Spring 2026 Political Internship - DC

SKDK, an award-winning public affairs and political advertising agency, is seeking interns to join its political team for a paid internship in Washington, D.C. Interns work on a wide range of fast-paced Democratic candidate and issue advocacy clients.

Requirements

• Daily news clips monitoring and ad tracking.
• Researching candidate and opposition background in key districts.
• Maintaining overviews of key competitive race landscapes.
• Tracking campaign finance spending and reporting.
• Building decks and working on pitches.
• Writing and proofreading persuasive ad copy, memos and emails.
• Organizing and maintaining records on scripts, ads, research and polling, and invoices.
• Digesting qualitative and quantitative message research and making recommendations on tone and content.
• Learning new material quickly and communicating complex subject matter in understandable language.
• Copyediting and proofreading written materials to align with message imperatives, tone, clarity and AP Style.
• Staffing video shoots when available.

Benefits

• Paid internship ($17.95 per hour)
• Equal Opportunities (equal pay, diversity and inclusion)