Content & Copywriting Intern

Job Description

Internship, Digital Content, Design Studio (Fall 2026) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at Tesla, located in Hawthorne, CA, within the Design Studio. Tesla is a company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage, solar panels, and related products and services, accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. This internship is vital for defining and upholding the Tesla tone of voice in all customer-facing communications, ensuring a consistent and accurate brand experience for both future customers and current owners. The role supports global content efforts across digital and printed materials.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time (40 hours/week), minimum 12 weeks
• Location: In-person, Hawthorne, CA
• Pay: $20–$50 hourly
• Team: Design Studio content team, responsible for defining and upholding the Tesla tone of voice within customer-facing content.
• Mission: Ensure accuracy and consistency across all customer communications globally.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Provide assistance to the global Design Studio content and copywriting team for all customer-facing communications, spanning both digital and printed formats.
• Implement: Learn and actively apply the established Tesla brand voice across all written communications you produce or edit.
• Write: Develop original copy for customer-facing communications, adhering to specific briefs or outlines of requirements.
• Validate: Proofread, edit, and investigate drafted copy from internal teams to ensure accuracy in tone, product descriptions, and specifications.
• Engage: Brainstorm and propose creative, innovative methods to engage effectively with Tesla customers and owners, and track content analytics.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing an academic degree in Communications, Journalism, Advertising, or a closely related field.
• Experience: Actively enrolled student with an interest in technology and/or sustainability.
• Skills: Ability to deliver high-quality writing under demanding deadlines, extreme attention to detail, excellent copywriting and editing proficiency, and strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Bonus: Experience gained from writing for a school newspaper.