Polling and Outreach Intern

Reports to: Senior Manager, Polling & Analytics

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

Internship dates: 6/8/2026 - 8/21/2026

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 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 top line and cross tab data, and learning basic data analysis skills
• Drafting social media content for different platforms, using data from recent surveys
• Attending meetings with partners 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 

Hiring Statement

The Hub 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. Thank you for your interest.