Digital Advertising Internship

Push Digital Group•Alexandria, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Digital Advertising Intern with Push Digital Group, you’ll work side-by-side with members of our advertising team on live campaigns that drive measurable results for political, brand, and advocacy clients, while building real-world skills in paid media strategy, execution, and analytics. Here’s a snapshot of what you may accomplish during your time as a Digital Advertising Intern: Campaign Performance Support: Help monitor campaign pacing, audience engagement, creative performance, and platform delivery across digital advertising channels. Reporting & Analysis: Assist in building performance reports and learn how to analyze results, identify trends, and contribute to strategic recommendations for campaign improvement. Budget & Spend Tracking: Support the team in organizing and maintaining accurate advertising budgets and platform spend records. Creative & Messaging Collaboration: Work with internal teams to understand best practices in messaging, targeting, and creative strategy for persuasion-focused campaigns. Digital Strategy Exposure: Gain hands-on insight into how paid media supports broader marketing and advocacy strategies for political and issue-based clients. What sorts of skills and experience should you bring to a Digital Advertising Internship? Most importantly, we look for interns with a positive, proactive attitude who take a “run, not walk” approach to supporting both clients and teammates. Here are some of the other things we value in our Digital Advertising Interns (don’t have all of these? We still encourage you to apply): Basic experience with digital ad platforms such as The Trade Desk, Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram), and Google Ads, including a foundational understanding of how campaigns are set up, structured, and launched. Proficiency in spreadsheets, including Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, with comfort working with data, budgets, and performance metrics. Organized, self-starting team player who can prioritize, multi-task, maintain a professional demeanor, and has a desire to grow in the role. Flexibility and ability to perform in a fast-paced work environment, often under tight deadlines. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion for confidential work, information, and sensitive situations. Strong attention to detail. What you need to know about our Digital Advertising internship program: Digital Advertising internships may be in-person, hybrid, or remote. Summer internships typically run from late-May to mid-August. Fall internships start in late-August and last through early December. Spring internships typically run from mid-January through early May. We accept applications year-round for all terms. You should expect to work around 15-25 hours a week. Your manager will work with you on a specific schedule. These are paid internships with specific compensation dependent on location and any prior experience you may have. We are also happy to help you obtain school credit through your university. Sound like a great fit? Complete an internship application today! At Push Digital Group, we value our employees and their fit within our company culture. Please review our company values and benefits before applying. This information will help you determine if we are the right fit for you. We appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you! Push Digital Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Requirements

Positive, proactive attitude
Basic experience with digital ad platforms such as The Trade Desk, Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram), and Google Ads, including a foundational understanding of how campaigns are set up, structured, and launched.
Proficiency in spreadsheets, including Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, with comfort working with data, budgets, and performance metrics.
Organized, self-starting team player who can prioritize, multi-task, maintain a professional demeanor, and has a desire to grow in the role.
Flexibility and ability to perform in a fast-paced work environment, often under tight deadlines.
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion for confidential work, information, and sensitive situations.
Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

Help monitor campaign pacing, audience engagement, creative performance, and platform delivery across digital advertising channels.
Assist in building performance reports and learn how to analyze results, identify trends, and contribute to strategic recommendations for campaign improvement.
Support the team in organizing and maintaining accurate advertising budgets and platform spend records.
Work with internal teams to understand best practices in messaging, targeting, and creative strategy for persuasion-focused campaigns.
Gain hands-on insight into how paid media supports broader marketing and advocacy strategies for political and issue-based clients.