Trending Up Intern

Trending Up Intern

Reports to: Digital Partnerships Director

Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid)

Internship dates: May 28th, 2025 - August 8th, 2025

Status: Full-Time; Non-Exempt

Compensation: $20/hour not to exceed 40 hours/week

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to creating an environment where people from all backgrounds can participate, grow, and succeed in our organization. We believe we have a duty to use our power and privilege to contribute to transformational change to ensure our government is working for everyone and that all families have a fair shot. 
 

About The Hub

Launched in 2016, The Hub Project is a nonprofit effort made up of a growing team of communications, research, and organizing experts with extensive experience in campaign strategy, digital, polling, and analytics. We believe in a country where everyone has the opportunity to succeed in our economy and participate in our democracy. We make that vision a reality by partnering with advocacy groups – bringing surge capacity and coordination to build innovative and effective campaigns.

Position Summary

Trending Up is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented intern to support our efforts to engage content creators in issue education and advocacy. As a Trending Up intern, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the creator ecosystem by helping to plan and execute innovative virtual and in-person events, managing databases, and assisting with social media accounts. We’re looking for someone who understands the evolving digital landscape, follows emerging content trends, and is eager to explore new ways creators can influence public conversations and advance social causes. This is a paid position.

As a Trending Up Intern, you'll:

• Brainstorm innovative ideas to bring new creators into the issue education and advocacy space.
• Support the Trending Up team in planning and executing successful virtual and in-person events.
• Maintain and update databases of creators and partners.
• ​​Track content and monitor key conversations relevant to our advocacy work.
• Assist with day-to-day tasks, including scheduling, email correspondence, and internal documentation.
• Assisting in drafting social media content to promote Trending Up initiatives and engage with creators.

About you:

• You’re passionate about the intersection of content creation, culture, and social impact. 
• You stay up-to-date on digital trends, emerging platforms, and the creators shaping conversations online. 
• You understand the content creator landscape and follow advocacy creators across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
• You’re a creative thinker with a keen eye for storytelling and an interest in how content can drive social change.
• You’re excited about how creators can shape public discourse and advance social causes.
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and analytical even in a fast-paced work environment
• You have a demonstrated interest in progressive causes
• You are proactive with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

Hiring Statement

The Hub Project is a project of New Venture Fund (NVF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. NVF is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NVF’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working

E-Verify 

NVF participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and employees authorized to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.

How to apply

This announcement will remain posted until the position is filled. Please note that only those individuals whose qualifications match the current needs of this position will be considered applicants and will receive responses from The Hub Project. Thank you for your interest.