Building Leaders and Creators (BLAC) Internship Program 2025 – YOA

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Applications are open for the Building Leaders and Creators (BLAC) Internship Program 2025. BLAC is a twelve-week, paid internship for inventive thinkers that takes place at advert companies throughout the nation. Interns take part in shared experiences with shared sources and initiatives, and upon completion of this system turn out to be part of a community of friends and company leaders who will proceed to offer help all through their careers.

BLAC is a champion for the extra numerous and inclusive promoting business of the long run and search to encourage and be impressed by a brand new era of Black expertise. BLAC is dedicated to offering secure and snug environments the place all voices are revered and heard.

BLAC in 2025

• May 19 – August 8, 2025: Education + Inspiration + Experience + Community
• Intro Week: May 19 – 23 (1 week): Interns kick off the week with an onboarding day at their host company, then be a part of the nationwide intern cohort nearly for 4 days of programming aimed to introduce them to promoting, company roles, and numerous Black leaders within the business.
• In Agency: May 26 – July 23 (8 ½ weeks): Interns get to work of their host company, coaching of their function, collaborating in conferences, listening in on shopper calls, and serving to with pitches to realize publicity and palms-on expertise. BLAC employees gathers the nationwide cohort 2 to three instances every week nearly, for continued skilled growth and group-constructing experiences.
• Pitch Project: July 24 – August 1 (1 ½ weeks): The interns are briefed by P&G model reps. Working in groups, they’ll develop and pitch their inventive ideas to main nationwide manufacturers.
• Career Fair: August 4 – 8 (1 week): Two full days of workshops, visitor audio system, and work time for ultimate resume and portfolio tweaks assist prep the cohort to enter interviews and data classes with hiring companies and manufacturers collaborating in BLAC’s Career Fair.

Eligibility

Applicants to the BLAC internship program ought to:

• Be a member of a bunch underrepresented in promoting and advertising and marketing, together with those that determine as Black or BIPOC.
• Be not less than 18 years of age by the beginning of the summer time program.
• Be primarily based within the United States.
• Be absolutely obtainable for the 12 weeks of the summer time program, and capable of commit 29 hours every week throughout commonplace enterprise hours.
  *Accommodations might be made for college students ending the spring semester through the first weeks of this system.
• Be a inventive thinker and downside solver! This can imply many issues. You could be artistically pushed, like a author or designer. Perhaps you’re extra strategically inventive, pondering two steps forward and forecasting traits. Maybe you purpose your creativity at navigating relationships, fast to supply options to maintain everybody aligned and collaborating. All kinds of creativity are welcome!

Application

• Create a two-ish minute video exhibiting and/or telling what makes you a inventive thinker and downside solver.
• Submit your video, together with application responses, by the February 14 deadline.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to BLAC Internship.