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Digital media assistant internships give university students, recent graduates, and early-career switchers hands-on project experience, mentorship from working digital media professionals, and, at many employers, a path toward a full-time offer. Openings are concentrated across {{top_industries_phrase}}, with WETA, State of Utah, and Amsive among the employers posting roles now.
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At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.
Job Description
Digital Channel Execution
- Support the execution of digital marketing campaigns across email, web, social media, paid media, and marketing automation platforms.
- Assist with campaign setup, deployment, quality assurance, and post-launch validation.
- Coordinate marketing assets, content, and campaign deliverables with internal teams and external partners.
- Help maintain digital marketing calendars and campaign schedules.
- Support audience segmentation and campaign targeting activities.
- Assist in the management and organization of marketing campaign assets, documentation, and workflows.
- Help maintain campaign tracking and operational processes.
- Support process improvements that increase team efficiency and campaign effectiveness.
- Participate in cross-functional meetings and collaborate with stakeholders from marketing, sales, and creative teams.
- Contribute to special projects that support marketing technology, channel optimization, and customer engagement initiatives.
- Track campaign delivery and channel performance metrics.
- Assist with recurring reporting.
- Help identify trends and opportunities to improve campaign performance and audience engagement.
- Support the preparation of presentations and summaries for team reviews and planning discussions.
Strategic Planning Support
- Conduct research on industry trends, competitor activity, and digital marketing best practices.
- Assist in the development of channel plans, campaign recommendations, and audience engagement strategies.
- Support quarterly and annual planning activities through research, data gathering, and content preparation.
- Help document channel learnings and recommendations to inform future marketing initiatives.
Qualifications
Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Must have at least one semester of your degree program left after completion of the internship
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Interest in digital marketing, marketing technology, and customer engagement.
- Familiarity with email marketing, social media platforms, or marketing automation tools.
- Experience through coursework or internships in marketing, communications, or digital media.
- Basic understanding of digital marketing performance metrics and reporting.
- Able to work a Hybrid model, joining onsite at our Wilmington, MA location
- Hands-on experience executing digital marketing campaigns in a professional marketing environment.
- Exposure to enterprise marketing technologies and digital channels.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and marketing teams.
- Understanding of how digital marketing strategies are developed, activated, and measured.
- Opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects with visible business impact.
Education
Physical Requirements
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.
Job Description
Digital Channel Execution
- Support the execution of digital marketing campaigns across email, web, social media, paid media, and marketing automation platforms.
- Assist with campaign setup, deployment, quality assurance, and post-launch validation.
- Coordinate marketing assets, content, and campaign deliverables with internal teams and external partners.
- Help maintain digital marketing calendars and campaign schedules.
- Support audience segmentation and campaign targeting activities.
- Assist in the management and organization of marketing campaign assets, documentation, and workflows.
- Help maintain campaign tracking and operational processes.
- Support process improvements that increase team efficiency and campaign effectiveness.
- Participate in cross-functional meetings and collaborate with stakeholders from marketing, sales, and creative teams.
- Contribute to special projects that support marketing technology, channel optimization, and customer engagement initiatives.
- Track campaign delivery and channel performance metrics.
- Assist with recurring reporting.
- Help identify trends and opportunities to improve campaign performance and audience engagement.
- Support the preparation of presentations and summaries for team reviews and planning discussions.
Strategic Planning Support
- Conduct research on industry trends, competitor activity, and digital marketing best practices.
- Assist in the development of channel plans, campaign recommendations, and audience engagement strategies.
- Support quarterly and annual planning activities through research, data gathering, and content preparation.
- Help document channel learnings and recommendations to inform future marketing initiatives.
Qualifications
Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Must have at least one semester of your degree program left after completion of the internship
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Interest in digital marketing, marketing technology, and customer engagement.
- Familiarity with email marketing, social media platforms, or marketing automation tools.
- Experience through coursework or internships in marketing, communications, or digital media.
- Basic understanding of digital marketing performance metrics and reporting.
- Able to work a Hybrid model, joining onsite at our Wilmington, MA location
- Hands-on experience executing digital marketing campaigns in a professional marketing environment.
- Exposure to enterprise marketing technologies and digital channels.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and marketing teams.
- Understanding of how digital marketing strategies are developed, activated, and measured.
- Opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects with visible business impact.
Education
Physical Requirements
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
Digital Media Assistant Internship Market
Who's Hiring
Tips for Your Digital Media Assistant Internship Search
Apply earlier than you think you need to
Large employers open summer digital media assistant internship applications the preceding fall, sometimes as early as September. Smaller companies and co-op programs post much closer to start dates. Check listings consistently across the full year so you catch both cycles and don't miss structured programs that close months before the internship begins.
Build a portfolio before you send a single application
Hiring teams for digital media assistant interns weigh proof over work history. Produce two or three complete, documented projects, content campaigns, social media analytics reports, or branded content samples, and make them publicly linkable. A portfolio URL at the top of your resume gives recruiters something to assess before they read a single bullet point.
Work your campus network and apply directly at the same time
Campus career fairs surface structured internship programs tied to your university, and recruiters there often move faster for students they meet in person. Your professors and career center staff frequently know which employers recruit from your school before roles post publicly. Applying directly to companies running smaller cohorts alongside campus activity expands the pool you reach beyond what your school formally advertises.
Practice your screen out loud before you submit applications
Digital media assistant intern interviews often include a portfolio review, a brief content or campaign exercise, or questions about analytics tools and your process. Practice walking through your work out loud, explaining the decisions you made and what you'd do differently. Interviewers weigh how you think through a problem as much as the final output you produced.
Target structured cohort and rotational programs early
Larger media, marketing, and technology companies run formal internship programs designed to train people new to digital media assistant work. These structured cohorts recruit early, fill fast, and often include dedicated mentorship and real project ownership. Identify the programs that fit your background and apply in the first wave of their recruiting cycle, not after you've heard back from other employers.
Set your work-type filter before you start
On-site roles are 70% of the digital media assistant internships listed here. Decide what you can realistically commit to before you start applying, then filter by location and work type so you're only reviewing roles you could actually accept. Applying to positions you'd need to turn down wastes time you could spend on stronger fits.
Digital Media Assistant Internships: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a digital media assistant internship?
Lead with coursework, personal projects, and a portfolio rather than work history, hiring teams expect limited experience at the intern level. For digital media assistant candidates, a portfolio showing content you've produced, campaigns you've contributed to, or social and analytics work gives recruiters something concrete to assess. Pair direct applications with campus career fairs, where recruiters often move faster for students they meet in person.
Can a digital media assistant internship turn into a full-time job?
Many employers extend return offers to strong interns, but conversion is never guaranteed. For digital media assistant interns, what drives it most is consistent performance on real work, available headcount on the team, and understanding when return-offer decisions are made so you can ask the right questions early. Position for it by contributing visibly, but don't plan your career around an outcome that depends on factors outside your control.
When should I apply for digital media assistant internships?
Earlier than most candidates expect. Large employers recruit summer interns the preceding fall, so applications open months before the start date. Smaller companies, startups, and co-op programs post closer to when the role actually begins, which means digital media assistant internship openings appear year-round. Checking listings consistently rather than waiting for a single recruiting season gives you a wider window to find the right fit.
Are digital media assistant internships paid?
Most professional digital media assistant internships in the U.S. are paid. Compensation varies by company size, industry, and location, so there's no single standard. Where an employer discloses pay, it appears directly in the listing. Unpaid arrangements exist at some smaller organizations, but they are less common in professional digital media roles and are worth scrutinizing before you commit.
What should a digital media assistant internship resume include?
Lead with projects, not work history. Include two or three complete, documented projects that show the tools you used and what you produced, for digital media assistant candidates, that means linked content samples, campaign case studies, social analytics reports, or similar work product recruiters can actually review. Add relevant coursework, keep the whole document to one page, and put your portfolio link at the top where it's impossible to miss.
Are there remote digital media assistant internships?
Yes. Remote and hybrid roles make up 30% of the digital media assistant internship listings here, with the rest on-site. Remote cohorts fill quickly because they attract applicants from across the country, so apply early once you've decided that format works for you. Use the work-type filter to see only remote or hybrid openings and avoid sorting through roles that don't fit your situation.
Can international students get digital media assistant internships?
Yes. F-1 students can intern through CPT while enrolled or through OPT work authorization after finishing a degree, and the employer does not have to file anything for either, so many companies are open to international interns. Confirm your eligibility and timing with your university's international student office before accepting an offer.
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