2026 Summer Intern: Marketing - MBA

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Create high impact marketing recommendations that enable PepsiCo to achieve short and long-term strategic business objectives.
• Develop and demonstrate functional ownership, leadership capability, creative thinking, analytical thinking, consumer empathy, and business acumen.
• Develop overall strategy for a brand, including commercialization in-store and online ideas to meet long-term business goals.
• Leverage consumer insights to understand problems and contribute to product, packaging, and communication development.
• Build new product innovation concepts and develop new product launch strategies.
• Design impactful consumer promotions, events, and marketing programs.
• Leverage insights to design social and digital campaigns, along with creative measurement tactics.
• Partner with agencies in creating brand positioning and communication strategies.
• Use data to understand category and competitive dynamics to guide strategy and future business opportunities.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration degree.
• 3+ years of related work experience.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Highly focused, analytical thinkers.
• Cross-functional collaborators with strong communication and influence skills.
• Proven people/project leadership throughout your career (academic or professional).
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.
• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback.
• Prior knowledge and/or experience with a consumer packaged goods corporation is preferred.
• Experience in Marketing is preferred.
• Graduate with MBA degree within one (1) year of internship completion (Dec 2026 or May 2027).
• 2-5 years of work experience.
• Ability to be located in Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; or Purchase, NY.
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Nice to Have

• Prior knowledge and/or experience with a consumer packaged goods corporation is preferred.
• Experience in Marketing is preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive hourly pay ranging from $55.50 to $56.00.
• Potential to earn a full-time position upon graduation.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
• Intern networking events and professional development initiatives.
• Exposure to executive leadership and various marketing tracks.