Internship Overview 

The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 12 - July 25, 2025, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Outside Sales & Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.   

What makes a Great Intern:  

Action Oriented: Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm 

Manages Ambiguity: Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details 

Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others 

Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder 

Communication: Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience 

Customer Focus: Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions 

Drives Results: Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks. 

 

Description of the Major/Subject Area 

We are looking for an enthusiastic marketing intern to join our department and provide creative ideas to help achieve our goals. You will have administrative duties in developing and implementing marketing strategies. Marketing Interns will collaborate with our marketing and advertising team in all stages of marketing campaigns and provide insightful contributions to help develop, expand and maintain our marketing channels. This internship will help you acquire marketing skills and provide you with knowledge of various marketing strategies. Ultimately, interns will gain broad experience in marketing and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced work environment. 

Key Responsibilities:

Event paid advertising 

Social media content creation 

Designing and presenting new social media campaign ideas 

Assist in the creation of video and image content for marketing channels 

Participate in marketing brainstorming sessions 

Support the marketing team in daily administrative tasks 

Help organize marketing events 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

Omni-channel design experience  

Project Management  

Analytics experience  

Ability to deliver clear, persuasive presentations to audiences using storytelling techniques to enhance message/presentation 

Ability to researches and collect data to address business questions

Preferred GPA 3.0 or above 

​Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time)  

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in Marketing / Creative:  

Copywriter 

Designer 

Marketing Analyst  

Marketing Specialist  

 Location:

Remote Interns will be primarily remote throughout the 11-week program but may be required to travel to our Atlanta corporate office (Store Support Center) for up to 3 weeks during the program. Travel expenses will be covered for eligible interns.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Typically reports to ManagerNo responsibility for supervising others.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.