Ares Management

Ares runs a single early-careers entry point, the Summer Internship Program, a 10-week summer placement that recruits across its whole investment platform rather than one desk. Interns are placed in one of eight stated business areas:

• Credit
• Real Estate
• Infrastructure
• Private Equity
• Secondaries
• Wealth Management Solutions
• Investor Relations
• Global Client Solutions

The program runs in both the US and UK and is open to current students of any major who intend to graduate between December 2027 and August 2028. University career-services listings for the cycle, such as a 2026 Secondaries–Credit summer role posted through UCLA, carry the same business-area split. Because each seat belongs to a specific business area, a credit intern and a wealth-management intern apply to different openings — so a candidate has to decide which part of the platform they are aiming at before applying, not after.

For the cohort starting June 2027, Ares has published its Summer Internship Program timeline:

• Applications open: 31 August 2026 (no fixed close date stated; the firm advises applying early)
• Interviews: September–October 2026
• Offers extended: October–November 2026
• Program start: June 2027

Interviews open almost immediately after applications, and the firm notes the process "varies slightly by team" and mixes video and in-person rounds. With offers landing inside roughly an eight-week stretch from late August, this is a compressed on-cycle process: a candidate is interviewing in September–October for a role that does not start until the following June, so preparation and the decision to commit have to be front-loaded almost a year ahead of the work itself.

Ares is a buy-side alternative asset manager with $644 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2026, founded in 1997 and built first on credit. Its Credit group — roughly $422.6 billion of that total, and home to Ares Capital Corporation, the largest US business development company by market capitalisation — is the firm's largest business (Q1 2026 results coverage). For an early-career applicant that sets Ares apart from more equity- or real-estate-led peers: the centre of gravity is private credit and direct lending, so the largest share of intern seats sits in credit investing rather than M&A advisory or public-markets trading. It is a firm worth one of a limited number of applications for someone specifically drawn to buy-side credit and private-markets work, and a weaker fit for a candidate set on sell-side advisory.

Yes. Ares Management currently has 6 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom and Singapore. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

Ares Management has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to Ares Management go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. Ares Management does not use third-party submission services.