Early Internship Program - Summer 2026 (Marketing & Communications Intern)

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence™. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values-agility, expertise, and trust-we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

M.C. Dean is seeking summer interns to support its Marketing & Communications department. These paid positions offer experience at a large engineering and technology company based in the Washington, D.C. metro area.


The marketing and communications team is enhancing the company's brand and digital presence to support marketing, communications, and branding programs. This is an exciting opportunity for candidates to gain cross-disciplinary experience, including strategic marketing and market intelligence, branding, web development, social media, internal communications and corporate social responsibility within a dynamic team.


Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Researching, writing, editing, and coordinating content for the firm's website, intranet, social media sites, and marketing materials

• Assisting with promotions, events, client meetings, and special projects

• Supporting website maintenance by preparing and uploading new content, and monitoring SEO effectiveness

• Supporting corporate and sub brand refresh efforts, including research, documentation, template updates, and training materials.

• Collaborating with leadership, technical, and marketing communications team members in the preparation of content and/or graphics for digital or print-based materials

• Providing research, tracking, and analytics support for integrated marketing campaigns

• Supporting market intelligence, competitive analysis and market segmentation research and reporting efforts

Qualifications

Required Skills / Qualifications

• Excellent written communications skills

• An eagerness to learn fast, work hard, and produce quality work

• The ability to operate successfully both on independent assignments and as part of a team

• Demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines

• A willingness to handle routine, repetitive tasks

• Problem-solving and resourcefulness to tackle more complex and substantive work

• Strong writing and editing skills

• Demonstrated analytical skills with research experience

• Organizational skills and attention to detail

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Availability to work full time (40 hours/week) during the summer

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of Associate Press style guidelines

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and basic HTML

• Experience with data/statistical analysis tools

• Experience with social media distribution and tracking tools and Google Analytics

Education / Experience

• Currently pursuing a high school degree or equivalent

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time

• Sitting for extended periods of time

• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction

• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard

• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand

• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing

• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense

• Identify and understand the speech of another person