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Hello and welcome to the CL Internship!
Our 2026 CL Internship applications are now closed. Please check back next year for 2027 summer internships.
Any questions?
Are these paid internships?
Yes.
What will I be doing?
You’ll have the opportunity to work on a variety of clients such as Subaru, Xfinity, Butterball, and more to create amazing work.
What you do day to day will depend on which department you work in.
What’s the best part about working here?
It could be the experience, the people, the work culture, the clients, or the snacks. The best part will be up to you, so come see for yourself.
What we believe and what we’re looking for
We believe an agency’s culture is built by the people in it. And part of what makes our culture so great is how unique our employees are.
We want our interns to be curious, full of ideas, and one-of-a-kind, so show us how you stand out in your application materials.
Will you hire me when the internship is over?
Hiring decisions involve a lot of considerations: individual performance, client fit, and staffing needs. Whether or not you receive a full-time offer, our internship program will prepare you for a career in advertising.
How long is it?
June 2 through August 28, 2026
Dates are flexible based on school schedule.
Is it remote, hybrid, or in person?
Carmichael Lynch follows a hybrid work model: 3 required in-office days and 2 work-from-home days for both our Minneapolis and Philadelphia offices.
See each position listing for location requirements.
How do I ensure my application is reviewed and has the best shot at getting noticed?
Please pay close attention to the specifications listed under each department posting. Ensure that you submit all components requested and label your documents accordingly.
Applicants may apply to more than one department or discipline if interested in multiple areas.
The account management team is looking for three interns with strong communication skills and the ability to face and solve challenges while working closely with others to support our Xfinity, Subaru, and Butterball accounts.
As an account management intern, you’ll be fully integrated with your team and clients, gaining exposure to all aspects of advertising (media, social, creative, and strategy) through an account management lens. You will receive a wide range of experience and training far beyond typical intern duties. You’ll compile competitive research, provide project assistance, support an integrated team, participate in internal creative reviews, and prepare meeting recaps.
The Subaru and Butterball positions will be based in Minneapolis.
The Xfinity position will be based in Philadelphia.
The brand planning team is looking for a highly curious and collaborative intern with a passion for business, cultural trends, and consumer data. Someone who can connect the dots between disparate points of input and observation to develop outstanding ideas and strategy.
Day to day, you’ll work with our team of strategists to learn what planning really looks like and how it fits within agency life as a whole. Additionally, you’ll take on roles in researching and developing thought leadership on topics relevant to specific projects and briefs, as well as our clients’ businesses overall.
This position will be based in Minneapolis.
CL Labs, our internal production group, is seeking two interns who are passionate about creation and have a keen eye for production. The content production team at Carmichal Lynch is a creatively led group focused on craft, collaboration, efficiency, problem-solving, and storytelling. We’re a talented, curious, and kind mix of people who enjoy using both sides of our brains.
As an intern, you’ll join our content production department, which includes editorial, motion graphics, animation, and our physical production studio. You’ll work closely with editors and visual artists on projects such as social media content, editorial workflows, and studio shoots, supporting production across a variety of platforms and formats.
Familiarity with Adobe Suite is preferred, and applicants must be curious and eager to be creative with good organizational and communication skills.
One intern will be based in Minneapolis, and one in Philadelphia.
The media team is looking for two driven and enthusiastic interns with sharp eyes and critical-thinking skills that they’ll apply to the art and science of media strategy.
Do you ever wonder how you talk about something once and suddenly it’s an ad on your phone? That’s media.
As a media intern, you’ll be embedded with our core team and gain hands-on experience supporting real client campaigns. You’ll help uncover audience target insights, work with media partners like Hulu and TikTok, analyze real-time campaign performance, and see firsthand how a creative idea comes to life and reaches people on their phone, TV, or feed. Great consumer engagement is a major part of great creative advertising
These positions will be based in Minneapolis or Philadelphia.
The social team is looking for an intern who is chronically online and an avid social consumer.
As the Carmichael Lynch social intern, you’ll work across clients and in collaboration with other agency disciplines to focus on creating and reporting on excellent social content. We want you to use your deep understanding of internet culture and how brands can lean into it on social to provide insights that influence a brand to jump on real-time opportunities. You’ll participate in social listening exercises, data reporting, community management, and ideating social content creation. We’re looking for someone who is detail-oriented, eager to learn, a fast mover, and passionate about a career in social media.
This position will be based in Minneapolis.
Carmichael Lynch Relate is seeking a public relations intern to help craft innovative PR campaigns that will propel our clients into the cultural conversation.
As a PR intern, you’ll dive deep into researching, planning, executing, and evaluating public relations programs. You’ll have the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in multiple practice areas of the PR industry. Day to day, you’ll work with a supportive team conducting trend and influencer research, pitching media and influencers, brainstorming plan ideas, creating media materials, tracking client media coverage, and so much more.
This position will be based in Minneapolis or Philadelphia.