Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
These roles are based in New York City (NY) and Jersey City (NJ)
Shape your future with a dynamic internship experience at New York Life Investment Management.
At New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), you'll have the opportunity to build meaningful skills while contributing to work that makes an impact. Our internship program offers hands-on experience across a variety of business areas, allowing you to collaborate with experienced professionals, develop your network, and gain exposure to the financial services industry. Throughout the summer, you'll participate in professional development sessions, networking events, mentorship opportunities, and social activities designed to support your growth. By the end of the internship, you'll have developed valuable business skills, expanded your professional network, and gained meaningful experience to help launch your career.
Role Overview
The New York Life Investments Marketing Summer Internship Program is an exciting opportunity for rising juniors and seniors interested in marketing, branding, digital strategy, communications, and financial services.
This 10-week paid internship begins in June 2027 and is based in our New York City and Jersey City offices. Interns will join the NYLIM Marketing organization and support one of the following teams:
- Product Marketing
- Institutional Marketing
- Web Marketing
Throughout the summer, interns will participate in business overviews, networking opportunities, leadership presentations, training sessions, and collaborative intern programming while gaining firsthand exposure to one of the nation's leading asset managers.
What You'll Do
Depending on your assigned team, your responsibilities may include:
Product Marketing
- Develop and refresh marketing materials, including brochures, presentations, videos, webcasts, flyers, blogs, emails, and digital assets.
- Support marketing campaigns promoting a variety of product structures-such as mutual funds, ETFs, and interval funds-across equities, fixed income, municipal bonds, multi-asset, and alternatives.
- Partner with marketing colleagues, including marketing managers, brand, digital, and marketing operations, as well as business partners across Compliance and Business Intelligence teams, to help execute campaigns.
- Support strategic marketing initiatives and special projects.
Institutional Marketing
- Support the execution of integrated marketing campaigns targeting institutional investors.
- Assist with website updates and social media promotion.
- Upload thought leadership, webinars, and multimedia content to distribution platforms.
- Coordinate webinars, seminars, and educational events.
- Track campaign performance metrics and prepare reporting.
- Conduct competitive research to improve messaging and positioning.
Web Marketing
- Assist in the creation of digital experiences to support the rollout of marketing campaigns that showcase NYLI offerings to financial advisor, institutional, and retail audiences.
- Ensure web experiences align with broader business goals and brand strategy.
- Gain hands-on content management experience through updates to maintain and refresh web experiences, assist with quality assurance (QA), and learn best practices for search engine optimization, LLM optimization, and accessibility.
- Assist with the publication, distribution, and promotion of timely market insights across digital channels, ensuring consistency and brand alignment.
- Participate in UX and content design sessions, collaborating to create engaging digital experiences that meet audience expectations and deliver on business goals.
- Conduct research to evaluate how our digital experiences compare to competitors.
- Provide insights to help improve current web experiences and inform future efforts.
- Monitor and report on campaign performance using key metrics.
- Analyze results to identify trends and areas for improvement.
What You'll Learn
Throughout the internship, you'll gain exposure to:
- How digital marketing strategies are developed and executed in financial services.
- The role of digital platforms and data in campaign success.
- How to analyze performance and translate insights into action.
- Product marketing within the asset management industry.
- Brand strategy and creative development.
- Digital marketing, website management, SEO, and UX.
- Marketing technology platforms and sales enablement tools.
- Cross-functional collaboration with Compliance, Product, Distribution, Sales, and Investment teams.
What You'll Bring
We're looking for students who are creative, detail-oriented, comfortable working in a collaborative environment, strong communicators, and curious about marketing, finance, and strategic communications.
Successful candidates will demonstrate:
- Comfort working with digital tools and platforms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
- Creativity with strong attention to detail.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word); familiarity with digital marketing platforms or design tools is a plus.
- Interest in marketing, branding, communications, digital strategy, business, or financial services.
Previous internship experience, leadership in campus organizations, or marketing-related coursework is preferred but not required.
Required Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited four-year college or university.
- Anticipated graduation between December 2027 and June 2029.
- Preferred majors include Marketing, Communications, Business, Finance, Digital Media, Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations, Economics, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Eligible to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Program Experience
As a NYLIM Marketing intern, you'll also enjoy:
- Professional development workshops.
- Networking opportunities with senior leaders.
- Mentorship from experienced marketing professionals.
- Collaborative intern projects.
- Exposure to multiple marketing disciplines.
- Social and volunteer events.
- Opportunities to build lasting professional relationships across New York Life Investments.
Our program includes training and development seminars, networking opportunities, social events, and a collaborative summer internship project culminating in an opportunity to be considered for a full-time rotational analyst role.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews will begin no later than October 2026.
To be eligible for this program, you must be authorized to work in the U.S. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this program. Likewise, this program is not available to those authorized to work under optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).
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Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $27 / hour
Overtime eligible: Nonexempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: No
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Our Diversity Promise
We believe in a diverse workforce because it is our mission to advocate for the financial security and success of people in every community. This is why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are guiding principles that are embedded in our brand and our culture. Click here to learn more about how we have been recognized for our leadership.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
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Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited four-year college or university.
- Anticipated graduation between December 2027 and June 2029.
- Eligible to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
- Authorization to work in the United States without employment-based immigration sponsorship; OPT and CPT authorization are not accepted.
- Preferred majors include Marketing, Communications, Business, Finance, Digital Media, Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations, Economics, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
- Familiarity with digital marketing platforms or design tools.
- Previous internship experience, campus leadership, or marketing-related coursework.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
- Analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, creativity, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
New York Life Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Corporate employees are offered a 401(k) with company match and, for many roles, a defined‑benefit pension, with both the employee contributions and company match vesting 100% from day one. Qualified financial professionals may also have access to a defined‑benefit plan, per plan documents.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid New Parent leave doubled to 8 weeks for all parents as of January 1, 2024, and birthing parents typically receive an additional 6 weeks of paid short‑term disability. The company also highlights fertility and adoption support, backup childcare, tutoring, and elder‑care resources.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with HRAs/FSAs, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness programs, and telemedicine. Work/life perks such as gym discounts or on‑site gyms further reinforce the health and wellbeing offering.
New York Life Insights
What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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