Our mission is to provide the data, tools, and strategies that organizations and campaigns need to politicize social networks, build social capital, and deepen U.S. civil society. We work with various organizations to help them reach out to the most marginalized groups by presenting our research, data, and ideas on what change is necessary to positively impact them.
We’ll have 4 different projects open to potential interns. All projects will have a supervisor/project manager whom interns will meet with regularly to discuss next steps, progress, and be able to ask for help and guidance.
Database (1 - 2 People)
Our database platform handles millions of voters’ private information, and gathers historical voting data to be presented to our users. We rely on utilizing shapefiles and GIS mapping in order to accurately display this data to our clients.
- Roles: Gathering necessary datasets, typically through government or third party sources; working directly with our chief architect and software engineering team through weekly meetings and debriefs; validating and quality assuring datasets by testing the database
Website & Marketing (1 Person)
The DSG website helps us showcase our mission and our services. We want to have our website be more moderately updated by publishing more of our newer research with a monthly release showcasing these updates.
- Roles: Researching other similar websites and their presentation of their work; updating our website through monthly releases showcasing our newest research; help the team with increasing our visibility and improving search engine optimization (SEO)
Product Launch (2 People)
Our foundation has multiple products, some specific to certain organizations. We’re planning on releasing new versions of some existing products.
- Roles: Product testing by considering purpose, audience, and function; researching data presentation and functionality; developing updates/reports on suggestions for new launches
General Research Assistant (1 - 3 People)
Throughout the year, we have various research projects that often involve developing reports on youth voting patterns, CA Central Valley voting patterns, and Latino voting patterns.
- Roles: Searching for data from multiple sources, including but not limited to: Census.gov and other government websites, trustworthy news sources, academic reports, and generally reliable and credible sources.
