Interpublic Group Internship 2027–2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply

Last updated: September 2026

If you are searching for an Interpublic Group internship, the first thing to know is that the company you are searching for was bought. Omnicom completed its acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies on November 26, 2025, a deal reported to value IPG at between $13 billion and $14 billion. IPG went into it with $10.7 billion in 2024 revenue and 53,300 employees. Then the brands went: in the first half of 2026 Omnicom retired FCB and MullenLowe alongside its own DDB, consolidating global advertising into three networks (BBDO, TBWA and McCann), and roughly 4,000 roles were cut. The careers board a student lands on today is still, literally, IPG's: Omnicom's job search runs at interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC. On September 7, 2026 that board carried 1,412 live jobs and exactly five internships, four of them at Credera (a consulting firm) and one at FleishmanHillard (PR). None at a legacy IPG advertising or media agency.

Quick Facts

IPG no longer exists as an independent company. The internships that do exist are at Credera ($30–$33/hr consulting) and FleishmanHillard (PR, Washington DC). Apply through the Workday board that still lives at interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC.

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What Is an Interpublic Group Internship?

There is no Interpublic Group internship. IPG ceased to exist as an independent company on November 26, 2025, when Omnicom completed its acquisition. What exists now is the combined Omnicom careers board, which on September 7, 2026 carried five live intern requisitions: four at Credera (Omnicom's consulting arm, offering Management Consulting, Technology Solutions, Experience Design and Marketing Solutions internships) and one summer digital internship at FleishmanHillard in Washington DC. Not one of those five is at a legacy IPG agency. McCann, the surviving creative network most closely tied to IPG's history, recruits separately. Omnicom reports $6.0 billion in Q2 2026 revenue with 6.1% organic growth and describes itself as "the world's leading marketing and sales company."

When Do Interpublic Group Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?

The timeline for this employer is a merger timeline first and a recruiting timeline second. Omnicom closed the IPG acquisition on November 26, 2025. The portfolio restructuring (retiring FCB, MullenLowe and DDB, cutting approximately 4,000 roles) ran through the first half of 2026. In August 2026, Omnicom merged Hearts & Science with IPG's Mediahub into a new 40-market network called Hearts United. Against that backdrop, Credera posted four internships in September 2026 and FleishmanHillard has had a DC digital internship live for 30+ days. No Summer 2027 creative, media or advertising internship at any agency in the combined group was live on September 7, 2026.

How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.

Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open

The urgency here is structural rather than seasonal. A company that has just cut 4,000 roles and retired three agency brands is in flux, and the intern requisitions that do exist (Credera's four consulting tracks at $30 to $33 an hour) are open until filled with no published deadline. Credera treats its interns "like a full-time consultant from day one" and provides a dedicated Career Coach and Project Mentor. These seats will close when they fill, and the people who apply during the restructuring window, when many students are still searching for an employer that no longer exists, face less competition than those who wait.

Which Interpublic Group Internship Programs Should You Target?

There is no single Interpublic or Omnicom internship program. There are agency programs, and after the merger there are fewer agencies. Here is what is actually live:

Search the board at interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC by agency name, not by "Interpublic." Nothing on the board is branded IPG.

What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Requirements differ by agency. Here are the two sets currently published:

• Credera (all four tracks): currently pursuing a bachelor's degree, "demonstrated academic achievement" (no numeric GPA), "previous leadership experience through student organizations, coursework, work experience, athletics, or community involvement," authorization to work in the US without sponsorship, willingness to relocate to a Credera office for the duration.

• Credera Technology Solutions: additionally requires foundational programming or technical skills through coursework or projects.

• Credera Experience Design: additionally requires foundational experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

• FleishmanHillard: college junior, senior or recent graduate, at least a 3.0 GPA, familiarity with social media platforms and paid social tools, and genuine curiosity about AI in communications.

• Visa sponsorship: Credera explicitly requires US work authorization without sponsorship. FleishmanHillard's requisition is silent on the point.

Does This Company Have a GPA Requirement?

It depends on the agency. Credera's four internships ask for "demonstrated academic achievement" and no numeric GPA, leading with leadership experience instead. FleishmanHillard explicitly states "at least a 3.0 GPA." That split is worth knowing: the higher-paying consulting internships ($30 to $33 an hour) do not gate on GPA, while the PR internship does.

What Skills Does Interpublic Group Look For, and How Do You Build Them?

Every live intern requisition at this company names AI. FleishmanHillard's framing is the most specific: the ideal candidate is "genuinely curious about artificial intelligence, eager to learn how to effectively use AI tools to solve marketing challenges, and thoughtful about understanding both the capabilities and limitations of AI in communications work." Omnicom's entire corporate story is now Omni, its AI-driven marketing intelligence platform, and the intern requisitions reflect that. Beyond AI, the corpus of five live JDs is dominated by consulting skills (Credera's four tracks) rather than advertising skills, because no advertising internship was live.

How Is Demand for Advertising & Consulting Interns Moving Right Now?

Build These Skills Before You Apply

Every live requisition asks for AI fluency and demonstrated project work. A remote Externship delivers both.

Credera's basic qualifications ask for "demonstrated academic achievement" and "previous leadership experience." A completed Externship answers both in a single line on your resume, and the AI-focused ones speak directly to the language every requisition at this company uses.

What Is the Interpublic Group Application and Interview Process Like?

The process starts with finding the right URL, which is harder than it should be:

1. Stop searching for interpublic.com. It redirects to Omnicom's corporate site. careers.interpublic.com does not resolve at all.

2. Do not go to omc.com/careers. It returns a 404. Omnicom's corporate website has no careers section.

3. Go to the Workday board: interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC. This is the single board for the combined company, with each requisition tagged by agency.

4. Search by agency name, not by "Interpublic." Nothing on the board is branded IPG. If you want a McCann posting, search McCann.

5. Expect the return-to-office condition. Omnicom's policy, printed inside the intern requisitions: minimum three days in office, five at many agencies, and the stated objective of increasing the requirement over time.

6. Apply through the board's Workday flow. Each requisition has its own apply button within the Workday system.

Omnicom publishes no description of its intern interview format, and no verifiable first-hand account of an intern interview at this company was located. Prepare for a behavioral interview with a consulting case component for the Credera tracks. Our HireVue question guide with a free AI mock tool covers the behavioral format.

What Reddit Says

Reddit is unusually strong for this employer because the IPG acquisition is one of the most-discussed events in r/advertising. These threads are about full-time employment, not internships, but they are the most relevant community evidence for a student deciding whether to join this company in 2026.

How Do You Stand Out at a Company That Just Restructured?

Three moves. First, know which agencies still exist. BBDO, TBWA and McCann are the three surviving global creative networks. FCB and MullenLowe were retired in the first half of 2026 alongside Omnicom's own DDB. If a careers article tells you to apply to an FCB internship, it is out of date. Second, have a real answer on AI. Every single live intern requisition at this company names AI. FleishmanHillard wants someone "thoughtful about understanding both the capabilities and limitations of AI in communications work," and Omnicom's entire corporate story is now Omni, its AI marketing platform. Third, go in with clear eyes. Roughly 4,000 roles were cut, three agency brands were retired, and current employees describe frozen promotions and reduced benefits. An internship is still an internship and the experience will depend far more on the team than on the holding company, but ask the hiring manager directly how their team came through the restructuring.

What Other Companies Should You Consider?

Because IPG no longer exists, the peer set is the surviving holding companies and the agency networks that absorbed IPG's people.

Our marketing internships guide maps the full landscape of advertising and marketing opportunities, timeline by timeline.

FAQ

Can I still apply for a summer 2026 Interpublic internship?

No, and you cannot apply for an Interpublic internship at all. IPG ceased to exist as an independent company on November 26, 2025, when Omnicom completed its acquisition. Any internship you take at a former IPG agency is now an Omnicom internship, applied for through the Workday board at interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC.

What happened to FCB and MullenLowe?

Both were retired during the first half of 2026, along with Omnicom's own DDB, when Omnicom consolidated global advertising into three networks: BBDO, TBWA and McCann. Trade press reported FCB folding under BBDO, and DDB and MullenLowe into TBWA, with roughly 4,000 roles cut.

Where do I actually apply now?

At interpublic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/OMC. That is Omnicom's single careers board for the combined company, still running on IPG's old Workday tenant. Omnicom's corporate site at omc.com has no careers section; omc.com/careers returns a 404.

What do these internships pay?

The Credera Management Consulting Intern requisition states $30 to $33 an hour, employer-published in a live posting. The other four live requisitions state no rate. That $30 to $33 is a consulting rate and should not be read as what an advertising internship at this company pays.

What GPA do I need?

It depends on the agency. The FleishmanHillard summer digital internship requires at least a 3.0 GPA. None of the four Credera internships states a numeric GPA; they ask instead for demonstrated academic achievement plus prior leadership experience.

Do I have to work in the office?

Yes, mostly. Omnicom's policy, printed inside the intern requisitions, is a minimum of three days a week, with many agencies already at five days, and a stated objective to increase the requirement. The FleishmanHillard internship is explicitly hybrid. No fully remote internship was found.

Does Omnicom sponsor work visas for interns?

Credera's four internships state authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship as a basic qualification. The FleishmanHillard requisition is silent on the point, so ask directly.

Should I look at McCann instead?

McCann is one of the three surviving global creative networks and absorbed a large share of IPG's creative talent, so it is the most direct successor to an IPG creative internship. It is worth researching as its own employer.

The company behind "Interpublic internship" no longer exists, but the internships do, and the consulting ones pay $30 to $33 an hour. A remote Externship gives your application the AI and strategy evidence every live requisition at this company asks for.