Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · Hybrid
$20/hr–$24/hr
Description Position Title: Strategic Communications Intern (May - August 2026) Department: Strategic Engagement Location: Indianapolis. Intern works from Bottleworks District office three days a week. Duration: Aug. 31 …
Skills: Content Creation, Writing, Editing, Digital Strategy, Social Media Management
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The intern will assist the Strategic Communications team with content creation, digital strategy, media outreach, and grantmaking support. They will manage various projects and contribute to the foundation's leadership in driving social change through compelling storytelling and research.
Applicants must be enrolled in a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. program or be a recent college graduate. Candidates should possess strong communication and research skills, along with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
Description
Position Title: Strategic Communications Intern (May - August 2026)
Department: Strategic Engagement
Location: Indianapolis. Intern works from Bottleworks District office three days a week.
Duration: Aug. 31 – Dec. 6, 2026
Compensation: $21- $24 hourly for graduate students or recent graduates
Schedule: Work hours (40 hours/week); typically 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., scheduled with supervisor.
Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials. Our goal is to prepare people for informed citizenship and for success in a global economy. Lumina is among the nation’s largest private foundations, with an endowment exceeding $1.6 billion and offices in Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. Lumina has a passionate and committed staff who value candor, collaboration, and connection. Click here to learn more about our core values.
The intern will participate in person and virtually in Strategic Communications team discussions and meet individually with members to receive and report on assignments, contributing to an experienced team that enhances the foundation’s leadership and effectiveness in driving social change for the benefit of individuals and society. We commission audience, public narrative, and message-framing research that informs a unique approach in philanthropy to influence the actions and beliefs of change agents. We target narrow, influential audiences to shift long-term perspectives through compelling stories. We educate a broader public by supporting independent journalism that shapes public opinion and other journalists’ reporting. We measure our effectiveness by monitoring reach, engagement, and shifts in attitudes and beliefs, discourse, and national news coverage.
The intern will assist team members with:
The intern will create, co-create, lead, and manage various projects, emphasizing a core set of tasks that can be initiated and completed within 12 weeks. Our work cuts across the foundation, bringing interns into contact with diverse colleagues in state and federal policy, programmatic strategy involving community colleges, public colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges, research, evaluation, and data analysis, and impact investing.
Requirements
Accepting Applications- Applications will be reviewed within a week.
Interview Period – Aug. 10 – Aug. 17, 2026
Internship Dates: Aug. 31 – Dec 17, 2026
Helping Americans prepare for informed citizenship and success in a global economy
Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation based in Indianapolis, Ind., that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials. Our mission is to prepare people for informed citizenship and for success in a global economy. With an endowment of $1.5 billion, Lumina is the largest philanthropy in the United States focused solely on increasing the share of Americans with credentials beyond the high school diploma. The foundation set a goal that, by 2040, 75 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force will have college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity
Offices: 820 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 1390, Indianapolis, IN 46204, US · 1730 M St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, US
Helping Americans prepare for informed citizenship and success in a global economy
Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation based in Indianapolis, Ind., that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials. Our mission is to prepare people for informed citizenship and for success in a global economy. With an endowment of $1.5 billion, Lumina is the largest philanthropy in the United States focused solely on increasing the share of Americans with credentials beyond the high school diploma. The foundation set a goal that, by 2040, 75 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force will have college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity
Offices: 820 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 1390, Indianapolis, IN 46204, US · 1730 M St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, US
