Project Management Intern

Company Description

Our founder, Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, started Publicis in 1926 in a small two–room flat in Paris. Today, Publicis Worldwide is a global creative agency with over 13,000 employees in 84 countries. We provide change leadership for our clients and believe this era demands a combination of strategic, creative and digital ideas that help clients in their own marketing transformation. Publicis opened its doors in the US in 1993 and since then has grown to more than 2,000 employees across the US and Canada with primary offices in New York, Seattle, Toronto and Montreal.

Our mission is to be our client’s indispensable creative partner in their own marketing transformation. We believe that change has become the defining characteristic in today’s business environment. The brands that thrive are those that understand this and are designed to manage, capture and leverage the change in the world around them. To that extent, Publicis’ founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet’s spirit is still alive: You have to lead the change, if you don’t want to be led by change. In a world of accelerated change, the future of a brand and business cannot be predicted precisely, but it can be imagined. Today’s brands compete with new technologies, empowered consumers, shifting public attitudes, brand new contenders and much more. In order to keep their relevance among customers, managing change and uncertainty is a pre-requisite. Creating leading strategies and powerful ideas that allow our clients’ brands to become unique, irreplaceable, in control and ahead is our purpose.

Job Description

Publicis NY is looking for in-person Project Management (Program Management) interns to join our agency this summer!  We provide an immersive, fast-paced, 10-week Summer Internship in which you will gain a comprehensive understanding of our business, be given real client deliverables, receive hands-on mentorship from experienced advertising industry professionals, develop your professional skills to meet day-to-day agency and client expectations, and collaborate in teams to solve a client’s business challenge. 

This paid 10-week program runs early June to early August, and is available to incoming college seniors and recent graduates.  Applications will be accepted online through March 31, 2024 and we will notify selected candidates in late April/May.

As a Program Management Intern, here’s what you’ll do:

• Work with the team to manage small- to mid-scale projects from beginning to end, on time, on budget, and on brief
• Be responsible for project management of creative workstreams
• Work with Strategy, Creative, Account Management, and Production teams to ensure smooth delivery of assets, while also facilitating communications between teams
• Work with the team and supervisors to learn process, workflows, best practices, and tools that support the profitable delivery of client work
• Learn to develop scopes of work, staffing plans, and cost estimates for small-scale projects and engagements, with direct manager supervision and support
• Work closely with team and supervisors to learn how to identify critical gaps in resources, and help to find solutions
• Maintain communications and documentation, including status, project plans, change orders, QA ticketing, and asset management
• Participate in daily or weekly status meetings

Qualifications

To be a Program Management Intern, here’s what you should have:

• To be working toward or recently graduated from a degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or related field
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong ability to stay organized and multi-task, as well as keep others organized and on-task
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with internal team members
• Self-motivated, curious, proactive, and adaptable mindset
• Willingness to learn and creatively solve problems with a positive, professional demeanor

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $15.38- $22.36/hr. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.  This role may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met.  This role may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. The Company anti