Monitoring & Insights Internship

Responsibilities

• You will work with large volumes of news, media, and proprietary data to produce both real-time outputs and longer-form analysis, contributing to alerts, briefings, and client and industry facing reports on reputation, topic trends, and stakeholder views.
• Working alongside our analysts, you will use industry-leading media aggregation and analytics tools to monitor coverage in real time while building structured analyses.
• You will support the delivery of alerts, briefings, and reports, helping clients respond to media developments as they happen while also contributing to deeper insights that inform planning, strategy, and decision-making.
• Monitor news and events across outlets and platforms, including print, digital, television, radio, and social media
• Collaborate with a team of analysts to alert the news to clients in a timely and effective manner
• Collect and prepare data to support media analysis and scheduled report deliveries
• Assist with long-term research projects
• Create pivot tables from Excel report data

Update report graphics and charts for review

• Write descriptive text to tell the stories behind data
• Validate and interpret automated scoring from Penta’s proprietary platform on reputation risk, and stakeholder views

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in any discipline, where a focus on communications, journalism, economics, history, or another social science is preferred

Excellent communication, organizational, and writing skills

• Meticulous attention to detail and a strong ownership mentality
• Coachability and possess a learning & growth oriented mindset
• The ability to prioritize multiple, competing priorities

Role Summary

As a Monitoring & Insights Intern, you will support Penta’s Intelligence division across both our proprietary insights and real-time monitoring services, helping global clients understand stakeholder sentiment, media coverage, and emerging risks.

Your work will involve tracking developments as they unfold, identifying key drivers behind trends, creating visualizations, and translating data into clear, actionable insights.

This role is ideal for an ambitious and analytically minded early-career professional interested in media analysis, business intelligence, and stakeholder insights, and offers training, mentorship, and professional development within a fast-paced and dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will have

• Experience writing analytical reports & creating engaging presentations using Microsoft office, or Google Suite products
• A solid understanding of leveraging Excel for exploratory data analysis & visualization purposes
• A strong interest in media, the 24/7 news cycle, and the intersection of culture, business, and politics
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to understand the deeper meaning behind content or data
• Experience working in teams with a collaborative mindset

Compensation

This is a non-exempt position eligible for overtime. The hourly pay for this internship will be $20 per hour. Any pre-approved hours worked over 40 hours per week will be paid at time and a half.

Benefits

Dynamic and supportive environment for learning and growth

• Access to ongoing training to help develop a strong understanding of the technology and methods used to monitor the news
• Mentoring opportunities and support in the development of long-term career goals

Location, Work Hours, and Remote Schedule

For this position, we are only considering applicants located in the United States who are able to work remotely 35-40 hours per week during a morning shift (6 am - 2 pm ET) or evening shift (2 pm - 10pm ET). Occasional evening shifts (5pm - 8 pm ET) on both Saturday and Sunday will be required on a rotational basis every six weeks throughout the internship. The internship’s duration will be 6 months, and have anticipated start date of mid-November through mid-May 2027.

Penta Group, LLC values diversity and inclusion, is committed to equal employment opportunity, and to compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws. We also comply with District of Columbia law, which prohibits discrimination and harassment against employees, applicants for employment and interns based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decisions and breastfeeding), national origin, disability, age (18 and over), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation (e.g., being enrolled in a college or university or in a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical or vocational school), political affiliation, genetic information (including family medical history), lawful use of tobacco products, unemployment status and status as a victim or the family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense or stalking.

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