Summer Intern, Paid Media - Subscriptions

Join the future of news

We're on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you'll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is seeking a collaborative and data-driven intern to join our paid media team in the subscriptions group! This person will have the opportunity to learn about our paid media program's marketing objectives, planning approach and the way the team leverages media platforms to drive habituation and subscription acquisition. The experience would include the ability to support in campaign planning, campaign execution and to provide input in/around how The Post leverages it's on and off platform experiences to drive habituation and acquisition.

What Motivates You

• You are inspired by our mission to be the best news operation in the world
• You are interested to learn about marketing in a news media organization
• You are eager to learn about how paid media teams leverage data and its context to inform digital marketing strategy and execution

How You'll Support the Mission

• Learn how to use analytics tools and media buying tools to make data-backed marketing decisions
• Support campaign planning and execution across multiple platforms
• Identify new media opportunities based on product mix and user experience. Make data and objective-backed cases for testing them
• Share learnings across teams to celebrate wins and bring light to actionable takeaways
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, subscriptions, brand/creative, and analytics to understand campaign goals and performance
• Learn the ins and outs of running paid media campaigns on digital marketing platforms like Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Reddit Ads, etc.
• Work closely with digital marketing experts and receive continued feedback to develop your digital marketing skills
• Gain insight into the paid media landscape, analytics, and data-backed decision making
• Opportunity to network with other non-paid media marketing team members and other teams across The Washington Post

The Skills and Experience You Bring

• Experience working cross-functionally & juggling several priorities at one time
• Major/minor in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or similar areas

Interns are paid hourly and are expected to work between 35 and 40 hours per week.

Our internship program is based out of our D.C. office, so you are expected to be on-site for the summer and follow The Washington Post's in-person work policy. We do not provide housing, but can suggest options upon request. You must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program at the time of submitting this application. We encourage you to apply if you are currently a student, regardless of your background or experience with engineering and/or journalism.

Foreign nationals can apply for internships. All work samples must be submitted in English. If selected, the required documentation to verify U.S. work authorization must be provided. The Post is unable to provide visa sponsorship for internships. If you have any questions, please reach out to life@washpost.com

We will review all applications and invite a subset of applicants to the next process, which includes live coding and interviews with team leads.

Our program provides a meaningful learning experience for engineers who support The Washington Post's mission. Our interns work directly with our full-time engineers on real production features.

Additionally, you'll be invited to exclusive events like our annual intern hackathon and lunch seminars from leaders across the company.

This internship is not a guarantee of a job at The Post. We have hired from our internship classes in the past, and we hope to continue this trend in the coming years. Note our internship program is not a binding contract - you can take a full-time job elsewhere or from your (or another!) team at The Post before the internship ends.

Collaboration makes us stronger. That's why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.

Your story awaits. Apply today!

Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: washington-JR-90275626

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-12-10T20:29:10