2027 Summer Intern: Marketing - MBA

Overview: Smile At What’s Next

At PepsiCo, you have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and help shape what's next. As one of the world's leading food and beverage companies—including beloved brands like Gatorade, Lay's, and Quaker—we create smiles with every sip and bite. Behind our products is a connected system that links ingredient sourcing with farmers to how we make, move, and deliver products, driving positive impact for our business and communities. At the heart of PepsiCo are our people: professionals who bring curiosity, drive, and fresh thinking to collaboratively solve challenges, unlock opportunities, and create meaningful impact for consumers, customers, and communities.

No matter your role, you will be part of a connected community where your contributions matter, your voice is heard, and your development is supported. PepsiCo offers the chance to grow, belong, and help create what's next.

Mandatory Requirement: Please include your cover letter with your resume. Please upload both as one document in the “RESUME UPLOAD” section of the application.

Functional Description: Marketing Internship

PepsiCo’s marketing internship is an opportunity to tackle business challenges alongside experienced marketers at one of our three U.S. headquarter locations: Chicago, IL (PepsiCo Foods & Gatorade); Purchase, NY (Pepsi Beverages); or Plano, TX (PepsiCo Foods). We value the fresh perspective interns bring, and in return, we provide the chance to deliver a meaningful, comprehensive business recommendation.

As interns, you will fact-find and problem-solve to reach a recommendation, enjoying significant autonomy, full support, guidance, and feedback from managers, cross-functional partners, and the broader marketing organization. This internship allows interns to learn the business, build a network, and potentially earn a full-time opportunity upon graduation.

What You Can Expect

At PepsiCo, you will have the opportunity to think like an entrepreneur with global reach and resources to support you. As a Marketing Intern, you will be given significant responsibility to create high-impact marketing recommendations that enable PepsiCo to achieve short and long-term strategic business objectives.

In addition to core project work, you will develop and demonstrate functional ownership, leadership capability, creative thinking, analytical thinking, consumer empathy, and business acumen. The internship also provides exposure to best-in-class brands, campaigns, and marketers through professional development initiatives and mentorship.

Summer assignments may include:

• Developing overall brand strategy, including commercialization ideas in-store and online to meet long-term business goals (sales, distribution, household penetration, profits).
• Leveraging consumer insights to understand problems and serve as the voice in product, packaging, and/or communication development.
• Building new product innovation concepts and developing new product launch strategies.
• Developing impactful consumer promotions, events, and marketing programs.
• Leveraging insights to design social and digital campaigns, along with creative measurement tactics.
• Partnering with agencies in the creation of brand positioning and communication strategies.
• Using data to understand category and competitive dynamics to guide strategy and recommendations for future business opportunities.

The Summer Experience

We believe internships are critical to nurturing top talent for our future, so we make them meaningful. Here is some of the experience you can expect to gain:

• 10 weeks of marketing experience spanning core functions, including but not limited to brand, innovation, shopper marketing, and sports marketing.
• Assigned buddy to facilitate networking events and build lasting relationships.
• Exposure to executive leadership.
• Competitive pay.
• Insight into the many career tracks available as a marketer at PepsiCo, including General Management and CMO roles.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
• 3+ years of related work experience.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Highly focused, analytical thinker.
• Cross-functional collaborator with strong communication and influence skills.
• Proven people/project leadership throughout your career (academic or professional).
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment and make trade-off decisions quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Prior knowledge and/or experience with a consumer packaged goods corporation is preferred.
• Experience in Marketing is preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

Each candidate is expected to meet the following:

• Graduate with an MBA degree within one (1) year of internship completion (Dec 2027 or May 2028).
• 2-5 years of work experience.
• Ability to be located in one of the following areas: Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; or Purchase, NY.

This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. The expected compensation hourly pay range for hires into our 2027 campus intern openings is $55.50 - $56.30 hourly. Note that role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process when determining the actual starting salary. Hourly pay for campus hires is pre-determined and non-negotiable. We are committed to converting our interns to full-time opportunities, which come with a comprehensive benefits package subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), and a Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. The company adheres to all applicable laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Municipal Code Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, regarding criminal histories.