INTERNS VOTED: These Are Their 20 Favorite Advertising Internships In The U.S.

Earlier this week, we announced the preliminary results of the best advertising internships in the United States ranked by the people who know—the interns themselves.

Internship King, a year-old website, has collected the top advertising internships across the country and asked interns to vote on their favorites based on everything from salary to the city it was in to the job potential at the end of the summer. The polls are closed, and the interns have spoken.

"Some agencies will have unpaid programs so it's a way to have cheap labor, but others provide a platform," Ted Williams, founder of Internship King, told BI. "And the feedback from the agencies is great—they're happy to have a place that's a hub to talk about agency programs."

Things to keep in mind when looking at the results: Interns from various past years all voted, even though salary and supervisors in 2008 are probably different from 2012. Also, even though an experience at CP+B Miami is probably very different from CP+B Boulder, the ratings are compiled into a single result for the agency as a whole.

All of the following quotes and information were left by interns on Internship King.

Did they get it right or wrong? If you have internship stories of agency experiences, email them to LStampler@businessinsider.com.

1. MRY

Internship King compiled a full collection of information on the agency here.

Headquarters: New York, NY

Annual Interns: 15

Average Pay: $10/hour (although many said it was unpaid)

Pros: "HUGE clients;" "Listened to my ideas;" "I think the best part of the internship was the intern project. I had an intern group of 7 and we created a campaign for a well known consumer product brand. This was a great experience and we got the chance to pitch to the whole agency at the end of the internship."

Cons: While most past interns listed that there were "NICHE players" and "You would be CRAZY not to love interning here!" one noted that he/she "wanted to see more production (TV, Print, etc)."

2. Campbell Mithun

Internship King compiled a full collection of information on the agency here.

Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN

Annual Interns: 13

Average Pay: $10.30 (ranging from $13 for Copywriter to $9 for account manager)

Pros: "Get credited as an Art Director on campaigns (as opposed to being a junior or intern)," "Led to an entry level position," "I became super close to all the other interns and I learned what it's like to work at an ad agency day in and day out. Everybody at Campbell Mithun was outstanding to us interns and easy to work with - I could tell they took pride in their well known internship program."

Cons: "The client/product isn't as sexy as shops on the coasts. However, the product is always strategically sound and managed in a manner that impresses their clients." Although one other noted that some clients were "conservative."

3. Erwin-Penland

Internship King compiled a full collection of information on the agency here.

Headquarters: Chicago, IL

Annual Interns: 120

Average Pay: $8 to $15

Pros: "It's in Chicago, you get real work at a one of the greats in the business and you work with some of the best young talent in the business;" "Trusted to maintain websites for Canon "Photo5" and "Photochains;" "In addition to work, every Wednesday there is a Lunch and Learn, were the agency has top executives speak to interns."

Cons: "Culture is different a little more laid back. Not a bad thing, just took some getting used to;" "Some parts of the internship, I had to seek out things to do. This was a good think since it allowed me to self select projects at Leo."

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