The Derby Entrepreneurship Center’s Entrepreneurial Internship Job Program connects hiring managers from startups, small businesses, nonprofits, or new programs within large companies or government agencies with Tufts students for internships.
Through this program, students are compensated either through academic credit during the spring and fall semesters or a grant funding a stipend for the summer, while early-stage companies can bring on interns without direct financial obligations.
Tufts students benefit by gaining real world experience working directly in an organization. Employers benefit by recruiting and developing early stage talent from a pool of students who come from all backgrounds, all around the world.
Examples of student skills and job characteristics
Marketing and Creative
- Social media strategy and account management
- Content strategy and execution
- Grassroots execution
- List management
- Influencer, ambassador, and affiliate marketing programs including partnerships and collaborations
Operations & Customer Experience
- Customer communications
- Properly log all calls, emails, and matters that require cross functional reporting
- Identify and own small projects such as surveys and customer interviews
- Support relevant RFPs – packaging, vendors, systems
- Support in reporting of key cx, logistics and operations metrics across the organization
Finance
- Support team in preparing weekly and monthly business analysis
- Engage in market research efforts and prioritization exercises
- Help to maintain data stack
- Work alongside business partners to provide dashboards to help them better operate within their functions and make data-informed decisions
- Proactively identify additional opportunities for financial and business improvements
- Assist with presentations
Technical Roles
- Experience with a multitude of programming languages
- Work with other developers and participate in constructive code review
- Build awesome new things to deliver exceptional customer experiences
Student & Employer Testimonials
The Student Perspective
“Things were very much hands on and self-driven. I overall gained a better understanding of how testing infrastructure is made and I got better at problem solving. I learned I was much more capable than I thought I was.”
– Matt, a CS major
The Employer Perspective
“I was blown away by how well our interns worked independently. They were eager to get stuff done, and they absolutely helped us to perform better as a company while they were here.”
– Sebastian Coates, Cofounder & CEO of Tellescope