Polling and Outreach Intern
Reports to: Director of Polling & Analytics
Location: Washington, D.C. (3 days in office & 2 days remote each week)
Internship dates: 9/9/2026 - 12/4/2026
Status: Full-Time; Non-Exempt
Compensation: $20/hour not to exceed 40 hours/week
Benefits: 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 order economy and participate in our democracy. We make that vision a reality by partnering with advocacy groups, bringing surge capacity and coordination to building innovative and effective campaigns.
Position Summary
The Hub Project's Polling and Analytics campaign is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2026 Internship. We are a fast-moving organization that is always ready to jump into the next fight, so the right person for the internship is not afraid of taking on new opportunities to move people to action and quickly responding to an ever-changing news cycle.
Job Duties
As an intern for the Polling and Outreach team, you will be:
- Creating and editing draft presentations or memos, newsletters, and press releases using polling data
- Providing support and conducting background research to help inform questionnaire design
- Reading and understanding topline and crosstab data, and learning basic data analysis skills
- Drafting social media content for different platforms, using data from recent surveys
- Attending meetings with partner organizations to help inform future research
- Monitoring public polling for key trends and communicating relevant data to internal campaign teams
- Performing other duties as assigned
About you:
- You have a demonstrated interest in progressive causes
- You are proficient in Google slides and sheets and/or PowerPoint
- You are a skilled writer with the ability to modify messages and tone to move particular audiences
- You are an effective multi-tasker
- You are extremely organized, detail-oriented, and analytical
In addition, it would be a bonus if:
- You have taken coursework in statistics
- You have experience with a statistical package such as STATA, R, or SPSS
- You have experience working on progressive issue campaigns