National Democratic Training Committee: Remote Paid Summer Internships

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The National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is looking for paid interns for the Summer 2026 semester who want hands-on experience empowering Democrats to run for office and win. We run a comprehensive training program in all 50 states through both virtual and in-person programming. To date, we've trained over 125,000 people and supported 2,700+ candidates in the 2024 election cycle alone. (And we're just getting started.)

The Details Up Front

• Pay: $18/hour

• Hours: Required commitment of at least 16, but not more than 25, hours per week

• When: June 8 - August 28, 2026

• Where: Fully remote, but you must live in DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, MT ,NC, NV, TX, PA, VA, WA for the duration of the internship

• Work Hours: Schedules must be within our Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm CST, Friday 9am-2pm CST business hours

This internship offers hands-on experience working collaboratively with team members on projects that actually matter. You'll use your research, writing, communication, and administrative skills throughout your time here - and probably pick up a few new ones along the way.

Available Internship Opportunities

When you apply, you can indicate 1-3 positions you're interested in. We'll match you with a specific role based on your skills, interests, and our organizational needs. Think of it like college applications, but with less stress and more Democratic organizing. Note: the responsibilities lists are not exhaustive but capture common workflows for each role.

Curriculum Team Intern (1)

The Curriculum Team builds the actual training materials that teach Democrats how to win. We're talking course content, slide decks, training resources —everything someone needs to go from "I'm thinking about running" to "I know exactly what I'm doing." Our instructional designers create materials for both our self-paced Online Academy and our live training sessions, which means we're constantly updating, improving, and making sure the information actually works in the real world.

Responsibilities for Curriculum Intern:

• Help develop new course outlines and training materials that teach real campaign skills

• Keep our online course library and resource center current and useful

• Support video production logistics

• Learn the technical tools that make online education work: Rise 360 for course building, basic HTML for uploads, and our learning management system

• Quality check everything—because our trainees deserve accurate and error-free content

Marketing & Communications Intern (1)

The Marketing & Communication Team (MarComm) is an integrated powerhouse made up of these core areas: messaging, content creation, engagement through digital (email and text), social outreach (across several platforms), storytelling from data, media relations and community engagement. As a collaborative team, MarComm drives recruitment, brand management, and increased visibility for NDTC, and helps learners understand how to best use the resources NDTC provides to meet their political goals.

MarComm interns work with the MarComm team on marketing and communications strategy, original copywriting and content creation across all media (website, Substack, social, and digital outreach), a high-paced editorial calendar, post-event follow-up, as well as influencer and media relations.

Responsibilities for Marketing & Comms Intern:

• TEAM OPERATIONS:

• Researching, documenting, and updating team processes and protocols.

• DIGITAL AND SOCIAL CONTENT SUPPORT:

• Supporting original content creation and copy across teams, platforms, and outreach strategies (email, social, website articles, graphics, short-form video)

• MEDIA RELATIONS SUPPORT:

• Researching and growing NDTC’s media outreach, drafting pitches and new media briefs as needed

• Brainstorming long-form storytelling opportunities and content in collaboration with the MarComm team

• NOTE: This list is not exhaustive but captures common workflows for this role.

Product & Technology Intern (1)

The Product and Technology team builds the platforms that deliver training to 125,000 Democrats. We're constantly researching what our learners actually need, designing solutions that work in the real world, and making sure our systems are secure and reliable. We translate "wouldn't it be cool if we could..." conversations into actual functioning features. It's equal parts problem-solving, user research, and making sure the technology serves the mission—not the other way around.

Responsibilities for Product & Technology Intern:

• Map and document current system architecture, including servers, databases, APIs, and third-party integrations – you'll create visual diagrams that help everyone understand what connects to what.

• Document existing product features, user workflows, and business logic

• Review and catalog current test plans, test cases, and quality assurance procedures along with building out a complete test plan.

• Identify what's missing, what's outdated, in our current documentation, then update it.

• Organize documentation in our knowledge management system for easy team access

• Assist in creating templates and standards for future technical documentation

• NOTE: This position is ideal for students pursuing careers in IT, IT business management, or product management. This is a non-coding position but you'll be documenting the systems that make our work possible.

The Ideal Candidates Will Be/Have

The Essentials:

• Efficient, well-organized, and have a sense of humor (seriously, political work is hard - we need to laugh sometimes)

• Eager to learn and be part of the team (we don't expect you to know everything coming in)

• Can multitask, work well with deadlines, and follow the news

• Strongly committed to Democratic ideals

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Campaign experience is highly desirable but not required

Location Requirement:

NDTC is a fully remote workplace, but interns must live in one of these states for the duration of the internship: DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, MT ,NC, NV, TX, PA, VA, WA. We’re not able to offer employment to temporary staff outside these states.

NDTC requires all staff to be legally authorized to work in the United States.