Summer Marketing Intern

Thrive Hair Bar is looking for its Summer marketing intern!

Each season we have the opportunity to work with creative students who have great ideas for how to best market services, products, and experiences. These students have great attention to detail, learn & grow from their experiences, and thrive on constructive feedback. Is Thrive Hair Bar's next great marketing intern you?

We're looking for someone who is passionate about disrupting the American beauty standard, who is passionate about helping people feel comfortable, confident, and empowered in their true selves, and who will be comfortable with constantly adapting to a rapidly evolving work environment by helping Thrive Hair Bar realize it's marketing strategy that includes live, in-person events, social media (Instagram & Facebook), virtual events, classes, and frequent collaborations with industry leaders and medical professionals.

About Thrive Hair Bar

Thrive Hair Bar DC is a premier, luxury natural hair salon proudly located in one of Washington, DC’s most vibrant and historic neighborhoods, H Street NE. We specialize in natural hair styling services, including twists, locs, braids, and blowouts, tailored to enhance and celebrate the beauty of kinky, coily, and curly hair. In addition to our expert styling, we offer personalized consultations and a curated selection of retail products to empower our clients to embrace and care for their unique hair journey. Committed to fostering a sense of community and empowerment, we also host local events that celebrate diversity and promote the normalization of natural hair in every facet of life, from professional to personal to luxurious. At Thrive Hair Bar, we believe in the transformative power of embracing one’s natural beauty, and we are dedicated to helping our clients feel confident, empowered and utterly fabulous in their natural glory.

Internship Responsibilities

This role expectations are that you dedicate at least 8 hours per week to Thrive Hair Bar assignments which are due 1x per week, attend weekly one on ones with the CEO, and work in person at least 1x per week for a minimum of 2 hours. Some assignments require in-person work and some assignments can be done remotely.

The responsibilities include creating & editing marketing materials including emails, social media posts, website posts, videos, an internal newsletter, the marketing calendar and recruiting model talent.

Internship Benefits

Work closely with a startup CEO from Columbia and UPENN

see behind the scenes of what launching a new company from the ground up is like

$100 monthly stipend

1 free hair appointment per month

and you are invited to all Thrive Hair Bar team activities!

Submission Guidelines

Please submit 4 items: 

1. Cover Letter in PDF Format, 

2. Writing Sample (this can be something you created in the past/for a class) in PDF OR JPG FORMAT, 

3. Social Media Post/Video/ReelSample (something with imagery) YOU CAN LINK TO YOUR INSTAGRAM OR SEND A PDF OR JPG IMAGE/POST, 

4. Resume in PDF format