Intern, Market Research

This internship isn’t an active search right now. We’re planning our Spring 2027 cohort — if you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you early, and we’ll be in touch when applications open.

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We create research-driven narratives that transform. Harnessing unparalleled creativity and uncompromising precision, we provide storytelling research, insights, and strategy for the most influential and ascendant companies in tech, entertainment, non-profit, and public policy. From messaging architectures to brand platforms, policy to product, our team of strategy, messaging, design, and research experts hone communications insights to craft stories that help our clients confidently tell their own.

At the heart of our organization is our mission to be an indispensable strategic partner with diverse, innovative, and global capabilities.

We’re looking for a Market Research Intern for Spring 2027 to join us in continuously raising the bar to do just that.

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Our interns aren’t observers — they’re integral contributors who gain practical experience and professional connections. This paid internship is a rotational experience across our Narrative & Strategy, Survey Research, and Participant Recruitment teams, giving you hands-on experience with the full market research lifecycle: how studies are designed, how participants are found, how data is gathered and checked, and how findings become stories that move decisions.

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You’ll work closely with our strategy experts to help translate research into compelling deliverables, contributing to everything from early-stage research design to final presentations.

• Research client topics to inform focus group questions and prompts that align with study objectives.
• Observe focus groups to listen for insights, develop findings, and engage in the virtual backroom discussion.
• Organize data, input documents, and transcripts for client delivery and key quote curation.
• Draft and present deliverables to Storyline leadership for practice and exposure.

You’ll dive into the mechanics of quantitative research. Under senior guidance, you’ll help program, manage, and transform the hard numbers that ground our strategic narratives.

• Assist with survey programming and testing in Decipher/Forsta.
• Support fieldwork management — monitoring fieldwork pace and gaps, conducting data cleaning, and communicating fieldwork updates.
• Conduct quality control of interim and final data outputs.

You’ll be the engine of our research operations, managing the logistics, sourcing, and communication required to find the right participants for every study.

• Identify and develop sourcing channels for hard-to-reach and mainstream populations, and develop creative outreach strategies for niche targets (e.g., B2B decision-makers, policy experts).
• Draft and refine screener questionnaires, conduct multi-channel outreach, and review responses to assess eligibility and flag edge cases.
• Schedule and confirm research sessions, manage participant pipelines in CRM tools, and handle all participant communications with professionalism and care.
• Maintain recruitment logs, track progress against targets, identify bottlenecks, and support quality control (e.g., addressing no-shows or quota shortfalls).

You’re a college senior, recent graduate, graduate student, or young professional with a keen interest in learning about the world of research and communications consulting. You have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, especially when managing multiple deadlines or reviewing data against eligibility criteria.
• A team-first work ethic, a deep desire to learn market…