Summer Intern

Posted 16 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
1 Years Experience
Agency • Digital Media • Gaming • Marketing Tech • Mobile • Social Media • Analytics
tms is a global company, uniting technology, marketing and sourcing to drive transformational change.
The Role
The Summer Intern at tms will engage in real client projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and participate in networking opportunities. Interns will work on a Capstone project to pitch at program end, while also attending various panels and learning sessions aimed at career development.
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PROGRAM DATES June 3, 2025 - August 8, 2025
ABOUT US
tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world's leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions - from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.
Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald's, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.
Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.
WHAT MATTERS THE MOST
Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.
tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.
LIFE OF A TMS SUMMER INTERN
Here at tms, we care about our people, and we want to help foster their skills into the best they can be. The tms Summer Internship Program aims to do just that. Each year, we seek to build an inclusive program that not only offers hands-on experience working with clients and cross-functional teams alike but also promotes numerous networking and relationship building opportunities with industry leaders, mentors, and peers across the business.
As an intern, our program will provide you with the unique opportunity to fully integrate yourself across the various business units and departments at tms, while also focusing on team-building and strengths-building opportunities. Throughout the summer, as an intern at tms, you will take part in real client projects and will work together with the other tms interns on a Capstone project, which will be "pitched" to the agency at program end. As an intern, you will also have the opportunity to take part in various panels, lunch & learns, and group activities, all centered on providing you with career tips, guidance, and best practices . O ur goal is to help foster the minds of our future - the talent that will ultimately develop and bring the freshest and most innovative ideas to life.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

  • Account Management / Client Service
  • Business Operations
  • Commercialization Strategy
  • Content Management
  • Creative (Copy, Art Direction, Design, Digital, Visual, Packaging)
  • Data Coordinator
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Digital Project Management
  • Engagement Strategy
  • Finance
  • Global Accounting
  • HR - Learning & Development, Talent Development
  • Marketing Operations
  • Motion Design
  • Production
  • Strategy
  • Software Engineering
  • 3D Artist / Game Designer


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Rising Junior, Senior, Recent Graduate, or Creative Bootcamp Grad
  • GPA: 3.0 or higher
  • Solutions-oriented with critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, enjoys building relationships and working with others
  • Proficient in MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Strong time and project management skills, comfortable juggling multiple tasks
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Resourceful and a proactive self-starter
  • For Creative Applicants: Should be proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite. Must include Portfolio or Creative samples


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The Company
Chicago, IL
2,300 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

tms unites technology and marketing and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions — from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery. ​

Headquartered in Chicago with 10 offices worldwide, we are responsible for some of the world’s most successful and iconic long-term marketing platforms, including McDonald’s Happy Meal and MONOPOLY programs. Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for clients including McDonald’s, adidas, T-Mobile, Starbucks, Vue and O2.

Why Work With Us

We have a culture of collaboration that fosters creativity among a diverse mix of talent. From Lunch and Learns to guided meditation sessions led by our people, we believe that celebrating the skills, experiences and inspiration of our people brings us closer to the results that matter.

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