Reddit Ecosystem Mapping: Identify, track, and audit relevant subreddits, communities, and highly active discussion threads related to our industry, brand, and core product offerings.
Landscape & Sentiment Analysis: Analyze the current state of Reddit community conversations, synthesizing organic user sentiment, emerging trends, pain points, and advocacy patterns.
Strategic Recommendations: Translate research findings into actionable recommendations and frameworks for corporate communications, brand marketing, and customer advocacy teams regarding safe, authentic, and high-value platform participation.
Ad-Hoc Communications Research: As capacity allows, support the broader team with secondary research projects spanning general corporate communications, media monitoring, competitor brand tracking, and executive positioning analysis.
What You Will Gain:
Direct ownership over a high-visibility, executive-level research project that will shape the company's long-term digital community playbook.
Mentorship from seasoned communications, public relations, and brand strategy professionals.
Practical experience applying internet sociology and social listening metrics to real-world corporate strategy.
Opportunities to network and present your final research deliverables to cross-functional leadership teams.
Requirements
Academic Background: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Sociology, Digital Media, Market Research, or a related field.
Platform Awareness: Familiarity with Reddit's unique structure, culture, and governance.
Analytical Mindset: Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills, with the ability to distill vast amounts of unstructured forum data and conversational threads into clear, high-level insights.
Excellent Communication: Outstanding written and visual communication skills, capable of building polished research slide decks, briefs, and executive summaries.
Additional Information
The expected hourly pay for this position is $24.00/hour - $26.00/hour .
Additional Information
Company Description
When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in global education. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educators and institutions to develop learning integrity solutions that recognize the enduring value of critical thinking in a rapidly changing world. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services in more than 185 countries around the world: Turnitin Feedback Studio, Clarity, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate. Protecting the value of an authentic education is at the heart of who we are.
Experience a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.
Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.
Job Description
We are seeking a dynamic, analytical, and social media savvy Summer Intern to join our Corporate Communications and Brand Strategy team for a full-time, 10-12-week internship. This role is uniquely tailored for a researcher who is ready to dig in on the nuances of digital subcultures, internet community dynamics, and platform-specific governance-specifically on Reddit.
The successful candidate will spearhead an in-depth research initiative mapping out relevant Reddit communities, analyzing corporate engagement best practices, and evaluating how our brand, competitors, and industry are perceived within the Reddit ecosystem.
Position Type: Full-Time, Internship
Duration: 10-12 Weeks (Summer)
Location: Remote
Salary: $24-$26/hour
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