Top Internships in Santa Cruz, CA

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects developing customer world models and proactive intelligence. Work spans representation learning, foundation models, reinforcement learning, agentic decision systems, and evaluation. Tasks include designing methods, running experiments, publishing findings, and potentially shipping models into production to impact customer-facing products.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects to build customer world models and proactive intelligence: developing representation learning, foundation model, RL/agentic methods, evaluation frameworks, and shipping research into production to improve customer decision-making.

Supports visual design across packaging, print, web, ads, and other brand assets. Adapts templates, follows brand guidelines, resizes and edits images, maintains organized Figma files and Google Drive folders, and exports production-ready digital and print assets. The intern incorporates feedback, performs QA revisions, gathers visual inspiration, and collaborates with designers while developing foundational skills in a fast-paced creative environment.

Create social media content for financial services brands, including videos, photos, graphics, and Instagram Stories. Identify industry trends, competitors, and viral content; assist with content scheduling in Vista Social; and compile social media performance reports. The intern will collaborate with the marketing team, adapt content to brand voice, and support revenue-driving engagement across multiple platforms.

Supports public relations and podcast production for the Gundry MD brand. Responsibilities include drafting press releases, podcast ads, show notes, blog posts, social captions, and emails; researching health and wellness trends; scheduling social content; supporting ManyChat automations; creating Canva graphics; compiling monthly media reports; and assisting PR and podcast teams.

Assists pharmacists with prescription and over-the-counter order processing, prescription entry and filling, customer service, pharmacy merchandise stocking, inventory organization, documentation, claims and returns, and maintaining a safe, compliant pharmacy area. The role requires enrollment in an accredited pharmacy school and may prefer Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certification.

Supports pharmacy operations by processing prescriptions and OTC purchases, entering prescription information, stocking and securing supplies, maintaining required records, assisting customers, operating cash registers, and ensuring compliance with company and pharmacy regulations. Maintains merchandise presentation, handles claims and returns, and promotes a safe, organized Pharmacy area while providing customer service.

Supports recruiting, onboarding, interview coordination, HR events, employee engagement, workforce planning, reporting, HR technology, and process improvement initiatives while maintaining confidential information and collaborating with HR professionals and business leaders.

Supports marketing operations by maintaining workflow and productivity tools, documenting processes, coordinating agile activities, tracking campaign timelines and deliverables, and assisting with recurring marketing initiatives such as newsletters and webinars. The intern also helps improve processes through project management tools, workflow automation, and emerging technologies while providing administrative and cross-functional campaign support.

Supports Pinterest’s Global Content Organization through business planning, performance analysis, reporting, dashboard development, project coordination, milestone tracking, and workflow improvement. The intern will analyze operational metrics, communicate insights, maintain planning materials, coordinate scoped projects, and use approved AI and internal tools responsibly to improve research and workflows.

Support full-cycle B2B sales through outbound prospecting, account research, outreach sequences, discovery-call assistance, CRM maintenance, pipeline tracking, outreach reporting, and competitive research. The intern will work with real accounts and quota exposure while shadowing account executives and receiving direct mentorship. This is a part-time or full-time, activity-heavy role requiring strong communication, attention to detail, coachability, motivation, and comfort with repetitive high-volume sales tasks.

Supports APAC marketing operations through Salesforce data hygiene, list maintenance, campaign attribution, performance reporting, dashboard updates, campaign launches, data reconciliation, and process documentation. The intern reviews MQLs, SQLs, opportunity influence, and campaign ROI while maintaining Looker Studio dashboards and marketing data accuracy.

Provides first-level technical support, troubleshoots hardware and software issues, assists with installations and system administration, maintains IT asset records, monitors network and system performance, manages user accounts and access, supports IT projects, and documents procedures and troubleshooting guides.

Support electrical design, build and test prototypes, perform power distribution and load calculations, document test results and schematics, collaborate with multidisciplinary engineers, and learn industry compliance and system-level electrical architecture in a lab environment.

Supports data-driven sales and business decisions by collecting, cleaning, and analyzing datasets; applying statistical modeling and machine learning; creating dashboards and visualizations; and communicating actionable insights to cross-functional stakeholders. The intern will work with techniques including regression, classification, clustering, forecasting, and data wrangling while developing technical and professional skills in a remote internship environment.

Supports enrollment operations through administrative tasks, recruitment outreach, family communication, application and registration assistance, documentation collection, compliance auditing, data entry, reporting, and project coordination. The intern collaborates with enrollment, operations, and campus teams to meet recruitment and enrollment goals, may conduct home visits and attend training events, and helps families complete enrollment requirements on time.

Assists pharmacy operations by processing prescriptions and OTC purchases, entering prescription information, stocking and securing supplies, maintaining records, supporting customers, operating registers, merchandising products, and following pharmacy laws, company policies, and safety procedures. The intern must maintain confidentiality, provide customer service, support compliance, and keep the pharmacy area organized and properly stocked.

Assist the Discovery Team in growing Reedsy’s book reviewer community. Responsibilities include generating acquisition ideas, finding and contacting reviewers, managing automated email campaigns, writing conversion-focused copy, evaluating applications, and onboarding new reviewers. The internship also provides experience in marketing automation, conversion optimization, audience targeting, analytics, and community building.

Design and validate mechanical parts and assemblies for medium-voltage power electronics systems. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, 2D drawings, structural and thermal analysis, prototyping, testing, manufacturing-process design, and collaboration with electrical, manufacturing, reliability, and supplier teams. The intern will support components from initial concept through high-volume production.

Six-month intern supporting APAC transformation projects through coordination, planning, meeting administration, tracker maintenance, stakeholder follow-ups, reporting, documentation, testing coordination, rollout tracking, and issue logging. The role provides hands-on exposure to project management, digital transformation, and operational improvement while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Part-time, work-from-home Accounting Intern supporting Accounts Receivable and Cash Applications. Responsibilities include recording and entering customer payments, matching payments to invoices, researching discrepancies, and collaborating with internal teams on deductions, overpayments, short payments, and missing remittance details. The role is intended for an Accounting or Finance major and requires accuracy, communication, collaboration, and proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Outlook.

Business Strategy Intern supporting NMI’s Revenue Acceleration team through pricing, monetization, competitive, and fintech market analysis. The intern will use AI tools, build financial models and business cases, create competitive tracking assets, develop executive-ready presentations, and present strategic recommendations to leadership. This is an 11–13 week remote summer internship for students returning to school after the program.

Remote, unpaid advertising internship for students from January through June 2027. Responsibilities include researching potential advertisers, pitching advertising and sponsorship packages, communicating with agencies and business decision-makers, producing digital trend reports, and supporting SEO, social media, Google Analytics, and keyword research initiatives. Interns commit to at least 15 hours weekly and may earn college credit.

Evaluate renewable energy and digital infrastructure site leads using power, interconnection, land, fiber, water, and counterparty criteria. Build lightweight Excel economic screens, run sensitivities, assess market assumptions, and recommend whether opportunities advance. Track pipeline activity across ERCOT, SPP, MISO, and PJM, research markets and counterparties, maintain executive updates, and present a strategic improvement project to leadership.

Unpaid remote internship focused on data extraction, scraping, mining, processing, cleaning, pipeline development, AI model training, and containerized microservices. The intern will use Django, Puppeteer, Selenium, Docker, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Git, and GitHub while applying testing and data engineering practices. The role requires at least 30 hours weekly and may convert to full-time employment.