Summer Intern - Marketing

Job Description

A Summer Well Spent

Intern? Do you mean the person who fetches coffee and handles our administrative work? Yeah, that's not what our internship program stands for. We're looking for the best of the best to help us reinvent local journalism in the digital age. If you are creative at heart, a strategist on the rise, or a data-obsessed analyst who loves the news media and believes in the power of good journalism, you're just what we're looking for.

This internship will begin on June 5 and run through August 11. Interns will be placed at TEGNA stations around the country.

What Will You Be Doing as a Marketing Intern?
• Produce engaging and original marketing creative for distribution on television, online, social, across streaming and more.
• Leverage social media and other tools to understand the audience's needs
• Shadow Marketing Directors to help develop creative marketing strategies to increase audience
• Help generate ideas on advertising and consumer promotions
• Assist in the development and execution of brand product strategy and plans

How is this Internship Different?
• TEGNA believes in talent development. As part of TEGNA, you will have the opportunity to participate in career development sessions designed to help launch your career
• You will have meaningful work assignments that you can immediately include on your resume and your professional portfolio
• You will network and build relationships with media professionals
• You will receive support and mentorship to meet professional goals, accelerate your learning and hone your writing and storytelling skills
• Our internships are paid

Job Requirements:
• In your application, please include: your resume, a cover letter why TEGNA and what you can bring to the TEGNA newsroom, at least 3 marketing work samples
• You are a current junior or senior at a US college/university with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• You are studying marketing, advertising, or business
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Travel: Rarely: less than 10%

Work Environment Set: Office: normally performed in a typical interior/office environment

Physical Demands Set: Light work: Involves sitting most of the time, walking, lifting, bending, standing, etc.

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 US markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA's OTT advertising service. For more information, visit

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g61bpq-18-119-139-50-42 in your application.