Overview of Adobe’s Student Athlete Micro-Internship
Adobe's Student-Athlete Micro Internship Program is focused on giving athletes a unique opportunity to gain valuable skills and work on real-world projects. As an Adobe intern, you’ll put your smarts and creativity to work on business-critical projects, you’ll be mentored by the top talents in your field, and you’ll get all the credit when you dream up our next big thing. Our SAMI Internship Program is 8 weeks long (May 26th, 2026 - July 24th, 2026) and part-time (25 hours per week).
The Opportunity
We are seeking an outstanding Social Media Influencer intern to join our dynamic Influencer Marketing team! Tasked with supporting Business Professional and Consumer audience marketing initiatives, identifying emerging talents, and overseeing daily operations in coordination with our influencer agency for our influencer program. The Social Media Influencer intern will assist in marketing campaigns and brand initiatives! They will use tools like Creator IQ, Sprout Social, and internal tools to select and identify talent. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Social Media & Influencer Marketing.
What You’ll Do:
- Build overarching influencer social marketing strategies per category, inflection, campaign, event, or other key moments and maintaining cultural relevance.
- Develop comprehensive briefs for influencer programs, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Be accountable for sharing performance indicators, influencer feedback loop, and program improvements.
- Maintain knowledge and expertise in the influencer marketing economy and have a pulse on trends and leaders in the social community.
- Assist influencers in gaining product access in collaboration with the social strategy team and PMM or equivalent experience.
- Collaborate with teams passionate about community engagement to distinguish between Influencer and Ambassador programs. Improve overall strategy in alignment with objectives.
- Assist in trend mining across channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, etc.) to identify up and coming influencers and industry leading talent.
What You Need to Succeed
- Must be a student-athlete currently enrolled in a school-sanctioned sport and pursuing a U.S.-based accredited college or university with a target graduation date between December 2026 – August 2028
- Ability to participate in a part-time internship between end of May and July 2026.
- Pursuing a degree Marketing, Advertising, Digital Marketing, or a related field with an interest in influencer marketing, partnerships, or social media marketing.
- Exposure to influencer marketing platforms like CreatorIQ, Aspire, or Tagger for influencer sourcing, vetting, campaign management, and reporting.
- Hands-on experience with social media analytics tools such as Sprout Social or Sprinklr, native platform insights (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X), and internal dashboards to measure performance and inform optimization.
- Understanding of social media trends, changes in the creator economy, and content formats, along with the skill to spot up-and-coming talent and strategic openings.
