Internship Fields
Build Your Career in Marketing with an Internship Abroad
Every company, firm, and organization needs marketing, and learning how it works in another country gives you a perspective that domestic experience simply cannot offer. A marketing internship abroad puts you inside a real professional environment where you develop the skills to reach audiences in a different language, market, and cultural context.
Placements span a wide range of marketing environments, from large corporations to small agencies. In larger companies, interns typically work within established projects and client accounts. In smaller agencies, the work tends to be more hands-on, with contributions across marketing, advertising, and public relations. Database analysis, event promotions, advertising support, and creative projects are among the types of work past interns have been involved in.
Marketing internships are available in Spain, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Mexico, with programs running year-round.
An international marketing internship gives you real professional experience alongside the cross-cultural perspective that makes you a stronger marketer. Here is why marketing students choose to intern abroad with Adelante:
Placements are in active professional environments where you contribute to ongoing campaigns, client work, and strategic projects.
Consumer behavior, brand communication, and advertising approaches vary significantly across cultures, and working abroad gives you a first-hand understanding of that.
Writing, communicating, and strategizing in Spanish builds bilingual marketing skills that are increasingly valuable across industries.
Past interns have worked across advertising, public relations, digital marketing, events, and data analytics, giving them a well-rounded view of the field.
Most Adelante interns receive academic credit through their home university, with full documentation support from our team.
Marketing is a broad field, and our placements reflect that. Here is a look at the types of work our marketing interns have taken on across their placements:
Get placed in a small or mid-sized marketing or advertising agency where you contribute to client campaigns, creative projects, and public relations strategies. In smaller agencies, interns often take on more hands-on responsibilities across multiple areas of the business, giving you a well-rounded view of how a marketing agency operates.
Some placements are within the marketing or communications department of a larger corporation, where interns integrate into established projects and client accounts. These roles give you exposure to how marketing functions within a larger organizational structure and at a greater scale.
Some marketing placements involve working on events, fairs, and promotional campaigns, supporting the planning and execution of marketing activations that connect brands with their target audiences in a live setting.
Some placements focus on the more analytical side of marketing, including database analysis, questionnaires, data reporting, and web analytics. These roles are a strong fit for interns interested in the strategic and research-driven aspects of the field.
Destinations
Spain
Madrid is one of Europe's major business and advertising hubs, with a well-developed marketing and communications sector that gives marketing interns access to a wide range of companies and agencies in a dynamic professional environment.
Spain
Barcelona has a strong creative and digital marketing community, with a thriving agency scene and a wide range of companies that offer marketing interns meaningful exposure to real campaigns and client work.
Spain
Seville offers marketing placements in a more close-knit professional environment, with companies and agencies working across a range of industries in one of Spain's most culturally vibrant cities.
Latin America
Chile has one of Latin America's most active business and marketing sectors, offering marketing interns a distinct and professionally engaging experience in a growing economy.
Latin America
Uruguay offers marketing placements in a welcoming and professionally rich environment, with companies and agencies working across a range of industries in one of South America's most stable and open economies.
Latin America
Ecuador offers marketing placements across a range of organizations and industries, providing interns with a meaningful and community-rooted professional experience in a country with a growing economy.
Latin America
Oaxaca is home to a range of organizations and businesses that offer marketing interns a grassroots and community-focused experience in one of Mexico's most culturally significant regions.
Programs
Barcelona
Intern in Barcelona with housing, placement, and language classes included. Guaranteed placements across 30+ fields, programs starting monthly.
Madrid
Intern in Madrid with housing, placement, and language classes included. Guaranteed placements across 30+ fields, programs starting monthly.
Seville
Intern in Seville with housing, placement, and language classes included. Guaranteed placements across 30+ fields, programs starting monthly.
Viña del Mar – Valparaíso
Intern in Chile with housing, placement, and language classes included. Guaranteed placements across 30+ fields, programs starting monthly.
Quito – Ambato
Intern in Ecuador with housing, placement, and language classes included. Guaranteed placements across multiple fields; programs start monthly.
Montevideo – Punta del Este
Intern in Uruguay with housing, placement, and language classes included. Build your resume while living in Montevideo or Punta del Este.
Oaxaca
Volunteer or intern in Oaxaca, Mexico across a range of fields. Affordable programs with housing included and flexible durations from 2 to 6+ months.
What’s included
Both our Internship Abroad and Study Abroad Programs are among the most affordable you’ll find. Explore a new country and gain meaningful internship experience that makes a difference, without being limited by your budget.
Enjoy your own private room in a shared city-center apartment, conveniently located near your placement, local life, and weekend adventures.
You’ll receive a signed contract from your host organization before you arrive. We have placed 100% of our candidates in one of their requested fields and stand behind that with a guarantee.
Your Adelante director builds your placement around your background, interests, Spanish proficiency level, and areas of interest. No cookie-cutter placements.
We help you identify and articulate the skills you’ve built abroad, an essential step in translating impactful international work into language that resonates on your resume, in interviews, and on graduate school applications.
Nearly every Adelante intern who needed academic credit has received it. We provide full documentation and can work with your home institution to meet their requirements.
How to apply
Fill out our simple online application. There is no fee to apply, and it takes only a few minutes to get started.
Eligible candidates receive a link to schedule a free, first assessment interview by phone or Google Meet.
We’ll learn about your background, areas of interest, Spanish level, and goals so we can start building the right placement for you.
In real time or within 1–2 business days, you will receive your interview results by email. Successful candidates receive an acceptance letter with clear next steps.
Confirm your spot within one week of acceptance with a $325 confirmation fee. This means there is no tire-kicking, and you are committed to going abroad. A second interview and full placement details follow soon after.
Once confirmed, you will receive a comprehensive Pre-Departure Information Packet with everything you need to prepare for your time abroad, including visa guidance if required, along with cultural prep.
Reviews
Read what past interns, students and volunteers say about their time abroad with Adelante.
After you’ve been accepted into the program, our team carefully matches you with a host company based on your background, goals, and interests. Your internship placement will be finalized 1 month before your departure date, giving you plenty of time to prepare for your experience abroad.
Adelante Abroad has earned the trust of thousands of candidates worldwide through 25 years of guaranteed placements and life-changing experiences. Since 1999, we’ve specialized in providing affordable, customized internship and study abroad programs across Spain, Latin America, and Scotland, and we’re not a large, impersonal agency. We’re a team of seasoned travelers and international education professionals who’ve lived abroad ourselves and know what it takes to make your experience a success.
Every program is built around you: your goals, your values, your background. With in-country directors operating full-time in every city where we have programs, you’re never on your own. No matter where in the world you are.
Marketing experience abroad gives you a perspective on the field that is difficult to develop anywhere else. Apply today and let Adelante find the right placement to help you grow your skills and career in a new country.
