Development Internship Summer

Position: Development Internship Summer 2026
This paid, part-time internship is open to college students and recent graduates who want to get their hands dirty in learning to develop digital experiences for top brands. With mentorship from our development team, you'll learn the ins and outs of a brand marketing agency and contribute your skills to real projects for real clients. We'll challenge you to think big and share your perspective instead of fetching our coffee or dry-cleaning (most of us wear jeans anyway).

If you're ready to gain experience in our exciting, fast-paced industry, we hope you'll apply to this internship. We're passionate about working with people who can teach us just as much as we'll teach them.

We will begin reviewing applications starting on December 1, 2025.

About Mission:

Mission is a brand marketing agency that believes great work comes from the heart, mind, and gut. We build brands, deliver results-driven strategies, champion integrated marketing campaigns, and craft digital experiences. Our thinking is equal parts data and intuition. Our greatest strength as a team? The ability to adapt quickly and steer clear of formulaic thinking.

You'll be responsible for:

• Working on marketing landing pages and custom emails.
• Assisting our developers in testing work and be part of our quality assurance process.
• Working in Drupal and Word Press sites, including entering content.
• Assisting with various client support requests to make updates to existing websites.
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions and staff meetings.
• Working alongside development and digital strategy teams on large web projects.
• Working on assigned tasks within our project management software.

You'll learn:

• Why it's fun to be a developer with opportunities to work on custom digital experiences for brands you know.
• The importance of web accessibility and why Mission believes the web should work for everyone.
• How to take a design comp from Photoshop/XD and transform it into a marketing landing page.
• How content management systems work and get real experience in Drupal and Word Press.
• Why quality assurance is critical to being a good developer and how to test your work properly.
• How to develop emails using tools like Mailchimp, Salesforce, and others.
• What it's like to work at a mid-sized creative agency (spoiler alert: it's fun).

Candidates must:

• Be available to work in-person Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in our Hampden office (no remote applicants).
• Be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at an accredited college or university (rising junior or senior).
• Be seeking or having received a degree in computer science, computer software & applications, information science/studies, computer engineering, or other relevant fields of study.
• Be detail-oriented and organized with a strong desire to learn.
• Be enthusiastic and eager to share creative ideas.

Impress us with:

• Examples of code or websites you've worked on for a class project or just for fun.
• Completed web development courses in HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP in school or online.
• Word Press or Drupal experience.
• Experience with Java script frameworks such as jQuery, React, Angular
  
  JS, node.js.
• Previous marketing industry experience or knowledge of the role of a mid-sized agency.