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# Monitoring & Insights Internship at Penta Group

- **Company:** Penta Group
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pentagrp/f3d7a9a9-fa1a-40c2-86be-4d650f7da8fe

## Job description

Penta is a leading corporate affairs advisory firm that helps organizations predict what matters and shape outcomes. By combining proprietary intelligence, stakeholder insights, and strategic counsel, we help CEOs and leadership teams navigate the increasingly complex intersection of business, policy, culture, and reputation. Our clients turn to us when the stakes are high, the signals are difficult to interpret, and the consequences of getting it wrong are significant. We are building a new model for corporate affairs advisory and are seeking leaders who want to help define the future of the industry. Penta’s global team brings decades of experience in business, government, communications, research, data science, and media. Our clients include many of the world's most influential organizations across technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and other sectors, including over 25% of the Fortune 100. Penta has offices in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, London, Brussels, Dublin, and Singapore.

Role Summary: As a Monitoring & Insights Intern, you will support Penta’s Intelligence division across both our proprietary insights and real-time monitoring services, helping global clients understand stakeholder sentiment, media coverage, and emerging risks. You will work with large volumes of news, media, and proprietary data to produce both real-time outputs and longer-form analysis, contributing to alerts, briefings, and client and industry facing reports on reputation, topic trends, and stakeholder views. Your work will involve tracking developments as they unfold, identifying key drivers behind trends, creating visualizations, and translating data into clear, actionable insights.

Working alongside our analysts, you will use industry-leading media aggregation and analytics tools to monitor coverage in real time while building structured analyses. You will support the delivery of alerts, briefings, and reports, helping clients respond to media developments as they happen while also contributing to deeper insights that inform planning, strategy, and decision-making. This role is ideal for an ambitious and analytically minded early-career professional interested in media analysis, business intelligence, and stakeholder insights, and offers training, mentorship, and professional development within a fast-paced and dynamic team.

This role is expected to: Monitor news and events across outlets and platforms, including print, digital, television, radio, and social media Collaborate with a team of analysts to alert the news to clients in a timely and effective manner Collect and prepare data to support media analysis and scheduled report deliveries Assist with long-term research projects Create pivot tables from Excel report data Update report graphics and charts for review Write descriptive text to tell the stories behind data Validate and interpret automated scoring from Penta’s proprietary platform on reputation risk, and stakeholder views

The ideal candidate will have: A bachelor's degree in any discipline, where a focus on communications, journalism, economics, history, or another social science is preferred Experience writing analytical reports & creating engaging presentations using Microsoft office, or Google Suite products A solid understanding of leveraging Excel for exploratory data analysis & visualization purposes A strong interest in media, the 24/7 news cycle, and the intersection of culture, business, and politics Excellent communication, organizational, and writing skills Intellectual curiosity and a desire to understand the deeper meaning behind content or data Meticulous attention to detail and a strong ownership mentality Coachability and possess a learning & growth oriented mindset The ability to prioritize multiple, competing priorities Experience working in teams with a collaborative mindset

Compensation: This is a non-exempt position eligible for overtime. The hourly pay for this internship will be $20 per hour. Any pre-approved hours worked over 40 hours per week will be paid at time and a half.

Benefits: Dynamic and supportive environment for learning and growth Access to ongoing training to help develop a strong understanding of the technology and methods used to monitor the news Mentoring opportunities and support in the development of long-term career goals

Location, Work Hours, and Remote Schedule: For this position, we are only considering applicants located in the United States who are able to work remotely 35-40 hours per week during a morning shift (6 am - 2 pm ET) or evening shift (2 pm - 10pm ET). Occasional evening shifts (5pm - 8 pm ET) on both Saturday and Sunday will be required on a rotational basis every six weeks throughout the internship. The internship’s duration will be 6 months, and have anticipated start date of mid-November through mid-May 2027.

Penta Group, LLC values diversity and inclusion, is committed to equal employment opportunity, and to compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws. We also comply with District of Columbia law, which prohibits discrimination and harassment against employees, applicants for employment and interns based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decisions and breastfeeding), national origin, disability, age (18 and over), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation (e.g., being enrolled in a college or university or in a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical or vocational school), political affiliation, genetic information (including family medical history), lawful use of tobacco products, unemployment status and status as a victim or the family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense or stalking.

Penta Group, LLC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the recruitment process, please contact us at careers@pentagroup.com. We will work with you to ensure appropriate arrangements are made.

It has come to our attention that individuals are impersonating Penta recruiters in an attempt to solicit personal sensitive information.  Any role for which Penta is recruiting will appear on this Careers site and any email from a Penta employee will come from a "pentagroup.com" domain.

## About Penta Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Penta is a modern corporate advisory firm that pairs expert judgment with real-time intelligence to help influential organizations shape outcomes at the intersection of politics, culture, business, and technology.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no public ticker or funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., USA (primary office; global presence across 8 cities)
- **Founded**: 2022 (per Built In; careers page references a multi-year history)
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (leadership team includes Adam Weiss, Matthew Castaldo, Micah Wilson; founder status unclear)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Corporate advisory, strategic communications, stakeholder intelligence, public affairs, geopolitical risk, reputation management
- **Target customers**: Global 100 enterprises, influential organizations (B2B, enterprise, Fortune 100)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Shape what happens next” – help clients predict what matters, control the narrative, and drive material outcomes through data-driven insight and senior counsel.

## Products & Services
- **Intelligence**: Real-time signals that show what matters to key stakeholders and why (25M signals processed daily, 2,500+ global policymakers surveyed semi-annually)
- **Advisory**: Senior counselors with decades of experience navigating high-stakes challenges (geopolitical disruption, regulatory change, reputational risk, major transactions)
- **Campaigns**: Intelligence-led campaigns that identify white space and move the stakeholders who shape the future
- **AI Transformation**: Guidance for navigating the stakeholder and reputational risks of the AI era

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Funding**: Not disclosed (private, no public funding rounds)
- **Key Metric**: Serves 25% of the Fortune 100 (source: homepage); ~250 professionals (careers page) or ~170 total employees (Built In – possible headcount growth)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed; client base includes Global 100 organizations
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding rapidly – offices in Washington D.C., New York, San Francisco, London, Dublin, Brussels, Paris, and Singapore; adding roles in advisory, monitoring, and insights; mentions of internships and temp positions indicate scaling

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary data moat**: 25M daily signals, semi-annual surveys of 2,500+ global policymakers – real-time stakeholder intelligence that is difficult to replicate
- **Multi-disciplinary team**: Combines data scientists, political communicators, pollsters, consumer insights professionals, and marketing experts under one roof
- **Senior counsel + tech**: Pairing decades of high-stakes advisory experience with proprietary AI and research products
- **Global footprint**: 8 offices across 6 countries, enabling on-the-ground understanding of local political and cultural dynamics

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Helping clients navigate geopolitical disruption, regulatory change, reputational risk, major transactions, emerging technology (especially AI), and shifting public opinion
- **Growth direction**: Scaling the intelligence platform, expanding geographic coverage, and deepening AI transformation services
- **Key differentiator**: Focus on acting “before the window closes” – speed and proactive shaping of outcomes

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as united by curiosity, judgment, ambition, and a bias toward impact; “no single discipline has all the answers” – collaborative, interdisciplinary environment
- **Work model**: Hybrid, with physical offices in 9 locations; some remote roles (e.g., West Coast remote internship); flexible work schedule
- **Perks & benefits** (from Built In profile): Generous parental leave, health/dental/FSA insurance, 401(K) + life insurance, generous PTO, paid holidays, flexible schedule
- **Opportunity**: Join a fast-growing firm at the intersection of data, politics, and business; work with Fortune 100 clients; develop deep expertise in a high-impact field
- **Hiring process**: May use AI tools to review applications and analyze resumes – final decisions made by humans

## Sources
1. [Penta Careers Page](https://pentagroup.com/careers)
2. [Penta Homepage](https://pentagroup.com/)
3. [Penta Team Page](https://pentagroup.com/team)
4. [Built In Penta Group Profile](https://builtin.com/company/penta-group)
5. [Penta Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/pentagrp)

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