Audience Intelligence Research Intern

Deadline to apply for KQED Internships is Friday November 14, 2025.

Please state which internship(s) you are applying for in your cover letter and apply to each one individually.  This is a paid internship, working 16 hours per week from January 20, 2026 through June 26, 2026.

Current Salary is $19.18 per hour.  Position Summary :

• The Audience Intelligence team is charged with providing KQED with the data needed to make data informed decisions.
• The team serves as the central data hub for the organization and works with a variety of departments including news, science, arts, marketing, foundations and audience development.
• The Audience Intelligence intern will have many responsibilities including the mining of previous survey data sets for insights, and supporting future research through completion of qualitative interviews, questionnaire development, and survey analysis.
• The intern will also have the lead on a project allowing them to complete the internship with a deliverable that can be used in their future job search.
• This role is typically the best fit for candidates who are motivated by questions about how people think and behave, and who are considering careers involving UX, market, product, or design research.

Applicants who are mainly interested in quantitative analysis are encouraged to apply instead to our analytics internship.

This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.  We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color,  people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

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