Business Development Intern

GSD&M•Austin, TX

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

At GSD&M, we’re on a mission to build First & Only brands, meaning the first to do it and the only ones who can. We’re able to do this because we set a high bar for ourselves and our work. We care about what we put out in the world. We’re humans who like other humans. Our ideas make a difference. Shift culture. Create a smile. Inspire change. Initiate belly laughs. Deepen our understanding of the world and ourselves. We grow. We learn. We get better. We do it all over again. Because that’s what it takes to build and be First & Only. This isn’t your basic coffee run internship. This is GSD&M Daze of Summer. Come spend your summer days in a daze as you experience our fast-paced creative environment for yourself. Here, you’ll actually be working alongside our talented teams. From creative and account leadership to strategy and analytics and beyond, you can expect a real, hands-on competitive experience. GSD&M is a creatively-driven, full-service advertising agency born and raised in the heart of Texas. Today we are a global agency in the music, food and “weird” capital of the world. We’ve won the Super Bowl, cleaned up at Cannes and continue to help iconic brands win every day. We live by our core values and believe an agency should be able to think like the diverse world that it’s talking with. We think it’s better to be honest than cool. We also play foosball in the agency bar and eat breakfast tacos for dinner.

Requirements

Candidates must be enrolled as a junior, senior or graduate-level student in college OR recent college graduate (less than 1 year since graduation)
Must be available during the length of the program (6/2/26 – 8/7/26) and able to come into the GSD&M Austin offices at least 3 days a week. Option to work offsite on Mondays and Fridays.
Must be able to work full-time 40 hours per week.
Strong writing, communication and presentation skills
Working knowledge of MS Office Suite, Google Suite, or Mac equivalent
Proficient in agency email/calendar/meeting programs (e.g. Outlook 365, MS Teams, Zoom)

Nice To Haves

Eager, outgoing, personable
Team-player
Willingness to learn
Strong organizational and prioritizing skills
Opportunity seeker
Strong communicator
Optimistic

Responsibilities

Assisting in new business pitches
Managing team pitch team drives
Initial research and “Get Smarts” (from competitive analysis, industry deep-dives, and brand overviews).
Conducting weekly industry reports
Maintaining the business development archive system
Assist with team communication
Building presentation rooms for site visits
Creating New Business reports
Tracking and logging creative samples
File and data management