Advertising Creative Intern - Fall 2026

Tennis Channel is offering an unpaid fall internship for students centered on paid media and creative marketing. This role offers a hands-on, educational experience creating static and video assets that run across paid advertising placements in support of app subscription growth. The internship is designed to provide real-world exposure to paid media creative production, cross-channel adaptation, and creative testing while earning academic credit.

Only students  who are currently attending an accredited institution and registered for college credits at this institution during the Fall 2026 quarter or semester will be considered. 

Our internships are onsite in our Santa Monica, CA office.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of paid media creative development across static and video formats

• Experience supporting creative for paid social and cross-channel ad campaigns

• Exposure to creative testing and how iteration drives app subscription growth

• Insight into how performance data informs creative decisions

• Development of skills adapting one creative concept across multiple formats and channels

Learning Opportunities

• Creating static ad creative for use across all paid placements

• Producing quick-cut social videos for paid social campaigns

• Resizing and reformatting creative across our full channel mix so one concept flexes into every format needed

• Producing multiple creative variants — hooks, headlines, and visuals — as part of developing a creative testing framework

• Collaborating with the Growth Marketing team to translate campaign goals into creative direction

Qualifications

• This is an unpaid internship

• Current college student eligible for academic credit from the college currently attending

• Currently a junior or senior enrolled in an accredited college or university

• Interest in graphic design, marketing, film/video, or creative production

• Strong organizational and communication skills

• Familiarity with design or motion tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite) is a plus

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

• At least 18 years of age

• Available to be fully on site in our Santa Monica office

• Able to commit to a minimum of 15–20 hours per week and 2 days per week

Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the only multiplatform destination dedicated solely to tennis year-round. Together, the Tennis Channel flagship network, Tennis Channel 2, and the Tennis Channel app (tennischannel.com) deliver the most accessible and concentrated single-sport coverage anywhere. As the exclusive U.S. home of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour, Tennis Channel features live coverage of every Masters 1000 tournament — including Indian Wells, the Miami Open, Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, and more — alongside live studio programming including its premier series, TC Live. Tennis Channel 2, a free FAST channel available in over 100 million homes, brings fans matches from across the globe at every level of the game. The Tennis Channel app brings it all together in one place, delivering live and on-demand matches, original content, and a personalized multi-view experience for fans, available on mobile and connected TV devices. Owned by Sinclair, Tennis Channel is also a co-owner of PickleballTV (pickleballtv.com), a joint venture with the Professional Pickleball Association.

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, ROAR, and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.

This is an unpaid internship opportunity. No hourly wage or salary will be provided. The internship is structured as an educational and training experience and is intended to comply with applicable federal and California requirements for unpaid internships. Interns are not eligible for company-sponsored employee benefits, except as otherwise required by applicable law

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