Top Internships in Richmond, VA

Ten-week MBA Product Management internship focused on building and improving customer-facing products and platforms. Interns will develop product strategy, analyze customer and business data, test hypotheses, manage backlogs, lead sprint teams, make prioritization decisions, and collaborate with developers, designers, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders. The role offers exposure to real-world financial services products and may lead to evaluation for Capital One’s MBA Development Program.

Supports the Customer Experience department by streamlining processes, coordinating cross-functional projects, executing deliverables, maintaining recurring compliance-related work, and fostering collaboration across Services, Success, and Support teams. The intern will receive onboarding, mentorship, routine check-ins, and exposure to multiple teams and stakeholders while working remotely during a 14–16-week term.

Supports AI engineering initiatives at Vantor, contributing to spatial intelligence solutions and helping develop technologies that enable customers to understand current and future conditions. The posting provides limited role-specific responsibilities but emphasizes problem-solving, innovation, collaboration, and mission-focused work. Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable export control and ITAR requirements.

UX Research Interns gain workplace experience by attending meetings and trainings, contributing creative ideas, analyzing metrics, delivering reports, preparing presentations, and documenting meeting recaps. The role requires self-direction, effective communication, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Summer sales engineering intern supporting commercial HVAC equipment and control-system sales. Responsibilities include developing customer relationships, building opportunity pipelines, educating clients on products and pricing, proposing efficiency improvements, analyzing solutions, and growing knowledge of HVAC products, finance, competition, and industry trends. The role combines technical, interpersonal, and business skills with sales strategy and customer engagement.

Ten-week business analytics internship for college students. Interns analyze business data, solve challenges, create insights, collaborate with teams, present findings, and contribute to real-world projects. The program includes mentoring, formal training, leadership interactions, and professional development in analytics, strategy, communication, coding, and storytelling.

Supports a geomatics field crew by collecting hydrographic and topographic data, conducting crane rail surveys, performing construction layout, and assisting with CAD drafting, data downloads, deed and map research, and filing. The intern will maintain survey equipment, learn conventional surveying methods, follow current industry practices, and collaborate with geomatics professionals and technical specialists.

Marketing Interns support internal and external marketing campaigns, content, events, website updates, marketing operations, reporting, and market research. The role provides hands-on experience with mentorship while developing practical skills in communications, organization, digital marketing, CRM systems, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration.

Supports sales and customer retention by collecting and verifying lead data, identifying lead opportunities in the CRM, maintaining customer account records, coordinating service updates, and delivering excellent customer service. The internship provides hands-on experience in sales communication, lead generation, CRM usage, and relationship building under professional mentorship.

Mission Lead Interns embed with defense customers, identify mission problems, configure and test AI workflows, troubleshoot deployments, onboard users, demonstrate mission impact, and expand customer relationships. The role requires independent execution in ambiguous environments, close coordination with Product, Engineering, Mission, Security, and Operations teams, frequent customer-site travel, and a current TS/SCI clearance.

Summer marketing and communications internship providing hands-on project experience with regional and national marketing teams in the risk management and insurance industry. Interns develop professional skills, build industry relationships, participate in learning opportunities, and explore potential career paths. The role requires commitment to the full program, enrollment as a rising senior or fourth-year undergraduate, permanent U.S. work authorization without sponsorship, and post-graduate interest in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Participates in a comprehensive insurance and risk management internship, supporting client management teams and serving clients. Completes project work, develops professional and industry skills, attends educational webinars, builds relationships with managers and mentors, and learns about insurance career opportunities. The program requires full attendance and offers exposure to industry partners and client service practices.

Ten-week, on-site legal internship supporting an insurance carrier’s corporate legal team. Responsibilities may include corporate governance, regulatory and governmental filings, compliance and cybersecurity work, contract review, and drafting insurance policy forms. The internship will be tailored to the student’s interests, particularly corporate law or insurance.

Supports human capital consulting projects through workforce research, data collection, literature reviews, presentations, reports, training materials, quality assurance, meeting coordination, and proposal development. The intern gains experience in organizational development, employee learning, workforce analytics, consulting methods, and client-focused solutions while collaborating across projects.

Support CEO and leadership on market intelligence, financial modelling, go-to-market strategy, partnerships and PMO. Run competitor analysis, size segments, build investor-ready business plans, craft value propositions and support partner negotiations while tracking cross-functional OKRs and dashboards.

Product Design Interns collaborate with research, product management, and engineering teams to design and launch features for Kiva.org. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating UX flows, wireframes, and Figma prototypes, contributing to the design system, participating in design critiques, and explaining design decisions. The six-month, part-time remote internship is volunteer-based and provides an $800 monthly stipend.

Maintain and update Salesforce participant-tracking systems, build program outcome reports, clean and organize data, and support Salesforce workflow development. The intern will learn Salesforce administration, reporting, and process design while supporting nonprofit program reporting. This is a fully remote, unpaid three-month internship requiring 5–10 hours per week, with North Carolina residency preferred and mentorship provided.

Unpaid remote project management internship coordinating projects from planning through completion. Responsibilities include creating work breakdown structures and network diagrams, tracking tasks and milestones in project management software, communicating with stakeholders, identifying blockers and scheduling risks, and supporting nonprofit digital equity and sustainability initiatives. The role offers mentorship, portfolio experience, and potential future paid opportunities.

Research grant opportunities, draft grant applications and supporting materials, refine the organization’s case for support, track deadlines and outcomes, and maintain a grants calendar and pipeline. The intern will work remotely with the Founder and CEO for 5–10 hours weekly over three months, gaining hands-on nonprofit development and grant writing experience through mentorship.

Create and structure AI literacy curriculum, research instructional frameworks, develop course materials and assessments, publish content through LearnPress, and refine lessons using participant feedback. The intern will work remotely with the Founder and Web Manager Intern for 5–10 hours weekly over three months. No prior curriculum design experience is required; reliability, curiosity, and authorization to volunteer in the United States are required.

Design onboarding protocols, procedures, documentation, checklists, and reference materials for interns, volunteers, and program participants. Collaborate with the Founder and CEO, interns, and stakeholders to build onboarding systems, identify process gaps, and recommend improvements. This fully remote, unpaid three-month internship requires 5–10 hours weekly and offers mentorship and practical HR and operations experience.

Create and publish social media content across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok; engage with community comments and messages; track performance using Adobe Express analytics powered by Metricool; prepare simple reports; and support campaign and content-series planning. This is a fully remote, unpaid three-month internship requiring 5–10 hours weekly, with mentorship and portfolio-building opportunities.

Support internship and volunteer recruiting by posting roles through Dover and social channels, screening applications, communicating with candidates, refining recruiting materials, and coordinating interviews. This fully remote internship offers hands-on talent acquisition experience, mentorship, and exposure to applicant tracking systems and recruiting workflows. The commitment is 5–10 hours weekly for three months, with North Carolina residency preferred and no prior recruiting experience required.

Maintain and update a WordPress website, organize and publish LearnPress course content, troubleshoot minor site issues, and support ongoing website improvements. The intern will collaborate with an AI Curriculum Intern, report to the Founder and CEO, and gain hands-on web management and LMS administration experience in a fully remote, three-month internship.

Supports enterprise IT operations through troubleshooting, device preparation, onboarding, deployments, documentation, cybersecurity activities, networking, infrastructure support, technology research, and IT projects. The intern works under experienced IT staff while developing skills in help desk, cybersecurity, networking, or infrastructure disciplines.