2026 Marketing Intern

Application deadline: February 20, 2026

The team you’ll join

The Marketing and Communications team at StepStone is a global and highly collaborative group. The team partners closely with members of the StepStone team across the firm to develop, and deliver content spanning whitepapers, podcasts, PR, digital campaigns, social media, and events. Team members support end-to-end communications initiatives, while ensuring consistency and quality across all firm-branded materials. Operating in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, the team values creativity, attention to detail, and a strong willingness to learn, offering interns meaningful, hands-on exposure to marketing and communications within a global investment platform.

About the role

The Marketing Intern will support StepStone’s Marketing & Communications team with a focus on social media, events, and venture capital–related initiatives. This role offers hands-on experience in content sourcing, social media scheduling and reporting, and campaign analytics, while contributing to firmwide marketing efforts. The intern will also assist with event and conference coordination, from logistics and content preparation to post-event analysis. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this in-person role is ideal for a detail-oriented, proactive candidate eager to gain exposure to integrated marketing within a global investment firm.

What you’ll do

The Marketing, Communications & Events Team is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented intern to assist with the Firm’s social media and events, as well as other projects associated with broader marketing needs of the Firm. To excel in this role, the candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment and support numerous concurrent projects. This is an in-person position that will focus primarily on StepStone’s events and venture capital business, based out of the Firm’s Owings Mills office.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with the sourcing of relevant daily posts
• Manage scheduling across channels
• Generating reports to analyze social media activities on a monthly basis
• Generating reports to analyze campaign-related metrics as needed
• Assist with the Firm’s Venture Capital Weekly Roundup email
• Support conferences and event program coordination, including location research, logistics management, content preparation, attendee coordination and post-event analytics
• Manage Outlook Inboxes, recording and saving documents
• Perform ad hoc projects to support the marketing team

What we’re looking for

• Must be able to work legally in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future 
• Undergraduate student graduating anywhere from December 2026 through June 2027
• GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Ability to work full time in our Baltimore office June 1 – August 7, work part time starting August 7^th
• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field
• Highly motivated individual with demonstrated initiative, independence, and adaptability
• Promote and demonstrate a positive, team-oriented attitude but also the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Manages time effectively, follows up on relevant issues
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Acute attention to detail
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel essential, Teams a plus)
• Prior experience with Canva preferred
• Sprout Social knowledge preferred but not required
• Salesforce (Marketo) knowledge preferred but not required

Why join us?

At StepStone, we foster a supportive and inclusive team culture where collaboration and learning are the core of what we do. Our collegial atmosphere encourages teamwork, mentorship, and professional development. This summer internship is a great opportunity to gain practical experience and develop critical skills that will help you launch a successful career in marketing. 

Click here to learn more about the intern experience.

Salary: $25 / hour

The salary is an estimate of pay for this position.  Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience.  The salary does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.

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