Search Optimization Intern, SEO & GEO - Summer 2027

About the Summer Internship Program

Our 10-week paid summer internship program is designed to help you apply your classroom learning to real business challenges while building professional skills and industry experience.

In addition to your day-to-day work on the team, you'll have opportunities to:

- Engage with Inspire leaders through executive speaker sessions and career conversations.
- Collaborate with fellow interns on a cross-functional business challenge and present recommendations to leaders.
- Participate in community service activities that support our commitment to being good citizens.
- Build relationships with interns and professionals across departments and brands.
- Develop business acumen, presentation skills, and a deeper understanding of how corporate functions support organizational success.

By the end of the summer, you'll have gained meaningful experience, expanded your professional network, strengthened your business knowledge, and developed greater confidence in your ability to contribute in a corporate environment.

Find Your Seat at the Table

Bring your curiosity, critical thinking mindset, and passion for learning. If you're excited to gain real-world experience while contributing to meaningful business initiatives, we'd love to hear from you.

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,400 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

Grow Your Career with Inspire
We believe the restaurant industry is one of America’s best places not only for a first job, but for a meaningful career.

As an SEO/GEO Intern, you will gain hands-on experience helping Inspire Brands improve how its restaurant brands and locations are discovered across traditional search engines, local search platforms, and AI-powered search experiences.

During this 10-week internship, you will support an SEO/GEO Site and Local Optimization Audit across Inspire’s portfolio of restaurant brands. You will evaluate technical, content, and local-search opportunities, translate your findings into actionable recommendations, and help create a repeatable audit framework that the team can use after the internship.

You will gain exposure to enterprise search engine optimization, or SEO, generative engine optimization, or GEO, local search, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to work supporting iconic restaurant brands, including Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC Drive-In.