2025 FirstGen Internship

Employer Sign-up & Job Description Form

The EC FirstGen Intern program is a 10-week internship program running June 16 - August 22, 2025.

Interns are employed by you and all roles are paid full-time (40 hours a week), and interns must earn a minimum of $25/hour. Note, you may compensate your intern more than $25/hour, if you choose.

We are prioritizing in person working arrangements for summer 2025 (a minimum of 3 days in-person work arrangements required). Emerson Collective will support interns with transportation and relocation stipends should you hire interns who do not live locally

The deadline to submit your FirstGen intern job descriptions is Tuesday, December 10, 2024.

Emerson Collective will post all FirstGen intern job descriptions to College Track and Stanford First Generation and/or Low-Income Student Success Center (FLISSC) affiliated college students when applications open to students in January 2025. Note, student applicants cannot have any summer school, vacations or other jobs that overlap during the intern program dates.

By checking this box you confirm that you understand the FirstGen Internship Program specifications above.

Primary Contact

Note that all communications will be sent to the colleague that you designate as your primary contact for the application process.

First Name

Last Name

Additional HR Staff Member

Add additional HR staff members that should be included in First Gen intern email communications

First Name

Last Name

Organization/Company

The information you submit will be used to populate a job description template on Google Docs. Click here to see examples of past job descriptions.

Name

Website

Intern Job Address:

Street

City

State

Zip Code

Please share a one to two paragraph description about your organization including its mission and history. This description can reflect what is shared on the About section of your website.

Please share a one paragraph description of the organization’s workplace norms and culture (i.e. number of days per week your team works in person, weekday schedule, office or co-working space, etc.)

FirstGen Internships are full time roles (40 hours/week). The intern hourly compensation is $25/hour. If you plan to compensate your intern(s) more than $25/hour or your organization cannot accommodate a 40 hour work week, please provide more details so that we can accurately post this information.

All internships will run 10 weeks from June 16 - August 22, 2025. Please note any alternative date requests below. If your team observes any summer holidays, please note the dates below.

(Earlier start/end dates will be considered on a case by case basis to be determined by students' academic schedules.)

Total Number of Interns Desired (Hosting a minimum of two interns enabled most successful experience for both partners and for students in previous summers.)

Photo Upload

If there is an image that would be helpful for internship applicants to see on the job description, please attach here

Intern Job Description

Manager First Name

Manager Last Name

Manager Email

Manager Phone

Manager Office Location (Please note where the intern manager will be based)

Has the manager hosted a FirstGen Intern or other intern in previous summers?

Intern Role Category (Please select the closest option)

Other Intern Role Category

Student Classification as of Fall 2025 (Please check all levels that would be the best fit for this role)

SophomoreJuniorSeniorRecent Graduate

College Major(s) (Please list all majors that would be the best fit for this role)

Intern Job Title

Scope (In paragraph format, please share a brief description of the role (i.e. team/department, focus areas, core projects and/or who the intern reports to)

Responsibilities (In bulleted format, please share what projects and tasks the intern(s) will be responsible for during the internship)

Must-have Qualifications (In bulleted format, please share what experience, technical and/or soft skills intern(s) will be required vs. preferred)

Nice-to-have Qualifications (In bulleted format, please share what experience, technical and/or soft skills intern(s) will be required vs. preferred)

Number of Interns Preferred in this Role

Questions? Contact firstgenin@emersoncollective.com