Frontline Internships

Our goal to elevate sales as a discipline and as a profession, as well as driving to expand 3M’s diverse talent pool in marketing and business analytics, while providing students with robust opportunities to apply knowledge and skill sets acquired in the classroom to real-world work environments.

The assignments you receive during the internship are real-life and will drive real results. In addition to the work you are given in your individual role, there are three team projects – one small team project, one larger team project and one business team project.  Oftentimes the results of these projects are implemented across the company, allowing participants to see their hard work come to life and deliver results.

Depending on the area of focus of your internship, you may be placed in different locations:​
 

• Field sales – anywhere in the U.S.​
• Inside sales – St. Paul, MN​
• Marketing – St. Paul, MN or Austin, TX​
• Business analytics – St. Paul, MN

Field sales, inside sales, marketing and business analytics.

After being accepted into the Frontline Internship, you will be invited to join us for the annual 3M Frontline Conference, co-hosted by one of our partner universities in March or April. ​

When your internship begins, for the first two weeks, participants will attend an orientation and training program. You will then spend the remainder of the summer selling in a designated area, driving marketing projects or solving analytical problems in one of 3M’s four business groups: Safety and Industrial, Transportation & Electronics, Healthcare, and Consumer.

The Frontline Intern Program's open positions are posted in September and close in November. Search key word “Frontline” here.

Frontline was designed with the intent of increasing the amount of sales education content at universities. By collaborating with universities and faculty, as well as aligning 3M sales leaders and resources, 3M has had a hand in helping our partner universities develop their professional sales education programs. ​​

​Since 2012, the program has expanded to address business needs for undergraduate marketing roles. In 2016, based on the increased need to decipher and interpret big data, Frontline began offering business analyst roles. These expansions are helping 3M grow into the future.​​

​Frontline also enables 3M to address its needs for attracting a diverse talent pool of performance-ready, entry-level candidates. This need is reflective of the culture that exists at 3M today.