Paid Media Intern, Summer 2026

Centerfield•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Centerfield delivers outcome-based digital marketing solutions and personalized omnichannel experiences for the world’s leading brands. Powered by our proprietary Dugout platform, Centerfield acquires customers at scale for leading residential service, insurance, e-commerce, and B2B brands. Centerfield’s digital experiences and digital brands, such as Business.com and BroadbandNow.com, reach more than 150 million in-market shoppers annually. Centerfield is headquartered in Silicon Beach and is proud to be recognized by Built in LA as a Best Place to Work in Los Angeles. Centerfield is seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and versatile Intern with an interest in digital advertising to join our Media Buying team. You will be responsible for helping the media buying team with daily tasks and activities and will learn how to manage paid search campaigns from the best in the business. This position will start as a paid internship with the potential to go full-time upon graduation. Our summer internship applications are open until April 1, 2026, then we will close the posting. Thanks for your interest!

Requirements

Rising seniors or new graduates who will be finishing their degree in Spring 2026
Highly analytical when looking at KPIs, trends, campaign stats, etc.
Exhibit flexibility in helping with multiple tasks for different team members
Creative, entrepreneurial thinkers with strong organizational skills
Basic knowledge or understanding of SEM, Google Ads, and/or Google Analytics
Strong knowledge in applied statistics and/or applied math
Working knowledge of Excel– ability to complete VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables
Eagerness to learn! Someone who wants to jump in and learn new skills and immediately apply them to real world business problems
You have an interest in digital marketing or advertising and are eager to learn more about Centerfield’s industry!
You are local to our Playa Vista HQ and are willing to come into the office 3 days a week!

Responsibilities

Support Centerfield’s Media Buyers on paid search campaigns from setup and monitoring to daily maintenance and optimization
Help identify and resolve issues that negatively impact campaigns
Conduct keyword research for optimization — add new keywords or eliminate underperforming keywords
Run daily and weekly performance reports and work with media buyers to produce campaign recap and verification reports for clients as needed
Help execute PPC campaigns; account setup, uploading keywords, ad creatives & ad extensions, strategy & tactical development, and organization
Utilize Excel (become an expert in pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, etc.)

Benefits

Weekly pay!
Interactive, onsite new-hire orientation for your first week to meet your peers!
End-of-summer internship commencement with presentations in front of our C-suite
Be assigned a personal mentor for daily support and guidance
Career-focused workshop presentations from Centerfield’s key stakeholders
Unlimited free snacks and drinks around the office!
Monthly happy hours, catered Thursday lunches
Award winning culture & unprecedented team spirit (featured in LA Business Journal & Built In LA Best places to work)
Monthly team outings (ball games, casino night, hikes, etc.)
Career growth – we enjoy promoting from within!