Marketing Intern

Job Description

Here is the detailed, enriched job description for the Northwestern Mutual Marketing Internship program:

Internship Program Overview

Northwestern Mutual offers a full-time, onsite internship program running from June 1st, 2026, to August 7th, 2026. We carefully select interns from universities across the country, valuing the distinctive ideas and perspectives they bring to our organization. Our employees are deeply passionate about developing emerging talent and future leaders.

After your application and an initial screening conversation, interns are aligned to interview for and potentially be hired onto a specific team at Northwestern Mutual. This alignment is based on your abilities and interests, ensuring exposure to real-world business perspectives through hands-on learning and significant work.

In addition to day-to-day tasks, interns participate in a variety of enriching activities, including:

• Professional development workshops
• Senior leadership Q&A’s
• Volunteer initiatives
• Networking and social events
• And more!

Marketing Internships

As a Marketing Intern, you will work closely with your Hiring Manager, Mentor, and Team to complete tasks critical for Northwestern Mutual’s success. This program is designed to help you both identify and continue to develop your future career goals and passions. See below for our current list of internship opportunities available within the Marketing Department:

Brand & Field Marketing Internship

This intern will support campaign activations by:

• Analyzing marketing channels, assets, and performance.
• Conducting website auditing, developing approach/layout recommendations, and supporting implementation.
• Drafting communications (articles, internal web content).
• Working across various marketing teams to learn about marketing offerings and our distribution system.

There is also the possibility for additional brand work based on the intern’s capacity and interests, such as supporting partnerships, specific consumer segments, or brand strategy work.

Consumer Insights Internship

This intern will play a key role in helping Northwestern Mutual understand new ways (channels, messaging, approaches, influencers) to attract likely candidates to roles in financial services/financial advisory. The remaining time will be dedicated to identifying, surfacing, and sharing competitive and category alerts that are important for our business to understand more deeply.

Content & Client Marketing Internship

This intern will support the thought leadership and content team in developing and producing branded content for both consumers and financial representatives. Projects may include:

• Research and strategy for addressing key content and consumer trends.
• Analysis of performance metrics.
• Production support (articles, videos, graphics, podcast, newsletter, etc.).
• Project management.

Digital Marketing Internship

This intern will help support a range of digital marketing initiatives, including:

• Social content creation.
• Updating calendars, documents, and reporting.
• Supporting key digital marketing web projects and special initiatives, such as driving field activation of social and other tools.

Additional projects may include supporting reporting and web analytics, paid media operations, and landing page creation in CMS.

Minimum Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Analytics, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Expecting to graduate in December 2027 or later.
• Previous work or classroom experience in one or more of the following: Marketing, Business.
• Employer immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Preferred Skills & Proficiencies

• Previous Marketing and Business Analytics internship and/or relevant project experience.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving ability.
• High degree of self-motivation, passion, and a strive to learn.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities.

Next Steps & Application Process

We encourage you to apply! Once your application is reviewed, if selected to move forward, our HR team members will reach out for an initial call. During this conversation, we will learn more about you, share internship opportunities aligning to your interests and skillsets, and outline any next steps of our recruiting process.

Compensation Range

Pay Range: $16.50 – $30.00

We believe in fairness and transparency, which is why we share the salary range for most of our roles. Internship salaries are determined based on academic tenure and major, adhering to a standard pay structure.

About Northwestern Mutual & Our Culture

Build a strong career foundation with a best-in-class company that consistently puts our clients’ interests at the center of all we do. Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership, and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

FIND YOUR FUTURE: We’re excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging, including:

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups