Editorial 2025 Summer Intern, Branded Content

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews.

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

We’re looking for an eager-to-learn intern to help the sponsored content team, BrandFuse, with producing and publishing content for advertisers. This is a good opportunity for someone who relishes being creative – you’ll get to participate in content ideation and publication on a variety of subjects, from travel, to healthcare, to buying a home, to planning for college, and more – plus you’ll assist with editorial tasks such as research and editing. You’ll also learn about content strategy – not just producing articles, infographics and interactives that read well and look good, but ensuring that the content reaches and resonates with an intended audience.

Are you up to the challenge?

• Expert and anecdotal source gathering for both web content and social campaigns.
• QA (quality assurance) checks, copy editing and line edits on soon-to-be published or recently published content.
• Analytics to monitor content and social campaign performance.
• Asset collection, filing, editing and storage (photos, promotional placements).
• Writing and editing as necessary for story pitches, articles, photo captions, headlines, social copy and sales collateral.
• Some light design work for presentation and proposal decks, asset libraries and other ad hoc assignments.
• BrandFuse interns will also receive training on how to use our content management system/publishing platform and ad server, as well as a how-to on Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager and Data Studios. From time to time, our interns will also get to work with the Ad Operations, Ad Management and Sales Strategy team on other tasks related to our sponsored content campaigns.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Eligible candidates must be one of the following:
• Part-time or full-time students who have completed 48+ credit hours (rising juniors/seniors and graduate students) and are enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university
• Part-time or full-time students enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited college or university
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, professionalism and maturity in the workplace
• Effective communicator in both written and spoken English
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in use of MSOffice Suite and Google Docs
• 3.0 GPA or above preferred
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• General understanding of AP Style
  

• Solid writing and communication skills
• An eye for detail
• Experience working with Canva, Looker Studio and Powerpoint would be a plus
• Preferred degrees: Journalism, Communications, Digital Audiences and/or Marketing
  
  
  

Summer Intern Program Description:

• 10 weeks; starting on Monday, June 2 through Friday, Aug 8, 2025
• We expect interns to work 37.5 hours/week, Monday- Friday
• All candidates must be able to work a hybrid in-office work schedule from our Washington, DC office.
• Internship pays $17.50 per hour
  
  
  

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

• Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
• Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
• Collaborative Work Environment : Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers
  
  
  

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
• Please submit a resume and cover letter for consideration.