Strategy & Innovation Intern

Strategy & Innovation Intern

Reports to: Associate Director of Creative

Location: Washington, D.C. (3 days in office & 2 days remote each week)

Internship dates: 1/12/2026 - 4/10/2026

Status: Full-Time; Non-Exempt

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

Benefit: Health leave at a rate of 3.33 hours per pay period

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

The Hub Project is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented intern to support our efforts to engage content creators and social media consumers across a variety of education and advocacy issues. As an intern on the Strategy & Innovation team, you’ll play a key role in helping to plan and execute innovative virtual and in-person events, managing databases, creating social graphics and copy for various social platforms. We’re looking for someone who understands the evolving digital landscape, gets excited about the latest trends in social and video, and is eager to explore new ways creators can influence public conversations and advance social causes. This is a paid position.

As a Strategy & Innovation Intern, you'll:

• Support the team in planning and executing successful virtual and in-person events.
• ​​Track content and monitor key conversations relevant to our advocacy work.
• Brainstorm innovative ideas to bring new creators into the issue education and advocacy space.
• Assist in drafting social media content and design graphics.
• Quickly mobilize around rapid-response moments to create social content.
• Assist with day-to-day tasks, including scheduling, email correspondence, updating creator database, and internal documentation.

About you:

• You’re passionate about the intersection of content creation, culture, and social impact. 
• You have an interest in design and experimenting with style, tone, color, and fonts
• You stay up-to-date on digital trends, emerging platforms, and conversations being shaped 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 some experience drafting social media content, graphic design and video editing
• 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.