Martin Agency Internships

The Martin agency is a full service ad agency based out of Richmond, VA. They are known for the Geico, UPS, and FreeCreditReport.com work. The majority of students interact with the agency through the agency's two week student workshop.

The Martin Agency Student Workshop is designed for college students interested in pursuing a career in advertising. We hope that through the experience, you will gain a better understanding of the industry and the unique environment characteristic to advertising agencies.

The Student Workshop Program consists of interactive seminars and lectures about advertising and the agency business. The seminar topics include, but are not limited to media, account management, strategic planning and landing a job in the industry. Additionally, the students will work on a case study project for the duration of the Workshop. The project, based on an actual client situation, is to concept, create and present an integrated marketing and communications program, including ads.

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The Martin agency is a full service ad agency based out of Richmond, VA. They are known for the Geico, UPS, and FreeCreditReport.com work. The majority of students interact with the agency through the agency's two week student workshop.

The Martin Agency Student Workshop is designed for college students interested in pursuing a career in advertising. We hope that through the experience, you will gain a better understanding of the industry and the unique environment characteristic to advertising agencies.

The Student Workshop Program consists of interactive seminars and lectures about advertising and the agency business. The seminar topics include, but are not limited to media, account management, strategic planning and landing a job in the industry. Additionally, the students will work on a case study project for the duration of the Workshop. The project, based on an actual client situation, is to concept, create and present an integrated marketing and communications program, including ads.

Martin Agency Internships & Jobs: here
Martin Agency Student Workshop (Facebook): here

"Loved the Martin student workshop" Position: Advertising Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 3/29/2011

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: - Amazing people. - Insightful seminars from senior executives and creatives. - Exposure to all parts of the business. You really get an under-the-hood type view of how things work at Martin. - You work on a case study project which is very, very fun (and challenging). Cons: The only con is that this is a short "workshop." I wish I could have been there for a full summer internship. It's also very competitive to get a full-time job there. Advice for other students: Loved this. The Martin Agency is an amazing place to work.

"The Martin Agency's workshop gives you a taste of the ad world" Position: Account Strtegy Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 7/22/2011

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 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: - Presented a campaign to increase sales and traffic to a daily deals site for the holidays. - Learned and worked within comScore. - Discovered some outstanding techniques for consumer insights research. - Productive feedback from executives. - Learned the creative brief process. Cons: This is just a 2 week workshop, not a true internship. I don't think Martin really offers true internships. Advice for other students: If you want to get a feel of what agency life is like, this is the best way. Also, it's cool to see Martin in action.

"Pitched a Burt's Bees ad campaign" Position: Workshop Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 8/2/2011

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 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 Agree

Pros: In the Martin Agency workshop, teams of around 6 are given a hypothetical advertising challenge. Ours was to come up with a campaign for a new line from Burt's Bees. I personally led strategy and helped come up with some creative concepts and a communications plan. It was a very fun projects. The people at Martin are terrific and it was easy to become friends with the other students in the workshop. Cons: This is a workshop, not a real internship, but I thought I'd list it on the site as others were. Advice for other students: People in the industry know about Martins workshop and it is respected. You also get to meet the mgmt at Martin. I would recommend it, for sure.

"2-week program that dives deep into life at an agency" Position: Account Planning Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 8/9/2011

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 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: Helped to Develop a communications strategy for Olympus and produced a fully integrated marketing campaign over the course of the 2 week workshop. The Martin team is amazing and the office was incredible. As an intern, I was exposed to senior leadership across the company - creative, media, account, and digital. Very intelligent group of advertisers. Cons: I wished it was longer and we were assigned real accounts instead of a project. I understand why Martin does it like this, but as a student, I wish they had 10 or 12 week internships. Advice for other students: This workshop gave me credibility when apply for entry level jobs.

"LivingSocial acct at Martin's student workshop" Position: Account Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 8/29/2011

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 Agree

Pros: - Exposure to Martin senior leadership, including creative execs. - Completed 10-day case study competition to pitch a holiday shopping campaign for LivingSocial.com on a $5 million budget. - Very cool office in Richmond. - Learned comScore. - Authored creative brief. Cons: - Martin offers an advertising student workshop, not a true internship. - Unpaid, for experience only. Advice for other students: The Martin Workshop is a terrific way to test run a career in advertising. It's very competitive to get into, so standout.

"Advertising experience at Martin" Position: Student Workshop Internship Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 8/30/2011

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: - Awesome people. - Great feedback on our ideas. - Martin split us into team and assigned us to come up with a campaign for Geico. I really enjoyed the competition and it simulated real work. - Exposure to media group and analyzed print, radio, interactive, outdoor, television, and social media. - Senior management was there for the pitch and served as part of the judging panel. - Fun experience. Cons: - Unpaid. - All pitch work. Advice for other students: Only 15 people were accepted into Martin's workshop, so they are very selective. This is a great way to learn and get Martin on the resume.

"ChapStick student workshop intern at Martin" Position: Advertising Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 8/30/2011

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: - Martin is an amazing agency doing incredible work. - Cool office complex and great speakers/events. Always felt like there was something going on. - Other interns. - ChapStick was our client and I love the brand. My focus was in digital executions, but we put together a whole campaing for them. - Pitched to judge panel with agency executives. Cons: - 2 weeks. - Workshop, not a true, long internship. Advice for other students: Martin automatically lends credibility to the resume. It's also the best ad agency in the Southeast.

"MAIP program Martin in NYC" Position: Media Planning Intern Location: New York, NY Pay: $$10/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 10/5/2011

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 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Huge client like Geico, Tylenol, and Sun Life. - The scale at which Martin did buys. - Loved the people and the media business. - Learned the business through working on RFPs, IOs, tracking software, and comScore. Cons: Even though I love NYC, if would have been fun to be in Martin's Richmond HQs. Advice for other students: Start to build relationships with agencies as early in college as you can.

"LivingStocial.com student workshop at Martin" Position: Account Planning Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 10/5/2011

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: - Richmond HQs is very cool. - Martin takes the workshop very seriously. - LivingSocial was the client and we were broken into teams. We pitched a campaign to a Martin panel. - Great insight to the actual world of advertising. - I loved learning from martin's planning dept. - Got along well with the other students in the workshop. Cons: This isn't really a true internship, it's a workshop. Advice for other students: Get involved with agencies. Go volunteer.

"Martin Agency student workshop" Position: Workshop Intern Location: Richmond, VA Duration: 2 weeks Review posted on 11/7/2011

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 Agree

Pros: - Interactive sessions that focus on various advertising/communications disciplines including strategic planning, creative, media, public relations and interactive. - Other students in the workshop. - Worked on a real life client and able to present to both client and agency personnel. - Target market research. - Cool digs in Richmond. - At the end of this, I really did feel like I knew how an agency worked. Cons: Not a true internship. Advice for other students: Martin's Student Workshop legitimizes a resume and definitely provides an advantage in the internship and entry level job search. I highly recommend the workshop.