Walz Tetrick Advertising Summer Internship Opportunities

Applications Close: February 15, 2026

Please select only one of the following internships inside the application:

• Creative Design Internship
• Creative Copywriter Internship
• Digital Media Internship
• Account Service Internship
• TorchHouse Studio Internship
• Project Manager Internship
• Growth/New Business Internship

What You Can Expect

At Walz Tetrick Advertising, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of understanding and belonging, where every individual is celebrated for their unique qualities. In a constantly evolving world, we strive to create a space where everyone feels respected and valued.

We are excited to offer several summer internship opportunities designed to spark fresh ideas and bold thinking. If you are eager to gain hands-on experience working on real client projects and immerse yourself in the fast-paced world of advertising, we encourage you to apply!

Internship Experience:

• Full Immersion: Interns are fully integrated into agency life.
• Real Work: Participate in client and team meetings, go on educational field trips, and contribute to a variety of client projects. No coffee or dry cleaning runs – just meaningful work to build your skills and enhance your resume.
• Paid Opportunity: Interns are paid $15 per hour.
• Schedule: Work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., four days a week, with Fridays off.
• Duration: The internship runs from June 1st through July 30th, 2026.

To Thrive in This Program, You Should Be:

• A team player
• Eager to learn
• Ready to go above and beyond

Jumpstart your career this summer with an incredible internship experience at Walz Tetrick Advertising. We look forward to seeing what you’ll bring to the team!

Internship Opportunities

Creative Design Intern

Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Proficiency: Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with the ability to create and design a wide variety of project types.
• Collaboration: Collaborate and assist other designers on their projects.
• Image Management: Select, retouch, and manipulate images.
• Layout Design: Lay out designs for all forms of media.
• Concept Brainstorming: Help brainstorm creative concepts to execute the Creative Brief.
• Presentation Support: Assist art directors and copywriters with creative presentations.
• Key Traits: Must be detail-oriented, thrive in a team environment, be eager to learn, and willing to go above and beyond.
• Application Requirement: PDF or link to portfolio required with application.

Creative Copywriter Intern

Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Collaboration: Collaborate with art directors, editors, and creative mentors to generate concepts.
• Copywriting: Write copy for a variety of media, including organic and paid social, digital, print, radio, and video.
• Idea Expansion: Expand ideas and execute across media.
• Accuracy & Deadlines: Deliver accurate, error-free copy under tight deadlines.
• Key Traits: Must be detail-oriented, thrive in a team environment, be eager to learn, and willing to go above and beyond.
• Application Requirement: PDF or link to writing samples and/or student portfolio required with application.

Digital Media Intern

Responsibilities And Requirements:

• Strategy & Planning: Observe and assist with client ad campaign strategy and planning.
• Integration: Learn how digital and traditional media channels can be integrated in the planning process.
• Campaign Assistance: Assist with paid digital advertising campaigns from strategy through completion.
• Tools & Analytics: Learn about and use tools for reporting and campaign analytics.
• Platform Exposure: Be exposed to Google platforms (AdWords, Campaign Manager, Analytics) and learn and use paid digital media platforms like Facebook Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Spotify Ad Studio, and more.
• Application Requirement: PDF or link to portfolio of past social campaigns requested with application.

Account Service Intern (2 Internship Opportunities)

Responsibilities And Requirements:

• Campaign Support: Assist team with paid media campaigns from planning and implementation to billing.
• Reporting: Collaborate with team to deliver campaign performance reports to clients.
• Research: Learn research tools and assist with building client, competitive, and industry profiles.
• Meeting Prep: Assist with developing materials for client status meetings, conference reports, and client presentations.
• General Account Support: Include development and management of production schedules, timelines, media run lists, and flowcharts.
• Software Skills: Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Communication: Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Client Interaction: Confidence in communicating with internal teams and directly with clients.

TorchHouse Studio Intern

Responsibilities And Requirements:

• Workflow Learning: Learn collaborative workflow processes from concept to production in a photo, video, and social content context.
• Production Support: Work in tandem with producer, content strategist, photographer, videographer, and editor during shoots, planning the pre-production phases, and wrap processes during post-production.
• Job Bidding & Production: Learn to bid and produce a job from start to finish.
• Technical Knowledge: Must have knowledge of both video and still photography (work samples preferred upon application).
• AI Skills: Must have working knowledge of AI process and tools used in content creation and editing.
• Attitude: Willing to go the extra mile, not allowing any work to be beneath you.
• Software Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) and Adobe Creative Cloud programs (Photoshop, Acrobat, Lightroom, Editing Software, etc.).
• Work Ethic: Must be able to work well in a fast-paced, creative environment.
• Application Requirement: PDF or link to portfolio required upon application.

Project Manager Intern

Responsibilities And Requirements:

• Coordination: Learn how to coordinate project timelines, task lists, and internal deliverables across creative, media, and account teams.
• Tracking & Reporting: Help track project milestones and update status reports to support on-time execution and quality outcomes.
• Brief Development: Support project brief development and collaboration sessions, including meeting prep and follow-ups.
• Software Use: Learn how to use Advantage, our internal Project Management software to organize tasks, schedules, and project documentation.
• Communication: Assist with communication to internal teams and clients, helping ensure clarity and alignment across stakeholders.
• Key Traits: Must be detail-oriented, eager to learn, able to manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced team environment.
• Skills: Demonstrate excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.

Growth / New Business Intern

Responsibilities And Requirements:

• Business Strategy: Observe and assist in Business Strategy growth initiatives.
• Public Relations: Observe and assist in Public Relation initiatives.
• RFP Support: Support RFP development and responses.
• Presentation Collaboration: Collaborate with all internal agency departments on new business presentations.
• Martech & AI: Utilize agency martech tools and enterprise AI to deploy brand research.
• Key Traits: Must be detail-oriented and enjoy a fast-paced environment.
• Campaign Development: Engage on new business campaign development initiatives.

About Walz Tetrick Advertising

Walz Tetrick is a full-service marketing, creative, and media agency in Kansas City. The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce named Walz Tetrick one of its Top 10 Small Businesses, honoring our resilience, innovation, and values. Though established in 1967, we approach every opportunity with the same zeal as when we started, seeking associates, partners, and clients who share this enthusiasm and appreciate our all-in approach to brand activation.

Our Culture & Benefits:

• Unique Office Culture: CEO Charlie Tetrick values employees, fostering a uniquely positive and supportive family-like culture.
• Work Schedule: “In office” Monday through Thursday, with an option to “work from anywhere” on Friday.
• Strong Benefits Package:
  • 401(k) with an employer match
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Excellent health insurance (agency pays 90 percent of employees’ premiums, with option to add spouse and family)
  • Generous paid time off policy, including days to volunteer at a charity of your choice

If you’re passionate, strategic, collaborative, and kind, with a dose of scrappy thrown in, we want to meet you.

Note: Some job search engines, like Indeed, assign salaries to these postings arbitrarily and cannot be confirmed as accurate. The official pay rate for this internship is $15 per hour.