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Digital Marketing Intern

Perfect Search Media
Chicago, IL Intern
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/6/2026

What's This Position All About?

Perfect Search offers a Remote Digital Marketing Internship program focused on learning pay-per-click advertising/search engine marketing (PPC/SEM), display/programmatic advertising, and social media advertising, as well as search engine optimization and content marketing and strategy. Many of our current employees started in this program at Perfect Search, and we pride ourselves on providing a top-notch learning experience that provides the strong foundation needed to become an expert in the industry.  

Accepted candidates (Junior Analysts) will start the program with a fairly intensive training process that will thoroughly expose them to the basics of digital marketing. Junior Analysts will assist the digital marketing teams on client campaigns, projects, performance reports, reporting calls, mock calls, blog posts, and other assigned tasks that enable them to experience the ins-and-outs of the industry first hand. Junior Analysts work independently, alongside current full-time analysts on tasks and analysis. 

This opening is for students and recent graduates who are available from early-September through mid-December.  Students must be available at least 15 hours per week during business hours Monday - Friday and must reside in the United States. This internship is unpaid. After internship completion, select candidates may be offered long term, part-time work if available.

What You'll Learn

  • Knowledge in online paid media ad management and strategy, SEO, and content marketing.
  • Proficiency within Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Search Console, SEMRush, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and other online ad platforms
  • Management of cross-channel digital marketing campaigns across Google, Microsoft, Meta, and more
  • Ability to complete tasks crucial for successful digital marketing campaigns, including (but not limited to) conducting keyword research, metadata implementation, content creation, optimization, and editing, campaign creation, performance reports, optimizations within paid media accounts, and creating marketing strategy.
  • Communication skills, improved through mock calls, contribution in internal meetings, and exposure to as well as potential participation in client meetings
  • Project management skills utilizing Asana, Slack, and Google Workspace to organize and complete projects across multiple departments and client accounts

What You'll Need

  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
  • Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets experience preferred
  • Problem-solving ability
  • Detail oriented and organized
  • Highly self-motivated and comfortable working and communicating remotely
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Advanced English language, writing, and editing skills
  • Strong desire to work in digital marketing, mainly paid advertising, search engine optimization, and/or content marketing
  • Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, and/or Google Search Console experience preferred

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