Audience Insights Intern

Location: New York, NY Department: Research and Insight

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The New York Times is seeking an inquisitive and organized intern to join the Audience Insights team this summer. Audience Insights is a multidisciplinary team of researchers who conduct qualitative and quantitative research projects to support our product, design, and marketing efforts. Our mission is to help The Times grow by understanding our audience. We uncover and tell stories about our audience’s preferences, behaviors, and needs by conducting user interviews, focus groups, surveys, and many other types of research methods. By examining both sentiment and behavior, we determine the best ways to express our journalism and brand value in order to drive deeper engagement and increased subscriptions.

In this role, you will engage in audience and product research across the company. You will expand your knowledge of the practice of research and get the chance to contribute to the larger New York Times strategy by leading your own multi- phase research project. You will be exposed to many different streams of work across The New York Times portfolio of products. Depending on your interests and the company’s needs, you will have the opportunity to improve one of our marketing strategies, to refine one of our user flows, or to boost the development of new products and services.

About Our Summer Internships

The duration is 10 weeks long, starting on June 7, 2027.

The rate of pay for this role is $30.00 per hour.

Interns work 35 hours per week.

This is a hybrid position that must be completed onsite at our office in New York

Responsibilities

Completing a literature review

Designing and moderating user interviews

Qualitative research design and analysis

Designing and fielding a survey

Quantitative research design and statistical analysis

Demonstrates support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications

Completing a graduate degree in Marketing, Statistics, Psychology, Communications, Human Computer Interaction, or a related field

Experience in moderating or observing research interviews

Experience with developing, writing, and analyzing surveys

Experience compelling research-focused presentations and data visualizations

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in journalism and digital media (Academic or professional)

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The hourly rate of base pay for this role is

$30—$30 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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