Marketing Internship - Winter/Spring '27

APCO; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Company laptop provided

Job summary

APCO is hiring seniors and recent graduates to join our full-time, paid internship program. The interns assist with content creation, campaign execution, and market research to amplify APCO’s presence across digital and traditional platforms. The internship sits in APCO's Washington D.C.

office, with hybrid and flexible working options. The program runs January 12th to May 21st, 2027, and offers 40 hours per week at a fixed hourly rate of $18.40.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduate or senior in class standing.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, etc.).
• Previous work in an agency or in-house creative team preferred.
• Candidates must be team players with excellent communication and organizational skills as well as the ability to work against tight deadlines.
• Available to work 40 hours per week.
• Knowledge of video, animation, and web design is a plus.
• Requires US Work Authorization, unable to consider candidates with CPT/OPT/Post-OPT status.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to APCO's brand visibility and employee engagement efforts by supporting content development, marketing campaigns, digital communications, and special projects.
• Assist with maintaining marketing materials, tracking campaign performance, conducting market research, and helping coordinate firmwide marketing projects and events.
• General support, including: Photo sourcing and retouching; Incorporating edits to print and digital projects; Preparing/editing PowerPoint presentations and Word documents; Designing logos and brand identities; File management and archiving; Developing social media graphics.

Skills

Team0player

Communication skills

HTML/CSS knowledge

Video knowledge

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Recent college graduate or senior

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

XD

Job description

APCO is hiring seniors and recent graduates to join our full-time, paid internship program. Our interns assist with content creation, campaign execution, and market research to help amplify APCO’s presence across digital and traditional platforms. Interns are treated as professional staff, participate in team meetings and actively contribute ideas.

This internship will sit in APCO's Washington D.C. office

Responsibilities:

• -Contribute to APCO's brand visibility and employee engagement efforts by supporting content development, marketing campaigns, digital communications, and special projects
• -Assist with maintaining marketing materials, tracking campaign performance, conducting market research, and helping coordinate firmwide marketing projects and events
• -General support, including:
  • -Photo sourcing and retouching
  • -Incorporating edits to print and digital projects
  • -Preparing/editing PowerPoint presentations and Word documents
  • -Designing logos and brand identities
  • -File management and archiving
  • -Developing social media graphics

Qualifications:

• -Recent college graduate or senior in class standing
• -Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, etc.)
• -Previous work in an agency or in-house creative team preferred
• -Candidates must be team players with excellent communication and organizational skills as well as the ability to work against tight deadlines
• -Available to work 40 hours per week
• -Knowledge of video, animation, and web design is a plus
• -Knowledge of wireframing, prototyping, HTML/CSS is a plus
• -Requires US Work Authorization, unable to consider candidates with CPT/OPT/Post-OPT status

What are the core working hours and will I need to be in an office?

Our interns work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

We are committed to a hybrid and flexible working environment, and there may be days that you wish to work from home and days that we come together so that you are able to explore more of our culture and meet other colleagues. You will be provided with a company laptop so that you are able to work from home and in the office easily.

Compensation:

This is a paid internship at a fixed hourly rate of $18.40

When is the closing date for applications?

Applications will close on Friday, October 2nd.

When does the internship commence?

Our program begins on Tuesday, January 12th and ends on Friday, May 21st 2027.

Careers at APCO

Through our recruitment, hiring and retention efforts, APCO is committed to building teams who bring the best possible expertise and robust perspectives to our clients. We embrace differences in experience, viewpoint and ideas, starting with our values and extending to our behaviors, policies and practices. We aim to create a positive work experience and welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, national origin, citizenship, native language, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, religion, age, veteran status, neurodivergence, mental or physical disability, medical history, pregnancy, political belief or affiliation or any other characteristic protected by law.