Hill Holliday Internships

Hill Holliday has one of the best advertising internship programs. Hill Holliday offers internships across all marketing disciplines and during both semesters plus summer. 

Hill Holliday is a multi-discipline communications company. They develop catalytic ideas that drive tangible business success. They believe in the art of mass and digital communications. Brand building and sales driving efforts. Upper and lower funnel strategies. It's about how it all works together. And their clients stay with us a really really long time because our work works.*

Hill Holliday’s Boston Internship Programs offer a truly hands-on learning experience by providing interns with maximum exposure to the day-to-day business of a full-service, integrated advertising agency. Once accepted into the program, interns are assigned to work in one of the agency ‘s many departments (see department list at right). Throughout the program, interns also have the opportunity to attend weekly ‘Agency 101’ seminars that offer them exposure to other areas of the agency beyond their assigned departments. The summer interns also complete an intensive team project for a current client as well as
participate in a community service day.*

Departments that receive interns include: Account Management, Media Planning, Accounting, Media Buying, Art Buying, MIS (IT), Analytics, New Business, Broadcast Production Online Media, Business Affairs Print Production, Creative/Design Print Traffic, Human Resources, Print Studio, Interactive Production, Strategy & Research. Fall and Spring internships are for credit only and and all summer internships are paid.

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Hill Holliday has one of the best advertising internship programs. Hill Holliday offers internships across all marketing disciplines and during both semesters plus summer. 

Hill Holliday is a multi-discipline communications company. They develop catalytic ideas that drive tangible business success. They believe in the art of mass and digital communications. Brand building and sales driving efforts. Upper and lower funnel strategies. It's about how it all works together. And their clients stay with us a really really long time because our work works.*

Hill Holliday’s Boston Internship Programs offer a truly hands-on learning experience by providing interns with maximum exposure to the day-to-day business of a full-service, integrated advertising agency. Once accepted into the program, interns are assigned to work in one of the agency ‘s many departments (see department list at right). Throughout the program, interns also have the opportunity to attend weekly ‘Agency 101’ seminars that offer them exposure to other areas of the agency beyond their assigned departments. The summer interns also complete an intensive team project for a current client as well as
participate in a community service day.*

Departments that receive interns include: Account Management, Media Planning, Accounting, Media Buying, Art Buying, MIS (IT), Analytics, New Business, Broadcast Production Online Media, Business Affairs Print Production, Creative/Design Print Traffic, Human Resources, Print Studio, Interactive Production, Strategy & Research. Fall and Spring internships are for credit only and and all summer internships are paid.

Hill Holliday Jobs & Internships: here
Hill Holliday Internship Program: here

"Chili’s account management at Hill Holliday" Position: Account Management Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$9/hour Duration: 8 weeks Review posted on 8/22/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Hill Holiday is full of outstanding people who are passionate about the advertising business. - Performed and presented competitive research. I created a deck and presented it to the account team. - Cool office. - Delicious free Dunkin Donuts coffee. - We had an intern project which was exhilarating and enjoyable. The Hill Holiday summer intern class split up into groups of 7 and did a mock pitch in front of 50+ HH employees. Cons: I did perform some routine intern tasks as it related to account mgmt - but, that is also the role. Advice for other students: I was impressed by the organization of the Hill Holliday internship program. I've also stayed in touch with interns and old managers.

"Very cool ad agency" Position: Account Management Intern Location: Boston, MA Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 8/22/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: Hill Holiday was a great place to spend my fall internship. I really enjoyed the people, office environment, and work. They are also very supportive of interns. I worked on the Libery Mutual account (you may have seen the tv ads). I did a lot of general organization and polishing of decks for client meetings. I was also tasked with a competitive analysis with recommendations for positioning. Cons: While the summer internship positions are paid, the fall internship (mine) is for credit only. It's was also difficult for me to get into the flow of work without being there 40+ hrs a week. Advice for other students: I was very impressed with Hill Holiday. My advice is to try getting advertising internships as early as you can and stay in touch with everyone you meet at the agency.

"Spring internship with Hill Holliday digital team" Position: Digital Strategy Intern Location: Boston, MA Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 8/23/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Agency energy was incredible. - Manager was a very, very smart digital minded guy. Knew everything and did the speaking circuit as well. Fun to learn from him. - Taught social media monitoring tools, like Radian6. Cons: Only summer internships are paid at Hill Holliday. Advice for other students: Take a stats class and become more analytical.

"Hard skill training and great accounts like Dunkin'" Position: Digital Media Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$9/hour Duration: 10 weeks Review posted on 10/12/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Hill Holiday is a great ad shop. - I touched huge brands like Dunkin' Donuts and Putnam Investments. - Participating in media vendor pitch meetings. This is basically when different media companies pitch their offers. It was very cool to see and I was impressed by ESPN media. - The media planner took the time to teach me DART, Atlas, and basic ad trafficking. Cons: I'm not a big fan of SEO in general. Advice for other students: - Learn about ad servers. - Know the principles of serving and measuring ads.

"There is no better thrill that the advertising pitch process" Position: New Business Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$9/hour Duration: 10 weeks Review posted on 10/13/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: My internship at Hill Holliday allowed me to learn the inside of the new business process at ad agencies. I loved it. I worked on several RFPs and CRM systems to keep in touch with clients. It's incredible how relationship based this business is and how an agency really has to think about their own positioning. I was also able to work on a few Liberty Mutual campaigns (good to see the account planning/mgmt side as well). I loved all my co-interns and managers at Hill Holliday! Cons: - Data work. - Tough to land jobs without hard skills (like design tools or digital skills). Advice for other students: New business at an agency is a rush. Get in and get after it. I loved Hill Holl

"Lots of web work and intern project" Position: Account Management Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$10/hour Duration: 10 weeks Review posted on 10/14/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - People. - Paid. - Intern project. - Hill Holliday is a great agency and I really enjoyed the agency culture. - Liberty Mutual account. - The biggest pro of my internship was that it taught me a ton about creating content for the web. Both in terms of content management systems and writing for the web (seo, etc). - My fellow interns were awesome. Cons: none Advice for other students: During the application and interview process, don't be passionate about advertising, be passionate about advertising at that agency. Be agency specific.

"Part-time internship at Hill Holliday on Chili's and BofA accounts" Position: Strategy & Research Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$8/hour Duration: 16 weeks Review posted on 10/19/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Hill Holliday is a cool agency and I really enjoyed the internship. - Research and presented on Chili's and a business unit of Bank of America. - Put in charge of press and general client news. - Felt like I was part of the team instead of just an intern. Cons: - Not a summer internship, so it was tough to get into the flow of things working only a subset of hours. Advice for other students: Advertising agency internships are very fun. It's the best way to get experience in the marketing world.

"Novartis account at Hill Holliday" Position: Account Management Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$10/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 11/6/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Internal and client facing communication on the Novartis account. - Hill Holliday people. Also, loved my fellow interns. There was incredible diversity. - View into how the accounting works at an agency from a billing standpoint. Cons: I did a lot of competitive research and I'm not sure how valuable it was. Advice for other students: Hill Holliday is a solid agency internship.

"Amazing clients and digital tools" Position: Digital Analytics Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$10/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 11/21/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree

Pros: - Hill Holiday gave me access to the latest digital analytic tools. - Social media monitoring. - Fascinated by the display media space. It's crazy scientific. - Loved going to the office each day. - People and atmosphere. - Increased SEO knowledge. - Big name clients that included Dunkin' Donuts and Liberty Mutual. Cons: Would have enjoyed more creative exposure. Advice for other students: Get to know digital tools. It's a skill set that is in demand amongst advertising agencies.

"Fall internship with Novartis client" Position: Account Management Intern Location: Boston, MA Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 12/26/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Loved the creative work. - Healthcare client and helped out a ton with digital work. - Able to attend internal and external client meetings. - Competitive analysis within industry (seems like a common intern project). - Good people. Cons: - Tough to get a first job in advertising. - Healthcare advertising is highly regulated. - Hill Holliday school year internships are unpaid (I think summer is paid). Advice for other students: Get to know agency life. Each agency is different, but it's an exciting world.

"Great agency, cool clients, and I learned marketable skills" Position: Digital Analytics Intern Location: Boston, MA Pay: $$10/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 1/25/2012

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - People at Hill Holliday. - Learned Atlas, PointRoll, and Facebook Insights. I really enjoyed the analytics and measurement behind social. - SEM, SEO experience. - Client like Major League Baseball and Dunkin' Donuts. - Hill Holliday has a cool office. - Other interns were great. We hungout a ton after work. Cons: - Difficult to turn into fulltime. - Didn't get to particpate too much in creative concepting. Advice for other students: - Get hard skills (like learning the analytics tools). - It still comes down to powerful ideas.