Education Design Lab: Education Design Intern

Salary: $1200 per week

Location: Remote (any US time zone)

Are you passionate about education and looking for a hands-on opportunity to contribute to the field? Are you interested in learning more about human-centered design and equity-driven innovation? Look no further than Education Design Lab, a national nonprofit that designs, tests, and implements education models and credentials to ensure equitable outcomes for learners and earners.

Founded in the United States, Education Design Lab partners with aspirational institutions and their ecosystem to design flexible, data-driven, and human-centered education offerings. Their work focuses on career pathway visibility, micro-pathways, durable skills, micro-credentials, alternative on-ramps to degree, upskilling workers, and training college leadership teams in change management and agile prototyping. They have collaborated with organizations such as Ascendium, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Citizens, Carnegie Corporation of NY, Charles Koch Foundation, and Walmart, as well as state and regional community college systems.

The Education Design Internship offers curious and motivated individuals the opportunity to support project teams across multiple initiatives during Spring/Summer 2026. You will gain hands-on exposure to human-centered design, community college transformation, and equity-driven education innovation. As a paid, full-time intern, you will contribute to live projects and build practical skills in facilitation, research, collaboration, and design operations. This role is ideal for high school graduates, undergraduate or graduate students, or early-career professionals who are passionate about education, equity, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote, and collaborative environment.

Role Responsibilities:

• Work with project teams to provide support and capacity
• Contribute to the development of an impactful Community of Practice
• Participate in and support data collection and use it to tell impactful stories about the Lab's work
• Assist in design sessions, meetings, and calls with partners
• Design templates for Miro, coordinate logistics during live sessions, and synthesize data and themes

Job Specifications:

• Passion for education
• Equity-focused and committed to dismantling racist systems and other systems of oppression
• Strong understanding of marginalized populations through lived or work-based experience
• Interest in learning about and applying human and/or equity-centered design and design thinking principles to education
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Willing to take risks and learn from failures
• Creative, insightful, detail-oriented, and imaginative
• Comfortable working remotely

Lab Culture:

The Lab team is composed of changemakers from diverse backgrounds, all sharing a passion for education as a lever for change. They are collaborative, supportive, and love to think big as they tackle the challenges of the future of learning and work. The Lab's work is rewarding, complex, and never mundane, and the team relies on each other to pressure test ideas, exchange thoughts, and support each other.

Timing, Compensation, & Location:

This is a full-time position from May - August 2026, with some flexibility. The internship is paid at a rate of $1200 per week, with potential for additional contract hours beyond the internship. The Lab is based in Washington, D.C., but employees are currently working remotely from any US time zone.

Application Deadline: February 28, 2026

To find out more or apply for this role, please use the following link: Apply here

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Education Design Lab is an equal opportunity employer, considering all applicants for roles regardless of race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran, or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. They believe that diversity and inclusion are crucial to their mission and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. They acknowledge that women and BIPOC candidates may not apply for a job if they do not meet all the listed qualifications. However, their job descriptions are general overviews, and if you are passionate about their work and have the skills to succeed in this role, they encourage you to apply.