Fall 2025

Data Marketing Engineer Intern

Posted on 3/11/2025

Gesture

Gesture

51-200 employees

Online gifting marketplace with vendor partnerships

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
Data & Analytics (2)
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Required Skills
Power BI
Microsoft Azure
Python
R
SQL
HubSpot
Tableau
Salesforce
AWS
Snowflake
Google Cloud Platform
Google Analytics

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Requirements
  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Marketing Analytics, or a related field.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, or R for data processing and analysis.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, or Google Data Studio).
  • Familiarity with APIs and tools like Google Analytics, HubSpot, Salesforce, or similar marketing platforms.
  • Knowledge of cloud-based data services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) is a plus.
  • Understanding of data warehousing concepts and relational databases.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret data for business insights.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate across teams.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to present findings clearly.
  • Self-motivated, eager to learn, and capable of working in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
  • Assist in automating marketing data workflows and integrating data sources into cloud-based platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Snowflake)
  • Assist in measuring campaign performance, customer engagement, and ROI using key metrics.
  • Analyze large datasets to uncover customer insights and campaign performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with marketing teams to improve audience segmentation and personalized marketing efforts.
  • Assist in A/B testing, attribution modeling, and predictive analytics for marketing optimization.
  • Work with APIs to extract, clean, and structure marketing data for analysis and reporting
  • Stay updated on data engineering best practices and emerging MarTech trends.
  • Generate reports and dashboards to track trends, customer behavior, and marketing effectiveness.
  • Support the implementation and optimization of marketing analytics tools and dashboards
  • Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify new opportunities.
  • Collaborate with the marketing and product teams to enhance customer segmentation and targeting efforts.
  • Assist in creating data visualizations and presentations for stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain ETL pipelines to collect and transform marketing data from various platforms (Google Analytics, CRM, social media, etc.).
  • Stay up to date with industry trends, digital marketing best practices, and emerging data analysis techniques.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of cloud-based data services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) is a plus.

What Gesture.vip does: Gesture.vip runs an online gifting platform that connects users with a curated selection of gifts and experiences, allowing individuals to send gifts and businesses to show employee appreciation through delivery-enabled purchases. How its product works: Users browse a curated catalog, place an order online, and have the gift delivered to the recipient. Gesture.vip partners with multiple vendors and earns revenue from direct sales and service fees, including a markup on gift costs and delivery charges. How it differs from competitors: It emphasizes a simple, takeout-like experience for gifting and offers a broad mix of gifts and personalized experiences through vendor partnerships, targeting both individuals and businesses, which helps streamline the entire gifting process. What the company aims to achieve: To make gifting more gratifying and less cumbersome by providing a seamless, easy-to-use digital marketplace for gifts and experiences.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$2.6M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Gesture’s website updated July 2026 shows active product marketing and brand momentum.
  • The company sells free exclusive products through engagement, creating repeat usage beyond one-off gifting.
  • PitchBook still lists Gesture as generating revenue, reducing pure pre-product-market-fit risk.

What critics are saying

  • Goody, Snappy, and Loop & Tie undercut Gesture on pricing, automation, and catalog depth.
  • Gesture has only about $3.09 million raised, limiting inventory, logistics, and marketing scale.
  • If app downloads stall after 2025, niche gifting software loses to larger workflow platforms.

What makes Gesture unique

  • Gesture.vip targets consumer and employee gifting, unlike enterprise-only peers like Sendoso.
  • The app emphasizes address-free gifting and personalized notes through a simple mobile flow.
  • Decathlon Capital Partners financed Gesture in April 2024 without equity dilution.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Stock Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

13%
FinSMEs
Apr 3rd, 2024
Gesture Receives Growth Funding from Decathlon Capital Partners

Gesture, a NYC-based gifting and delivery platform, received a growth funding package from Decathlon Capital Partners

AlleyWatch
Jun 22nd, 2020
Gesture Raises $1M for its On-Demand Gifting App That Takes an Uber-Like Approach

Ben Labra discusses the evolution of Gesture, the on-demand app to send the perfect, thoughtful gift for any occasion.

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