VA’s Digital Media Engagement (DME) team, the collaborators who run this blog and VA’s social media channels, is looking for college interns. Interested? Scroll down to the bottom of this article to find the current internship opportunities we have available!
DME publishes VA communications to the Veteran community through its digital media channels, including this VA News blog, the Borne the Battle podcast, the Live Whole Health app, and through social media channels like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The DME Internship includes hundreds of college students each year, and from universities across the country. The program offers a broad range of opportunities to develop and demonstrate your talents. We’re looking for writers, graphic designers, video editors, and those who work in analytics, web development, cybersecurity, project management, human resources, and more.
The interns work in cross-functional teams over a full year to gain practical work experience, develop new skills and build a vibrant professional network. The program also offers leadership roles to high-performing interns, creating opportunities to manage teams, coach other interns, and even evaluate performance.
Started in 2016, the DME Internship has evolved to become one of the U.S. federal government’s largest and most successful student intern programs. Our scale enables us to deliver a world-class internship experience, with rigorous onboarding, robust operating procedures, a nurturing environment, and unparalleled growth opportunities.
Benefits and opportunities
The DME Internship provides an array of benefits that include:
- Practical work experience:
- Flexible work schedule (10 hours/week online and on your schedule).
- Teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and communication in a virtual setting.
- Industry-standard collaboration tools, such as Slack and Trello, for the modern workplace.
- Leading social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Professional development:
- Structured training on digital media technologies, like WordPress, Google Analytics, Social Studio.
- Networking events, mentoring, mock interviews, résumé workshops, and a whole lot more.
- Regular progress reviews and biannual feedback with actionable recommendations.
- Opportunities to be promoted into leadership roles.
- Engagement with the Veteran community
- Opportunities to highlight Veterans’ stories, contributions, and issues.
- Ringside view of Veterans’ lives and how VA supports them.
- Experience working with VA collaborators.
- Rewards & recognition
- Letters of recommendation.
- Awards for outstanding achievements.
- Compelling references.
You can learn more about the program and its benefits on the DME Interns website. You can also read the success stories and accomplishments of past interns.
How to apply
You can apply to the program through Open Opportunities by USAJobs. Here’s how:
The internship will officially run from September 2022 to May 2023, although you’re able to begin work as soon as you accept an offer, which might be as early as mid-August.
#ApplyinJuly
Time is running out! Applications opened on July 1, 2023, and will close July 31, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET.
Current opportunities
Writing Internship with AI Experimentation Opportunities at Veterans Affairs
Editing Internship with AI Experimentation Opportunities at Veterans Affairs
Research Internship with AI Integration Opportunities at Veterans Affairs
Social Media Analytics Intern – How Are We Doing On Social?
Web Analytics Intern – Help Us Take VA News to the Next Level!
Hone Your Project Management Skills on the DME’s External Affairs Team
Advancing Graphic Design: Exploring Generative AI Integration
WordPress Web Content Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Social Media Intern – Comment Moderator
Intern Engagement and Retention Specialist
Digital Communications Intern – Newsletter Development
Web Security Intern
Accessibility Intern
Instagram Social Media Internship at Veterans Affairs
Writing Intern – Borne the Battle Podcast
Photo Research Intern
Podcast Host – DME Interns Podcast
Social Media Intern – Social Media Special Projects
Transcription/Video Captioner – DME Video Production Team
Reddit Community Manager
AI-Assisted Podcast Producer / Executive Assistant Intern
Metrics Analyst Intern
Prompt Engineer: AI Content Creation Specialist Role at Veterans Affairs
Podcast Producer – DME Interns Podcast
Podcast Production Assistant – DME Interns podcast
WordPress Web Development
Leadership Intern – Lead a Team of Fellow Interns
