Marketing Intern - Summer 2025

Solutions for Today’s Challenges. Vision for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.

Join William Blair, the Premier Global Boutique.

William Blair has delivered trusted advice for nine decades, and we continue to deepen our expertise and relationships across regions, asset classes, and markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

We are committed to our people and culture, values, clients, and local communities.

What sets us apart is that we are an independent partnership, with employees who have unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet clients’ evolving needs amid dynamic market conditions and varying industries.

We strive to attract the most qualified, passionate candidates who specialize in investment banking, investment management, private wealth management, and a variety of other business functions.

We work tirelessly to create an inclusive culture and take pride in fostering employees’ professional and personal growth. We empower our people to bring their best thinking each day so we can deliver the tailored, thoughtful work and problem-solving abilities that our clients expect.

Equally, we are proud of our long-term partnerships with the communities in which we live and work, a legacy we inherited from our founder.

We invite you to learn about how we are seeking excellence in everything we do and empowering our clients’ success with passion, creativity, and rigor. For more information, visit williamblair.com.

The Brand, Marketing, and Communications department at William Blair is critical in supporting the firm's internal and external marketing and communication efforts. Our marketing internship offers 8 weeks of project-based practical work experience, exposure to William Blair’s products and services, opportunities to network and engage with colleagues and fellow program participants across the firm, and many professional learning opportunities.

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to:

• Assist marketing managers in developing marketing plans and programs
• Collaborate with marketing managers to understand project scope and context and help bring projects to completion based on timelines
• Conduct competitive research and gap analysis, providing recommendations for various marketing channels (social, web, print, etc.)
• Contribute to brand strategy initiatives to enhance the overall corporate brand
• Support firm events, including but not limited to Growth Stock Conference and Alliance events
• Participate in refresh of the firm’s mission, vision, and values to help strengthen company culture
• Develop written recaps/articles following firm events, providing updates, etc.
• Analyze marketing metrics as needed
• Participate in brainstorming sessions to generate new marketing ideas
• Conduct research on financial trends, customer demographics, and competitor offerings
• Perform additional team and project support tasks as needed

Qualifications:

• Must have completed a minimum of two years of college and be currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communication, Public Relations, or Journalism
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Flexible mindset and ability to manage different projects and tasks simultaneously
• Experience with Microsoft Office required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Ability to collaborate with others across multiple functions
• Attention to detail and quality

The work formation for this internship experience is hybrid (in-person/remote).  Relocation is not provided for this internship. The program begins in early June and includes training, community service, and social events.

 

A reasonable estimate of the current hourly range at time of posting is below.

Hourly Range$23—$23 USD

 

William Blair is an equal opportunity employer. It complies with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military service or on the basis of a physical or mental disability that is unrelated to the employee's ability to perform the duties of the job applied for. EOE m/f/d/v

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