Top Internships in Richmond, VA

Support and grow Wondy’s social media across LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and other platforms. Create and schedule engaging content, monitor performance metrics, interact with followers, and provide insights. Collaborate with founders, propose trends-driven ideas, and use tools like Framer and HubSpot to streamline workflows and analytics.

Lead Marketing / Public Relations Intern will own marketing and PR initiatives, collaborate with founders on branding, analyze market trends, manage campaigns, and use Google Workspace, HubSpot, and Framer. Opportunity to grow into a full-time leadership role at an eCommerce-focused AI startup.

College interns gain hands-on transit operations experience through office and field assignments across bus and rail operations, safety, engineering, IT, planning, police, and business functions. Duties include analyzing data, preparing reports and presentations, researching information, identifying issues, participating in meetings and training, and supporting departmental projects. Fieldwork may involve public interaction, transit facilities, railroad tracks, tools, equipment, and Metro vehicles. The internship lasts up to 13 weeks and is supervised by department leadership.

Participate in a mentored technical art project supporting AAA game development. Build and refine tools and scripts, troubleshoot pipelines and DCC-to-engine integration, optimize character assets, automate production workflows, document fixes, and collaborate with technical artists using Unreal Engine, Maya, and Python.

Participate in a 12-week AAA game development internship focused on 3D environment art. Use Unreal Engine, ZBrush, Blender, and Substance tools for modeling, sculpting, UVs, texturing, materials, mesh optimization, and in-engine implementation. Assist with world building, set dressing, and environment creation while supporting experienced artists, incorporating feedback, and developing professional game-art skills.

Gameplay Engineering Interns will implement and support gameplay features in Unreal Engine using C++ and visual scripting. Responsibilities include debugging, testing, code integration, optimization, and assisting with gameplay systems and tools. Interns will collaborate with engineers and designers, use development and source-control workflows, receive mentorship, and contribute to active AAA game projects during a 12-week remote internship with onsite onboarding.

Participate in a 12-week AAA game development internship focused on environment art. Review external environment and prop assets for quality, consistency, and technical compliance; polish assets; fix in-game issues; and support experienced artists. Develop skills with Unreal Engine, Photoshop, Maya, Blender, and Substance tools while collaborating with remote and onsite teams and receiving professional mentorship.

Participate in a 12-week AAA game animation internship supporting motion capture processing, keyframe animation, animation asset polishing, issue resolution, and engine implementation. Work with Unreal Engine, Maya, and MotionBuilder while collaborating with experienced artists and receiving mentorship. The internship is remote across most U.S. states, with the first week onsite in San Carlos, California.

Participate in a 12-week AAA game development internship focused on external character art. Review incoming character and prop assets for quality, consistency, and technical compliance; polish assets and help resolve issues under the guidance of senior artists. Build skills with Unreal Engine, ZBrush, Maya, Substance Designer, and Substance Painter while collaborating with art teams and applying feedback.

College interns support WMATA’s Digital Modernization Business Operations team by maintaining Power BI dashboards, analyzing capital and operating expenses, preparing reports, and assisting with budgeting and forecasting. Duties may include data compilation, research, presentations, project plans, report review, meetings, and departmental training. The internship provides exposure to financial analysis, business intelligence, technology investment management, and public-sector transit operations.

College intern supporting internal audit and compliance activities through data analysis, process documentation, risk assessments, flowchart development, report and presentation preparation, and participation in compliance reviews and enterprise risk management initiatives. The role provides training and exposure to transit operations, audit methodology, business process evaluation, data analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and professional communication.

Paid summer engineering internship involving real-world projects in manufacturing, operations, and business. Interns receive mentorship, technical training, and professional development while contributing to areas such as process engineering, capital projects, automation and process control, equipment reliability, maintenance, continuous improvement, product quality, and technical service. The program runs from May through August and requires enrollment in an ABET-accredited engineering program.

Provides introductory, hands-on experience supporting government relations and transit-related projects. Duties may include researching and analyzing data, preparing reports, presentations, correspondence, and project plans, reviewing reports, participating in meetings and training, and supporting assigned departmental functions. The intern must communicate effectively, write well, use standard office software, analyze numerical data, and maintain safety awareness.

College internship supporting transit strategy, planning, and performance analysis. The intern compiles, reviews, and analyzes numerical and operational data; prepares reports, presentations, correspondence, data visualizations, and project plans; researches information; identifies issues; and recommends solutions under supervision. The role provides practical exposure to transit operations and departmental functions while requiring participation in meetings, training, and safety initiatives.

College intern supporting transit performance and strategic planning through data compilation, analysis, reporting, presentations, and research. The role may analyze transportation operations, business processes, performance measures, and service reliability while collaborating with operational staff. Interns attend meetings and training, identify reporting issues, recommend solutions, and produce reports, presentations, data visualizations, correspondence, or project plans. The position is a temporary summer assignment lasting up to 13 weeks.

Temporary summer internship providing hands-on exposure to digital modernization, application development, IT operations, data analysis, safety technology, and project management. Interns compile and analyze data, prepare reports and presentations, research information, identify issues, recommend solutions, and participate in meetings and training. Assignments may rotate across departments and locations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia.

Summer college internship supporting strategy and policy development for public transit. Responsibilities include researching and analyzing data, preparing management and operational reports, creating presentations and project plans, identifying issues, recommending solutions, attending meetings and training, and collaborating across departments. The intern may rotate among transit functions and will gain practical experience in strategy, planning, performance, and general business operations.

College intern supporting Metro’s Integrated Command & Communications Center through emergency management, operational readiness, severe weather preparedness, special-event coordination, video operations, reporting, and transit operations activities. Responsibilities include researching and analyzing data, preparing reports and presentations, participating in meetings and training, and assisting with emergency operations center functions. This temporary summer internship provides practical exposure to transit safety, emergency response, and departmental operations.

Summer college internship supporting WMATA’s Safety Data Analytics team. The intern will compile, review, and analyze safety and operational data; prepare reports, presentations, correspondence, and data visualizations; research information; identify problems; and assist with departmental meetings and projects. The role provides practical exposure to transit safety, operations, analytics, and public-sector business functions.

College intern supporting a transit maintenance training team through dashboard development, dataset cleaning, reusable reporting templates, data analysis, and report preparation. The role uses Excel, SQL, Power BI, or Tableau to track compliance, measure performance, and create visuals for decision-making. Interns may also research data, prepare presentations, attend meetings, participate in training, and support departmental projects. This is a temporary summer opportunity lasting up to 13 weeks.

Business Operations Intern supporting Metro’s Integrated Command & Communications Center. Duties include analyzing data, developing Power BI dashboards, preparing reports and presentations, tracking compliance and corrective actions, supporting workforce and resource initiatives, improving business processes, and participating in cross-functional transit projects, meetings, and training. The role provides temporary, hands-on experience across transit operations and related business functions.

College data science intern supporting transit research and strategy planning. Responsibilities include analyzing and validating data, preparing reports and presentations, researching methodologies, developing data-driven work products, identifying issues, recommending solutions, and participating in departmental meetings and training. The role may involve transforming transit data into applications, pipelines, and policy recommendations while gaining practical experience across transportation functions.

Summer interns gain hands-on transit industry experience across infrastructure functions including engineering, maintenance, construction, contract and asset management, project controls, planning, and data analysis. Duties may include researching and analyzing data, preparing reports and presentations, developing project plans, identifying problems, participating in meetings and training, and supporting assigned departmental initiatives. Assignments may involve office, job-site, and remote-site work under supervision.

College intern supporting Technical Training and Development through UX design, graphics, infographics, motion assets, and multimedia for training materials and AR/VR environments. The role includes researching and analyzing data, preparing reports and presentations, creating department-specific work products, participating in meetings and training, and gaining exposure to transit operations. Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office are used. This is a temporary summer internship of up to 13 weeks.

College intern supporting WMATA’s Safety Policy & Promotion team through safety communications, campaigns, research, training materials, policy and program development, data analysis, reporting, and strategic projects. The role provides hands-on transit industry experience, promotes safety culture, and may involve presentations, meetings, and departmental assignments. Interns must be college students entering their sophomore year and complete a temporary summer assignment of up to 13 weeks.