Marketing & Creative Internship (Summer 2026 - Hybrid/In-Office)

Internship Overview 

The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 18 - July 31, 2026, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Pro, Home Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.   

What makes a Great Intern:  

• Action Oriented: Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm 

• Manages Ambiguity: Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details 

• Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others 

• Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder 

• Communication: Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience 

• Customer Focus: Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions 

• Drives Results: Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks. 

Description of the Major/Subject Area 

We are looking for an enthusiastic marketing intern to join our department and provide creative ideas to help achieve our goals. You will have administrative duties in developing and implementing marketing strategies. Marketing Interns will collaborate with our marketing and advertising team in all stages of marketing campaigns and provide insightful contributions to help develop, expand and maintain our marketing channels. This internship will help you acquire marketing skills and provide you with knowledge of various marketing strategies. Ultimately, interns will gain broad experience in marketing and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced work environment.

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:   

• Event paid advertising 

• Social media content creation 

• Designing and presenting new social media campaign ideas 

• Assist in the creation of video and image content for marketing channels 

• Participate in marketing brainstorming sessions 

• Support the marketing team in daily administrative tasks 

• Help organize marketing events 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Omni-channel design experience  

• Project Management  

• Analytics experience  

• Ability to deliver clear, persuasive presentations to audiences using storytelling techniques to enhance message/presentation 

• Ability to researches and collect data to address business questions 

• Preferred GPA 3.0 or above 

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time)  

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in Marketing / Creative:  

• Copywriter 

• Designer 

• Marketing Analyst  

• Marketing Specialist  

Location: Interns will be expected to work in-person at the Atlanta Corporate Office (Store Support Center) four days a week (Monday-Thursday) and will work remotely one day a week (Fridays) during the 11-week program. Housing assistance will be provided to eligible interns.