Internship Program (Seasonal)

Employer: The Vogel Group

Reporting to: Principals

OVERVIEW: Vogel Group is a nationally recognized top bipartisan lobbying and advisory firm serving Fortune 500 companies, governments, small businesses, trade associations, asset managers, and stakeholders around the world. Our firm provides strategic counsel and government affairs services to help clients respond to, manage, and capitalize on government risk. Our proactive approach to federal and state government relations includes formulating and executing legislative strategies, positioning our clients to succeed in procuring government contracts and funding, engagement on specific policy and regulatory issues, building and strengthening relationships with government officials, leveraging policy and government levers to establish commercial market access opportunities, monitoring complex policy issues across the federal and state landscapes, and building strategic relationships for our clients with coalition partners, funders, and other businesses.

SUMMARY: Vogel Group interns research and track specific public policy issues, writes research notes for investment and corporate clients, and provides general office support. Past issues that interns have worked on include trade, public policy, defense, FDI, sanctions, energy, and infrastructure.

Specific job duties and responsibilities include:

• Researching federal and state legislation and regulatory activity that affects industry sectors including healthcare, technology, media, telecommunications, energy and industrials, financial institutions, real estate, consumer, retail, financial business services
• Drafting research products such as One-Pagers, briefing documents, and background papers
• Monitoring federal and state legislative and regulatory activity
• Tracking financial movements, especially as they relate to the public policy sphere
• Completing other duties as assigned, including scheduling and answering the phones

Qualifications:

• Have or be in the pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree, preferably in the fields of government, international affairs, political science, business or economics
• Excellent writing and research abilities
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite
• Strong knowledge of Congress, politics, and the government
• Ability to communicate effectively, work independently or in small teams, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills over email, phone, and text
• Interest in public policy, politics, business and/or capital markets
• Capitol Hill or government experience is preferred, but not required

Compensation: This is a paid position

Hours: Full-time, in-person position

The Vogel Group offers internships throughout the year, organized into three sessions: spring, summer and fall.

Interested candidates should send resumes to [email protected]. In your email, please indicate your interest in the internship program, the season you are applying for, and your work availability. Our team reviews all resumes and will follow-up via email with a request to interview. We may also ask for references if you advance in the process.

The Vogel Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Vogel Group does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or other applicable legal protected characteristics.