Top Internships in Chicago, IL

Paid 10-week internship introducing rising seniors and graduate students to sales and client management in the employee benefits insurance industry. Interns will explore prospecting, quoting, selling, enrollment, onboarding, and relationship management; complete assigned business projects, job shadows, workshops, networking, and a capstone presentation. The role requires approximately 40 hours per week during regular business hours.

Tax Interns gain hands-on public accounting experience through tax training, client engagements, and collaboration with experienced accounting professionals. Responsibilities include applying accounting concepts, supporting tax work, participating in development programs, working with clients across industries, and demonstrating readiness for potential full-time Associate Accountant employment.

Participates in tax and public accounting training, client engagements, and real-world assignments while learning from experienced accounting professionals. Collaborates with peers and client personnel across industries, develops technical and communication skills, and applies academic accounting knowledge in a professional environment. Strong performance may lead to a full-time Associate Accountant opportunity.

Supports Lean and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include identifying process gaps, facilitating value stream mapping and Kaizen events, optimizing processes before automation, training employees, establishing performance measures, reporting results, and coaching process owners. The intern will manage improvement projects, collaborate with plant leadership and automation teams, and help sustain operational excellence across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.

Paid recruiting internship supporting experienced and campus recruiting teams in Chicago. Responsibilities include assisting with recruiting projects and initiatives, coordinating tasks, and providing administrative support to the North American Recruiting department. The role requires strong organization, communication, attention to detail, multitasking, professionalism, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. Taleo or applicant tracking system experience is a plus.

Intern will learn option pricing, market making dynamics, and trading system operations; develop, deliver, and support trading applications; participate in full project lifecycle working with quants and traders; and write production code to add functionality to the trading system.

As a Detection Engineer Intern, you will analyze telemetry, research coverage opportunities, improve workflows, and communicate threat findings effectively.

Support the Educational Team by building a uniform Google Sites platform, assist interns and mentors, and contribute to creating introductory courses across six economics topics. Work is project-based and flexible to meet academic internship requirements.

Ten-week, full-time MBA internship with rotational placements across Operations, Finance, Maintenance, Sales, and Administration. Interns execute strategic projects, analyze business processes, develop presentations and professional communications, engage leadership, and support operational improvements. High performers may be considered for full-time leadership programs.

Assist engineering teams with basic engineering tasks: research, design support, preparation of drawings and documents, basic engineering calculations, and learning shop drawing and submittal procedures. Perform assigned duties under supervision.

Six-month, full-time creator internship supporting social and creative teams to produce platform-native content (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube). Duties include filming, editing, designing assets, writing short-form copy, trend research, shoot support, content adaptation, calendar management, and participating in brainstorming and client/internal meetings.

Support influencer marketing teams by researching and vetting creators, managing outreach and trackers, assisting campaign execution (seeding, approvals, reporting), monitoring creator content and performance, and contributing to brainstorms and client meetings. Hybrid role based in Chicago or New York for a full-time six-month internship.

Support PR and social teams across brands: research media/creators, draft pitches and social copy, monitor coverage, maintain lists and dashboards, assist outreach, help plan and execute events/activations, and contribute ideas in brainstorming and client meetings.

Support analytics and reporting across social, PR, digital and integrated accounts. Gather, QA and analyze data from platforms and tools, build reports, visualizations and trackers, validate dashboards, research competitors and trends, explore AI/LLM workflows, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn insights into client-ready takeaways.

Support the project team in construction project tasks while learning budgets, cost accounting, contracts, change orders, job-site coordination, scheduling, quality control, safety, and reading construction drawings. Gain hands-on exposure to estimating, invoicing, and project procedures.

Work with engineers and product managers to develop, test, and deploy software features. Participate in code reviews, debug issues, write documentation, and contribute in an Agile environment while learning production-grade development practices.

Support planning, coordination, and execution of athletic programs and events; assist with facility rentals, scheduling, marketing, customer service, safety, and basic budget tasks while participating in trainings and district operations.

Assist the finance department with front-desk and telephone interactions, handle and balance funds, support departmental staff, and perform assigned administrative and finance-related tasks.

Work with a mentor to design and accelerate low-latency, high-speed FPGA hardware for trading systems. Tasks include hardware design, researching low-latency techniques, integrating FPGAs with server hardware, and collaborating with traders and software engineers on production-grade solutions.

Support design, development, configuration, integration, testing, and optimization of NetSuite ERP solutions. Assist with SuiteScript customizations, SuiteTalk/RESTlet integrations, documentation, training, client support, and cross-functional collaboration while learning NetSuite best practices.

Support configuration, customization, and administration of ServiceNow modules. Assist with workshops, requirements gathering, testing, deployment, training, documentation, and project support. Collaborate with consultants and architects, perform business process analysis, and contribute to proposals and practice growth while developing ServiceNow and cloud technology skills.

Support design, development, and implementation of data solutions: data warehouses, pipelines, analytics, governance, and visualizations. Use SQL, Azure, Microsoft BI, Python/R, and tools like Tableau or Power BI to deliver insights, improve data quality, and assist client engagements. Expect mentorship, cross-team collaboration, and significant client travel.

Support D365 ERP implementation projects for manufacturing and distribution clients by assisting project management tasks: facilitate client communication, gather business requirements, maintain project scope, track progress, remove barriers, and support team-building. This role is an entry point to project management and requires strong communication, analytical skills, and significant client travel (60%+).

Support clients assessing third-party cybersecurity risk: perform vendor due diligence, technology and cloud assessments (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS), site visits, analyze security posture, recommend remediations, implement processes and automation, coordinate assessments, and deliver reports.

Support D365 ERP implementations by gathering requirements, configuring and testing systems, facilitating client meetings, preparing presentations, and assisting with project and change management. Learn business process analysis and support finance, operations, and public sector projects while developing consulting and technical skills.