-powered advertising platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
This internship is paid at $20 per hour
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unify the full funnel of marketing and break silos between advertisers, marketers, and creatives.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field (e.g., HR, Analytics, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Information Systems, Computer Science)
- Strong interest in data, analytics, and how they inform people and compensation decisions
- Comfort working with data in Excel or Google Sheets (pivot tables, formulas, data manipulation), or a strong aptitude to learn quickly
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) is a plus, not required
- High attention to detail with the ability to identify inconsistencies and gaps in data
- Strong written communication skills and ability to translate data into clear insights
- Proactive, collaborative working style with good judgment on when to take initiative and when to seek guidance
- This role is ideal for someone who is curious about how data and new technologies are shaping compensation strategy and organizational decision-making, and who is eager to build practical experience in people analytics
Desirable
- Exposure to HR systems (e.g., Workday) or workforce data
- Previous coursework or projects in data analysis, statistics, or HR analytics
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Compensation & People Analytics Intern to support data-driven initiatives across our People team
- This role offers hands-on experience working with real workforce and compensation data, contributing to high-impact projects, and exploring how analytics and emerging tools shape decision-making
- Support the development of curated, analysis-ready HR datasets (e.g., headcount, attrition, hiring trends)
- Assist in maintaining data quality through validation checks, refresh processes, and documentation
- Contribute to defining and documenting key workforce metrics such as headcount, attrition, and tenure
- Analyze HR and compensation data to generate insights and support ongoing projects
- Help improve and redesign dashboards and reporting (Excel, Tableau, or similar tools)
- Support salary survey submissions and market benchmarking efforts
- Assist with compensation-related analysis, including job pricing and structuring new roles
- Partner on HR systems and data field mapping (e.g., Workday)
- Explore how AI and emerging tools can enhance compensation and people analytics, including improving job pricing, benchmarking, and data analysis workflows
- Contribute to early-stage experimentation with new approaches to analyzing and interpreting workforce data
- Approximately 30 hours per week between June 2nd and August 7th of 2026
Our take
Smartly.io helps advertisers automate their campaigns across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. After seeing quick success following Facebook’s 2012 IPO, the company now works with over 700 brands including eBay, Uber, Ralph Lauren, Under Armour and TechStyle.
Its suite of tools automatically creates ads and videos from product images - handling budget allocation and audience targeting, as well as analysing where and when to purchase advertising. Consequently, Smartly.io has positioned itself to play a leading role in a market where brand and performance work are converging.
Smartly.io sold a majority stake to Providence Equity Partners in 2019 in a move to further its presence in the US. The company has since gone on to make several acquisitions of its own with Viralspace.ai and Ad-Lib.io. Smartly.io's ability to adapt to evolving advertising trends supports its continued growth, and its introduction of AI-powered intelligence across its platform shows it is keeping up with technology trends too.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2015
$3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $3m
Company benefits
- Generous healthcare packages and mental health services
- Career development opportunities, bonus programs and annual performance reviews
- Hybrid working model, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days
- Company equity options program
- Paid holidays, OOO time and family leaves
Company HQ
Kluuvi, Helsinki
Leadership
Tuomo Riekki
(Co-founder, Board Member & Advisor)Initially served as CPO of the company. Also the founder of Focal and Zero, and previously founded DealMachine and Metrify.io.
Kristo Ovaska
(Co-founder & Board Member)Founder and CEO at Taito.ai. Initially served as CEO of the company. Previously founded Metrify.io, Startup Sauna, and Funrank.
Laura Desmond
(CEO)Also Founder and CEO at Eagle Vista Partners, and Operating Partner at Providence Equity Partners, as well as being a Board Member at Adobe and DoubleVerify. Former CEO of Starcom.
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