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Advertising Careers and Internships

We’ll help you identify internships locally —and in the industry’s top markets — that can jump-start your career while you’re still a student.

Advertising Careers and Internships

Internships in Advertising

Drake Advertising majors have found internships with companies such as The Integer Group, Strategic America, The Meyocks Group, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Olson, Wellmark, DuPont Pioneer, Gannett Inc., Happy Medium, Des Moines Menace soccer and Iowa Cubs baseball, ZLR Ignition, Stelter Co., Radio Disney, Iowa Bankers Association, LS2 Group political consultants, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Metro Arts Alliance, Science Center of Iowa and Meredith Corporation.

With our own internship coordinator, Timm Pilcher, we’ll help you find the right job.

To learn more about internships held by students in all SJMC majors, visit our SJMC Internships page.

Careers in Advertising

Drake Advertising alumni can be found across the country and globe, working at places such as Young & Rubicam, Yahoo, 3M, Condé Nast, the Minnesota Lynx, Allstate Insurance, Walt Disney Corporation, AdFarm in Kansas City, SparksReaction, Carmichael Lynch, Strategic America, Campbell Mithun, VML Qais in Indonesia, the Iowa Events Center, Stelter Co., Walgreen’s corporate headquarters, Weber Shandwick, Apartments.com, FCB Global, Girl Scouts of America, Principal Financial Group and Meredith Corporation.