Summer 2027 Mars Snacking Global Design Internship

At Mars, we work together to build a better world for people, pets, and the planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates, we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter. 

As an Associate, you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself, to forge your own path, to build relationships across our global community, to discover the right opportunities for you to grow – all with ample support. Here, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands.  

Start your journey at Mars today! 

Mars Snacking Global Design Internship Experience 

As a Global Design Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas: 

• In this role, you will be an active contributor to both brand design and front-end innovation work. You will support the development of product packaging graphics, help visualize new product and portfolio concepts, contribute to innovation strategy frameworks, and assist in the facilitation of creative workshops. This is a unique opportunity to learn how real-world design systems function across global brands while building your professional skills through concept development, storytelling, presentations, and hands-on use of both AI-powered and traditional design tools. 

• Support the development of packaging & branding across some of the world’s most iconic snacking brands, from early concepts through production-ready design. 

• Contribute to front-end innovation projects by helping visualize new product concepts, portfolio opportunities, and brand experiences. 

• Participate in workshops that bring together cross-functional partners to solve business and design challenges. 

• Create presentations, mood boards, concept boards, and visual storytelling materials that communicate ideas clearly to stakeholders. 

• Explore and apply emerging AI-powered creative tools alongside industry-standard design workflows to accelerate ideation and creative development. 

• Collaborate with marketers, R&D, packaging engineers, consumer insights, and other cross-functional partners throughout the product development process. 

• Develop an understanding of global brand systems, packaging design, innovation strategy, and consumer-centered design thinking.

What we’re looking for: 

• Desired majors: Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related design disciplines. 

• A portfolio demonstrating strong creative thinking, design fundamentals, and visual communication skills is required. 

• Proficiency with macOS, Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign), AI-powered creative tools, and Microsoft Office. 

• Experience with sketching, Figma, Blender, motion graphics or other visualization software is a plus, but not required. 

• Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. 

• We are seeking a creative and collaborative student, sophomore year or older, to join our team.   

• Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S., without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment. 

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening. 

What can you expect from Mars? 

• The Mars Internship Experience is a 10-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real business problems and opportunities. 

• Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders. 

• Best-in-class training and development from Day 1, including a formal mentor, access to our in-house Mars University, and more. 

• Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience. 

• Some pretty sweet perks including competitive salary & benefits package, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices. 

• Eligible candidates will be responsible for personal transportation to and from work site during duration of the internship program.  

About Mars, Incorporated 

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. 

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of Snacking, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. As a $65 billion family-owned business, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. and take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.   

We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company’s progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. 

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