Step into the Summer 2027 Mars Snacking MBA Marketing and Brand Management Internship at Mars, a full-time, 10-week summer program based in the United States (such as Chicago, IL and Newark, NJ). Designed for 1st year MBA students, this internship offers hands-on experience across brand management, advertising, and product innovation for iconic global brands.
Requirements
Must be a 1st year MBA student graduating the summer prior to final graduation.
Passion for marketing and the CPG industry.
Strong problem-solving skills and a solutions-oriented mindset.
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.
Employment is contingent upon successful drug and background screening.
Skills & Responsibilities
Problem-solving: Apply analytical thinking to solve real business problems and develop marketing strategies.
Collaboration: Work effectively with cross-functional teams and peers on iconic snacking brands like M&M'S, Snickers, and Dove.
Consumer Insights: Leverage data and insights to contribute to product innovation and advertising development.
Potential transition routes: People from marketing associate, brand analyst, or corporate strategy roles may bring relevant analytical and creative skills, alongside meeting MBA enrollment requirements.
Job description
Job Description:
At Mars, we work together to build a better world for people, pets, and the planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates, we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.
As an Associate, you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself, to forge your own path, to build relationships across our global community, to discover the right opportunities for you to grow – all with ample support. Here, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands.
Start your journey at Mars today!
Mars Snacking MBA Marketing and Brand Management Internship Experience
As a Mars Snacking Marketing and Brand Management MBA Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas:
Brand Management
Marketing Strategy
Advertising and Creative Development
Business Analytics
Consumer Insights
Product Innovation
What we’re looking for:
Students who are passionate about marketing and the CPG industry.
Collaborators with strong problem-solving skills and a solutions-oriented mindset.
Eligible candidates will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date (1st year MBA).
Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S., without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening.
What can you expect from Mars?
The Mars Internship Experience is a 10-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real business problems and opportunities for one of our iconic brands such as Dove, Extra, M&M’S, Milky Way, Snickers, Twix, Orbit, Skittles, 5, and more!
Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.
Best-in-class training and development from Day 1, including a formal mentor, access to our in-house Mars University, Nielsen training, and more.
Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.
Some pretty sweet perks including competitive salary & benefits packages, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices.
About Mars, Incorporated
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of Snacking, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. As a $65 billion family-owned business, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. and take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company’s progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
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