2026 Summer Internships

Applications Close February 15, 2026

Inside the application, please select only one of the following internships: 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 work every day to foster a culture of understanding and belonging where everyone is celebrated for their unique qualities. In a world of constant change, we aim to create a space where everyone feels respected and valued for who they are.

We’re thrilled to offer several exciting summer internship opportunities designed to spark fresh ideas and bold thinking. If you’re 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!

Our interns are fully immersed in agency life. You’ll 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 here...just real work that helps you build your skills and improve your resume.

Interns are paid $15 per hour and work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., four days a week, with Fridays off. The internship runs from June 1st through July 30th, 2026. To thrive in this program, you should be a team player, eager to learn, and ready to go above and beyond.

Jumpstart your career this summer with an incredible internship experience at Walz Tetrick Advertising. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to the team!

Creative Design Intern Responsibilities and Requirements::
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with the ability to create and design in a wide variety of project types. You will collaborate and assist other designers on their projects as well.
• Select, retouch and manipulate images
• Lay out designs for all forms of media
• Help brainstorm creative concepts to execute the Creative Brief
• Assist art directors and copywriters with creative presentations
• Must be detail oriented
• Must thrive in a team environment, be eager to learn and willing to go above and beyond
• PDF or link to portfolio required with application

Creative Copywriter Intern Responsibilities and Requirements::
• Collaborate with art directors, editors and creative mentors to generate concepts
• Write copy for a variety of media, including organic and paid social, digital, print, radio and video
• Expand ideas and execute across media
• Deliver accurate, error-free copy under tight deadlines
• Must be detail oriented
• Must thrive in a team environment, be eager to learn and willing to go above and beyond
• PDF or link to writing samples and/or student portfolio required with application

Digital Media Intern Responsibilities and Requirements:
• Observe and assist with client ad campaign strategy and planning
• Learn how digital and traditional media channels can be integrated in the planning process
• Assist with paid digital advertising campaigns from strategy through completion
• Learn about and use tools for reporting and campaign analytics
• Be exposed to Google platforms: AdWords, campaign manager and analytics
• Learn and use paid digital media platforms like Facebook Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Spotify Ad Studio and more
• PDF or link to portfolio of past social campaigns requested with application

Account Service Intern Responsibilities and Requirements (2 Internship Opportunities):
• Assist team with paid media campaigns from planning and implementation to billing
• Collaborate with team to deliver campaign performance reports to clients
• Learn research tools and assist with building client, competitive and industry profiles
• Assist with developing materials for client status meetings, conference reports and client presentations
• General account support to include development and management of production schedules, timelines, media run lists and flowcharts
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Confidence in communicating with internal teams and directly with clients

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

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

Growth / New Business Intern Responsibilities and Requirements:
• Observe and assist in Business Strategy growth initiatives
• Observe and assist in Public Relation initiatives
• Support RFP development and responses
• Collaborate with all internal agency departments on new business presentations
• Utilize agency martech tools and enterprise AI to deploy brand research
• Must be detail oriented and enjoy fast paced environment
• 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 we’ve been around since 1967, we approach every opportunity with the same zeal we did when we were just getting started. We look for associates, partners and clients who share that enthusiasm and appreciate our all-in approach to brand activation. With each day, we harness more tools and information to illuminate our way.

Walz Tetrick offers an office culture like no other. CEO Charlie Tetrick values his employees and creates a uniquely positive and supportive culture. We work and play as a family. Our current work hours are “in office” Monday through Thursday with an option to “work from anywhere” on Friday.

We’re proud of our strong benefits package that includes a 401(k) with an employer match, long-term disability and dental insurance. We offer excellent health insurance, and the agency pays 90 percent of the employees’ premiums with an option to add a spouse and family. We have a generous paid time off policy that includes 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.

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