Federal Reserve Summer 2025 Research Outreach Intern

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Grow Your Career at the Richmond Fed!

At the Richmond Fed, we’re driven by our mission to strengthen the economy and our communities. We take great pride in what we do and it impacts everyday people every day. 

When you join our team, you’ll become part of a culture that welcomes differences, cares about our communities, and empowers each other to lead from where we are to make things better.

Bring your passion and we’ll provide challenging and purposeful careers in a variety of fields, opportunities to grow and a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth. It’s all part of what makes #MyRichmondFed a great place to work!

About the Opportunity

Do you enjoy helping other people understand complex concepts in economics? A summer internship on the Fifth District’s Economic Outreach team might be a good fit for you.  You will support the bank’s Economic Education, Community Development and Regional Economic initiatives and programs.  Can you see yourself developing and maintaining educational resources, preparing presentations for summer conferences, identifying and developing a deeper understanding of the role community colleges play in preparing our workforce?  Through these and other projects, you will learn from economic professionals and interact with external audiences. 

The Summer Internship Program provides outstanding students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution. Through advanced project work assignments and professional development activities, interns are provided with an extensive understanding of the work of the Federal Reserve. The Research Outreach intern will have the opportunity to enhance business skills through designing educational resources and supporting the planning of several workshops, conferences, and events along with mentorship and exclusive networking opportunities.

What You Will Do:

• Assists department with development and design of new resources and programs. 

• Supports the planning and managing of meetings, workshops, conferences and events. 

• Supports efforts in developing innovative marketing and communication materials.  

• Prepares resource and handout packets for presentations. 

• Tabulates evaluations and analyzes feedback for programs; conducts information searches and provides summaries, checks facts and references.  

• Assists in coordinating presentations at the location. 

• Performs miscellaneous research duties, such as literature reviews and special projects.  

Qualifications:

• Candidates must be currently enrolled college student, preferably rising junior or senior status and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. 

• Significant economics coursework required 

• The ideal candidate is an economics major with some background in engaging with the public or education. 

• Familiarity with the Federal Reserve System  

• Strong interpersonal skills; strong presentation skills that would translate to comfort in a classroom/museum setting. 

• Ability to think creatively and develop creative presentation and marketing materials 

• Basic knowledge of and experience in use of research techniques. 

• Passionate about data exploration and the ability to communicate findings.  

• Strong analytical skill