Strategic Development Intern

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Strategic Development Intern

Department:Strategic DevelopmentLocation:Washington, DC

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Foreign Policy (FP) is seeking a part-time intern to join our Strategic Development Team in Washington, D.C. during the Fall of 2025, ideally beginning in early September and ending in December. The successful candidate will help support the Team’s efforts to successfully grow FP’s business units and expand its client base, primarily by engaging in horizon scanning, undertaking prospect identification and research, working to help organize and maintain FP’s outreach and engagement efforts, and compiling data and examples into client-facing decks that summarize FP’s various event, podcast, and analytics projects. FP is a collaborative, fast-paced place, and candidates should enjoy working with a diverse group of professionals.

This role will provide extensive opportunities to gain business development experience and engage directly with FP’s senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, an interest in news, communications, and/or international relations, and the ability to learn how to navigate our Salesforce and AirTable systems quickly.

The person in this position will:

• Engage in research as assigned to identify potential prospects and understand their primary goals

• Undertake horizon scanning of competitor events, summits, podcasts, and analytical work to help identify potential areas of opportunity.

• Create PowerPoint deck “impact reports” of completed projects (primarily podcasts, events, summits, or analytical work), gathering data surrounding each project’s performance and using design skills to convey this information to the client

• Facilitate the Strategic Development Team’s efforts to organize and track its engagement and outreach efforts, including our transition to Salesforce.

• Help pull together project proposals, including by helping to identify potential speakers, crafting language consistent with client goals and FP’s brand, and performing relevant research.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Action-oriented, detail-oriented, and proactive

• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and G-Suite products (Gmail, Sheets, Docs); Salesforce and/or AirTable experience preferred

• Solid data analytics skills

• Interest in news, global affairs, and foreign policy

• Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a bachelor’s program

• Eligible ot work in the U.S. without a sponsor visa

This position is expected to start in August-September with a preferred availability of 20-25 hours per week. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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