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Forget spending your summer internship making coffee runs for your boss--our interns work with our amazing staff to help consumers make smarter choices--whether it’s the big stuff (student loan debt anyone?) or everyday choices at the supermarket. Spend the summer developing skills that will serve your career goals while engaging in work that promotes facts, science, and smart public policy.
As a Consumer Reports intern, you’ll stand with us as we stand alongside consumers. You’ll work with us as we empower consumers with the knowledge they need to make free, informed, confident choices in the face of a complex marketplace. It’s important work and it’s been our thing for more than 80 years.
To get this work done, we are an independent (we take no ads!), nonprofit, social enterprise dedicated to celebrating and supporting our driven and diverse team. We look forward to having you join us in our mission to create a fairer, safer, and healthier world for all consumers.
The fine print:
- Internships are available to current full-time undergraduate students entering their junior or senior year or graduate students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- The program runs from June 3 2019 through August 16, 2018, with some flexibility to accommodate school schedules
- This is a paid internship, based on an hourly rate
- Internships are on-premises; we can not consider requests for remote positions
- We cannot pay any relocation or housing allowance
- Please specify in your application if you are seeking, and your school offers, academic credit for internships. Include the contact information for your academic Institution representative
- Internships are filled on a rolling basis. It is suggested that you apply as soon as possible
- Consumer Reports interns are considered trainees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1973
There’s more:
- A fully-equipped gym with classes and wellness programs
- A subsidized café, open for breakfast and lunch with options ranging from grain bowls to bacon cheeseburgers
- A half-basketball court for after work pick-up games
- We provide, on a first-come, first serve basis, free shuttle service from locations on West 96th Street (Manhattan) and 242nd Street (Bronx).
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The QA Engineer prepares test cases based on set business objectives, features and functionality, builds automation of test scenarios as needed and then executes the test plan that covers functional, integration, data quality, browser and systems compatibility and automated testing.
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Are you concerned that tech companies have too much power to shape people’s lives? That the most powerful business models today are based on extracting people's data without their understanding, consent or control? And that companies are not keeping pace with the emerging harms posed by their products and services? If you think we all deserve better and want to put your skills to work for the good guys, then we want you to help build our new Digital Lab.
For over 80 years, people have trusted Consumer Reports to advocate for their interests and help them make informed choices. Today, we're inviting you on new mission: to make sure there are rules for fair conduct in the digital marketplace, and that they’re set in consumers’ favor. To make sure people can live their lives without being forced to sacrifice their privacy. And to make sure people can trust that their devices and data are secure.
We're looking for technologists, activists, lawyers, economists and entrepreneurs who share our drive to build consumer power in the 21st century. With your help, we’ll lead a new movement to restore choice and control to our digital lives. Learn more at http://lab.cr.org.
The resident hacker will help bootstrap and scale up new initiatives for the Digital Lab. This is a great opportunity for a generalist hacker to play a leading role across all aspects of the Lab’s work: research, prototyping, advocacy, partnership development and strategy.
The ideal candidate knows their way around a command line, has an interesting Github profile and can sling a little Python—and also knows that the key to getting stuff done is effectively collaborating with people who have different communication styles.
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For over 80 years, people have trusted Consumer Reports to work for their interest and help them make informed decisions. Today, consumers are facing a whole new set of challenges in a digital marketplace where tech companies hold the power to shape people’s lives. Big tech companies are leveraging their size and reach to introduce business models that limit choice, avoid addressing the harms posed by their products and services, and use people’s data without their understanding, consent, or control.
If you think we all deserve better and want to help create a fairer digital marketplace, then we want you to join CR’s advocacy efforts as part of our new Digital Lab.
We’re looking for a lawyer, economist, or entrepreneur who has deep familiarly with the novel challenges of the digital marketplace, Big Tech and telecom companies, and an interest in putting consumers first. This new Senior Researcher will join the advocacy team to help create a digital marketplace where competition empowers consumers. They will leverage the resources of CR’s Digital Lab and their own expertise in tech industry business practices, competition law, the economics of competition and consumer welfare, or other relevant knowledge to help CR take on Big Tech.
At Consumer Reports, we're building a diverse workforce that reflects our society, embraces new ways of thinking, celebrates a wide breadth of experiences, and reflects all of the audiences we serve. Inclusion means valuing the uniqueness that each staff member brings by creating an environment where everyone is welcome. Our objective is simple: for all employees to feel supported so that they're set up for success.
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This role executes day-to-day communications activities to help drive awareness of and build affinity for CR and its expertise. A core member of the communications team, this individual is responsible for participating and supporting work to engage new audiences to maximize marketplace impact, leveraging key editorial and advocacy initiatives, amplifying CR content, and publicizing products and expertise.
The Communications Specialist works closely with colleagues across the organization in editorial, research and testing, advocacy and communications.
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Consumer Reports is hiring a Test Technician to independently conduct simple product tests and experiments, providing colleagues within the expertise centers with accurate, dependable data in a variety of documentation formats. The Test Technician assists with the development of test methodology and design of testing equipment under supervision.
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Consumer Reports is hiring a Test Technician to independently conduct simple product tests and experiments, providing colleagues within the expertise centers with accurate, dependable data in a variety of documentation formats. The Test Technician assists with the development of test methodology and design of testing equipment under supervision.
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The data intelligence program brings in critical revenue to support CR’s mission-oriented work while simultaneously driving upstream market impact to improve product safety, reliability, and innovation for consumers.
The Data Intelligence group at CR mines testing, consumer insights, and survey research data to create new data products and subscription services for manufacturers, regulators and researchers in various industries including automotive, appliances and technology.
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Consumer Reports is seeking a skilled autos journalists who can write product focused articles related to our unique and world-class testing program and who also feels comfortable searching out novel enterprise stories about the transportation technology revolution now underway. The successful candidate is extremely curious about new technology and how consumers are impacted and passionate about delivering well-written, concisely reported stories.
This position is located in Yonkers, New York.
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Consumer Reports is seeking a Manager, Test Technicians to lead the day to day activities of a large staff of Technicians and Shoppers for one or more product or service categories, providing their assignments, schedules, direction and priorities in support of the Lab Operations Department. The Manager is also responsible for the upkeep of lab instruments and equipment, as well as for the safety of equipment and personnel.
