Marketing Summer Internship Customer and Market Insights: Northwestern Universit

CDW Marketing Summer Internship Program

CDW Marketing is building the next generation of B2B marketing powered by AI, insight, creativity, and measurable performance. We are looking for exceptional undergraduate students to join a high impact summer internship program designed to bring fresh perspectives, deliver real business value, and build a strong pipeline of future marketing talent for CDW.

Interns will work on meaningful projects from day one, partner closely with marketing leaders, and contribute to priority initiatives that support active CDW marketing work. Top performers may be considered for a full time opportunity in 2027.

This internship is intended for ambitious students who want to combine technology, problem solving, and business thinking in a fast moving marketing environment. Rather than rotating across unrelated assignments, each intern will work deeply within the defined focus area listed in the job title while collaborating cross functionally across the broader marketing organization.

What You'll Do

• Build AI prompts and agents to detect and articulate industry shifts, technology trends, competitive positioning, and buyer dynamics relevant to CDW and its priority markets.
• Turn external data into practical insight for marketing strategy, campaign planning, positioning, and opportunity identification.
• Help create concise research outputs, opportunity assessments, and executive-ready summaries that support better decisions.
• Contribute to high-priority summer initiatives that support real CDW marketing outcomes, not simulated assignments.
• Work directly with a Director in Marketing and partner with cross-functional stakeholders depending on the chosen track.
• Use AI tools, research, creative development, or analytics to improve how CDW plans, creates, measures, and optimizes marketing work.
• Translate ideas into outputs such as prototypes, content, videos, dashboards, insights, recommendations, and documented playbooks.

What We Expect From You

• Currently enrolled Northwestern University undergraduate students with a graduation date of December 2026 through May 2027 with the ability to begin full-time employment in 2027 (if offered employment post-internship).
• Major in Marketing Communications, Computer Science, Journalism, Radio/TV/Film, AI, Data Analytics, or a closely related field.
• Strong communication skills, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort learning and applying modern tools such as Adobe Experience Platform, Power BI, SQL, Python, Google Veo 3.1, prompt engineering platforms, video editing tools, or closely related technologies depending on the track.
• Bias for action, high standards for quality, and a willingness to test ideas, learn quickly, and iterate.
• Ability to commit to a 40-hour work week during standard business hours throughout the summer, with a hybrid work arrangement.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship as a full-time coworker.

Optional attachments to include with your application: cover letter, resume, college transcripts, portfolios, project examples, writing samples, dashboards, GitHub links, or creative reels. Hourly Rate: $20/hour Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner's mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhancesnot replaceshuman creativity and decision-making.

Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that's curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what's possible.

About Us

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what's possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn't just what we doit's how we do it. At CDW we act as onebuilding trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to winfocusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forwardstaying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employeesworking together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.

As a full?stack, full?lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what's next.

Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.