Business Operations & AI Innovation Associate

The opportunity

Help us make work simpler faster and more effective.

Red Carrot is a strategic communications marketing creative and professional services company. Were looking for a curious recent graduate who wants to understand how a business works solve operational problems and turn AI ideas into useful tools and better processes.

Youll work with leadership and colleagues to identify inefficiencies research solutions and put improvements into practice. You should be comfortable taking initiative learning unfamiliar tools and moving a project forward independently while knowing when to ask questions.

What youll do

• Examine how teams work identify repetitive tasks and bottlenecks and recommend practical improvements.

• Use AI for research analysis organizing information and developing solutions to business problems.

• Build and test automations simple tools trackers and workflows that reduce manual work and improve accuracy.

• Take improvement projects from problem definition through implementation documentation and follow-up.

• Talk with colleagues to understand their needs and help them adopt useful tools and processes.

• Measure whether changes save time reduce errors or make work easier.

• Check AI outputs for accuracy and use approved tools with appropriate care for confidential information.

What youll bring

• A completed bachelors degree in business or industrial engineering.

• Curiosity about how things work and persistence in figuring out how to improve them.

• Practical experience using AI beyond basic questionsincluding research analysis and building an automation or simple tool.

• The ability to organize your work follow through and communicate progress and obstacles clearly.

• Comfort working with spreadsheets data and unfamiliar software.

• Sound judgment about when to proceed independently and when to seek input.

School projects internships personal projects and work experience can all demonstrate these abilities. Prior experience is required.

What success looks like in your first 90 days

• Understand key team workflows and identify specific opportunities for improvement.

• Prioritize opportunities with leadership based on their value and feasibility.

• Implement at least one useful process improvement automation or simple tool.

• Document how it works help colleagues use it and evaluate its results.

Show us how you think

Please share an example of a problem you solved or a process you improved using AI automation or data. Explain the problem what you built or changed how you checked your work and what you learned. Academic and personal projects are welcome.

Benefits at Red Carrot:

At Red Carrot we empower you to be a leader. We attract and develop talent from all backgrounds because we believe theres strength in diversity offering different perspectives and skills. Together we can solve our clients biggest challenges. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.

• Training and Development Tuition reimbursement and professional trainings for eligible employees.
• Healthcare Top-tier medical dental vision life insurance and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) Plan 401(k)-retirement and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period.
• Profit Sharing Discretionary profit-sharing plan to all eligible employees after one year of employment.
• Paid Time Off Provides flexible work hours paid time off and 11 federal holidays.

About Us:

Red Carrot is an award-winning woman-owned small business built for the complexity of federal government work. We partner with clients to advance their goals powered by a team fueled by passion backed by intelligence and grounded in expertise.

From day one weve applied industrial engineering principles and data analytics to solve complex problems with precision. Our approach is research-centric data-informed and audience-oriented and its how we deliver work that actually moves the needle.

We exist to strengthen the organizations and communities we serve through trusted purposeful communication. Thats not a tagline its the standard we hold ourselves to on every engagement.

Headquartered in Miami Florida with a strong and growing presence in Washington D.C. our team works with clients across the country. Distance doesnt dilute our service. We build capacity where our clients need it delivering Strategic Communications Customer Experience Management Consulting and Human Capital Solutions that fit their mission and their moment.

Were the partner organizations turn to when communication challenges are real the stakes are high and the work has to matter.

Required Experience:

Junior IC