Events Programming Intern

Foreign Policy (FP) seeks an Events Programming Intern to support the planning and execution of FP’s United Nations General Assembly programming. This full‑time, temporary internship involves working closely with the FP Events team to support speaker outreach, briefing preparation, research, scheduling, project tracking, and live event execution.

The intern will help ensure that FP’s event programs are well‑researched, well‑organized, and smoothly executed across multiple work streams. This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, detail‑oriented, and interested in global affairs, journalism, public policy, and live event production. The position offers hands‑on exposure to how Foreign Policy develops and delivers high‑level convenings that bring together leaders from government, business, civil society, philanthropy, academia, and media.

This is a remote position with required onsite work in New York City during UNGA week, Monday, September 21–Thursday, September 24. Candidates must be available to work in person during live event days.

• Support scheduling and coordination for speaker briefings, moderator prep calls, internal planning meetings, and other programming‑related touchpoints.
• Help update briefing documents, speaker prep materials, moderator notes, event sketches, and other preparatory materials to ensure information is accurate, current, and easy to use.
• Help to maintain and update FP Events’ project planning systems, recruitment databases, Airtable trackers, Google Sheets, and other shared tools to support centralized tracking across events and work streams.
• Research, verify, and maintain speaker, moderator, participant, and organizational contact information across recruitment databases and outreach trackers.
• Conduct background research on potential speakers, moderators, organizations, and event themes across FP’s core coverage areas, including geopolitics, economics, climate, technology, security, global health, and international development.
• Assist with fact‑checking information used in event sketches, briefing documents, speaker materials, invitations, and related programming materials.
• Support the drafting and personalization of speaker invitations, follow‑up notes, and outreach materials to reflect each invitee’s expertise, role, and relevance to the event program.
• Help prepare day‑of programming materials, including speaker lookbooks, seating charts, green room materials, printed documents, and other materials needed for live event execution.
• Assist the FP Events te during live events throughout UNGA week, Monday, September 21–Thursday, September 24, providing staffing support across a range of day‑of needs. Responsibilities may include greeting and orienting speakers, partners, and attendees; staffing the registration desk; serving as a runner; supporting green room coordination; and assisting with other onsite logistics as needed.
• Collaborate with Events producers and team members to support a fast‑moving portfolio of public forums, private round tables, fireside chats, and high‑level convenings.

• Current undergraduate upperclassman, graduate student, recent graduate, or equivalent experience in international affairs, public policy, journalism, political science, communications, history, or a related field.
• Strong interest in global affairs and the issues Foreign Policy covers, including geopolitics, security, economics, climate, technology, global health, and international development.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and work streams in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, professional materials for internal and external audiences.
• Comfort conducting research, verifying information, and summarizing findings clearly and accurately.
• Familiarity with Google Workspace; experience with Airtable, spreadsheets, databases, or project management tools is a plus.
• Professional judgment, discretion, and dependability when working with speaker, partner, and event‑related information.
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable…