Strategy Trainee – Trainee Program 2025

Objectives

PMAX Trainee Program is a fast-track internship program aiming to facilitate young talents with aggressive challenges yet remarkable journey and grow them into competent marketing experts & business leaders. As a part of our Trainee Program, you will get the chance to be a full-stack marketer and be surrounded by a transparent career ladder, top experts in the market, big clients & extensive projects in multi-verticals, and the "bigger shirt" to maximize and optimize your capacity within a year.

Job Description​

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

What is waiting for you during The Journey?

• Learn and grow with dedicated and highly qualified professionals in the Digital Agency of the Year, APAC.
• Maximize your personal potential with a fast-track career path, together with being empowered to create the best practices and shape the way forwards to top-level positions and experts in the market.
• Jump into professional services with in-depth digital marketing expertise, as well as the real “learn-to-earn” chance with various large-scale projects.

Who is our Next Generation?

• Strong Problem-Solver: The ability to think intelligently, do effectively and deliver outstandingly in every situation and solve the problem in the optimal way.
• AI-Fueled Growth Mindset & Resilience: The ability to always force yourself moving, shape the way forwards and always uphold to high-quality standards by thriving on challenges, embraces learning opportunities, and demonstrates resilience while leveraging AI and emerging technologies.
• Fast Learner & Adaptability: The ability to quickly absorb new knowledge, adapt to dynamic and aggressive environments, and applying insights effectively to accelerate growth and stay ahead of evolving demands.

JOB DETAILS

• Research & Analysis:
  • Assist the project team to debrief and clarify the clients’ needs, thereby prioritizing necessary information that requires further research
  • Research, synthesize, analyze and gain in-depth information about market/category/brand/consumer insights to develop effectively strategic approach
• Planning:
  • Understand, assess the quality of brief and support in proposing a relevant solution for clients by combining vertical knowledge and product of the function
  • Understand and propose appropriate communication channels in developing strategic approach for solutions/products which get customers’ deliverables
  • Work closely with project team to conduct each strategy planning steps of the whole progress, with guidance from Line Manager
  • Communicate with internal teams and clients to gather input and feedback from clients to adjust plan
• Visualization & Presentation:
  • Contribute to the ideation and brainstorm the layout of proposal for the campaign, ensuring to meet clients needs
  • Support in preparation of materials and participate in presentations for both client and internal meetings.

Job Requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Qualification

• Must have:
  • 3rd/4th-year student or fresh graduate majoring in Marketing/Economics/Business Administration/… or any related fields and able to work full-time
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • A passion for data & numbers, insights, and ideation
  • Have strong curiosity, common sense & hunger to learn new things
  • Strong research and analytical skill
  • Ability to handle pressure under rushed deadlines
  • Have a can-do attitude and be open to new challenges
• Good to have:
  • Experience in digital marketing/strategic planning role
  • Have been involved in project planning of different categories
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills are crucial, both in Vietnamese and English

PMAX-er Identification

• Client Impact: Everything we do is ultimately to deliver real client impact and value.
• Innovation: Innovation is to drive change and innovative new ideas to create more values for clients, teams and society.
• People development: People development is to attract, develop, and retain the most talented people. Development is a responsibility, not a choice, of both the individual as well as the organization.
• Integrity: Integrity is to be honest and show a consistent and uncompromising adherence to what is right, even if it is at our own cost.
• Teamwork and fun: Teamwork and fun is the cooperative and collaborative effort of a team to achieve a common goal or to complete a task, and trying to build a joyful & enjoyable atmosphere for everyone.
• Extreme ownership: Extreme Ownership is the practice of owning everything in your world, to an extreme degree. Think of yourself as the owner of the company. It means you are responsible for not just those tasks which you directly control, but for all those that affect whether or not your task is successful.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range with yearly & quarterly incentives after the program, and 13th-month salary.
• Flexible working time with up to 4 days working from home per month and 15 paid leaves per year
• Parking allowance
• Team bonding budget quarterly, snack time to engage team members
• Quarterly, Yearly Recognition Gifts & Awards and gifts on special occasions (birthday, New year…)
• Holiday activities; Company trip; Year End Party; Company Birthday; Culture Day; Quarterly Town Hall.
• Insurance as full salary (SHUI) after the program (for official employees).
• Annual health check-up and Healthcare Insurance PVI (for official employees).
• Laptop supply/allowance or support for laptop purchase costs on an individual basis (for official employees).
• Internal training & career development opportunities, and external L&D budget sponsorship (for official employees).
• Other staff welfare allowances.