2025 Summer Internship at The Shipyard San Diego, CA

The Shipyard; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 22,730 - 32,373; Part time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in San Diego offers a Summer Internship focused on the Media department where students will gain hands-on experience in an integrated agency environment. Interns will work approximately 20-25 hours per week at a compensation rate of $20 per hour. This opportunity is aimed at students pursuing careers in marketing, advertising, or communications, providing mentorship and the chance to explore various agency functions. Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED and be authorized to work in the US.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without the need for Visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Interns will receive mentorship while learning about agency operations.
• They will be involved in meetings and tasks across various departments.

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

2025 Summer Internship job at The Shipyard. San Diego, CA.

The Shipyard is a leading, independent agency that builds performance-driven brands audiences can’t help but love.

By applying modern mindsets to established models, we fuel brand and marketing decisions that are more courageous and more validated.

Our ability to align bold creativity with individual consumer motivations lets us do more than hope for brand love – we methodically engineer it throughout the consumer journey. That’s how we activate the synergistic power of brand building and performance marketing.

Engineering Brand Love through the courageous ambitions of our people and our clients.

Come join our team!

SUMMARY

Our goal is to provide students with an internship opportunity where they can gain real-world experiences with a fully integrated, digitally savvy ad agency, specifically with our Media team. We aim to create more opportunities for growing diverse talent to have exposure, experience, and access to jobs within the marketing and advertising space. While the internship is for a semester (3-6 months), some have established a career at The Shipyard. Creative and curious students interested in marketing, advertising or communications are encouraged to apply through our careers page.

We truly believe that a hands-on learning approach is essential to the success of our interns, therefore, we require candidates to be able to work on-site in our San Diego, CA office.

The expectation is that each student will work approximately 20-25 hours per week. The internship will take place over the duration of the summer. Students will be compensated $20 per hour for their participation in this program.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

This intern will be dedicated to the Media department. They will be assigned a supervisor to provide general guidance and mentorship while learning about the agency and how we work cross-functionally, having an opportunity to explore and learn about all parts of an advertising agency.

Summer Interns will get an overview of all departments in the agency and will have the opportunity to shadow various meetings and working sessions, partnering with team members on tasks and assignments, allowing them to contribute to the overall project/campaign.

It is expected that internship candidates have a High School Diploma/GED.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the US without the need for Visa sponsorship.