Creative Content Intern

Hudson Creative is seeking a Creative Content Intern to join our team as part of a 4-month training program designed to teach, mentor, and prepare outstanding interns for a full-time role and long-term career path. This internship is intended for recent college graduates (or soon-to-be graduates) with less than 1 year of relevant experience who are excited for hands-on creative training and development within a fast-paced agency environment.

This role is ideal for highly creative, detail-oriented candidates who are passionate about visual storytelling, branding, social media, and digital design — especially within the restaurant, hospitality, and lifestyle industries.

Quick Facts:

• Internship Period: 4 months during Spring/Summer 2026 (flexible start and end dates)
• Location: NYC
• Work policy: Hybrid with 3 days per week onsite at our midtown office (Grand Central)
• Hours: Full-Time (9:00am - 5:30pm EST)
• Compensation: $2,200/month stipend
• Mentorship: Daily progress check-ins with your manager to ensure growth and successful completion of the internship
• Reports to: Digital Marketing Director

What You’ll Do & Learn You’ll work alongside our creative and performance marketing teams to support real client campaigns across social media, paid advertising, content creation, and website design.

Design for Paid Media & Social

• Design digital advertisements for platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Google Ads
• Create branded social media graphics, stories, reels assets, and promotional content
• Support campaign creative development aligned with client goals and brand identity
• Assist with concepting and visual brainstorming for launches, promotions, and seasonal campaigns
• Learn how creative performance impacts engagement, conversions, and campaign success

Website Design & Creative Support

• Support website updates and design improvements across platforms like WordPress, Shopify, Squarespace, and BentoBox
• Assist with creating website banners, graphics, landing pages, and visual assets
• Help QA website updates to ensure visual consistency and functionality
• Gain exposure to UX/UI design principles and conversion-focused design thinking

Influencer & Content Production Support

• Assist with sourcing and researching influencers, creators, and brand collaborators
• Help coordinate influencer outreach, communication, and campaign organization ** Support photoshoots and content production days, including creative preparation and on-site assistance ** Participate in brainstorming sessions for social campaigns, partnerships, and creative activations

Creative Collaboration & Agency Exposure

• Join internal meetings and creative reviews to observe strategy and campaign development
• Work closely with designers, marketers, strategists, and account managers in a collaborative environment
• Receive mentorship and feedback focused on both creative development and professional growth

Who You Are:

• Recent graduates with a degree in graphic design, advertising, marketing, communications, visual arts, or a related field
• Passionate about design, social media, and creative storytelling
• Interested in hospitality, restaurants, lifestyle brands, and digital culture
• Strong visual taste and attention to detail
• Organized, proactive, and excited to learn in a fast-paced agency environment
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, Canva
• Photography, content creation, or social media experience is a plus
• Prior internship, freelance, or personal creative portfolio work

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience working on real campaigns for hospitality and restaurant brands
• Mentorship from experienced creatives and marketers
• Exposure to performance-driven creative strategy and agency workflows
• Portfolio-building opportunities across paid ads, social media, web, and content production

Perks:

• Company issued Apple laptop for your day-to-day productivity
• Flexible hybrid work policy with convenient office location near Grand Central Station
• Team events including happy hours and quarterly wellness activities
• Cold brew, coffee, tea and kombucha on tap, as well as office snacks for the midday pick-me-up
• Exposure to a wide network of hospitality and industry partners
• Growth-oriented culture with room to take on responsibility quickly

Interview Process: Jumpstart your career at www.hudsoncreative.com/careers. Please include both a resume and cover letter for consideration.

• Round 1: Video interview with our hiring manager to discuss your career interests.
• Round 2: Take-home exercise to apply your understanding and skillset
• Round 3: Video interview with a member of our team to share your analysis and strategic approach.
• Round 4: On-site interview with our account director.

About Us: Hudson Creative is a data-driven digital marketing agency that specializes in the design, strategy and execution of campaigns to help brands grow online. Our clients include widely recognized industry leaders, and range from multi-location restaurant groups and F&B brands, to law firms and tourism boards, and beyond. Our experienced team has a strong passion for driving meaningful results that make game-changing business impacts for clients.