Internships at Monumental Impact

Learn. Contribute. Grow.

Monumental Impact internships give high school and college students the opportunity to build real-world skills while contributing meaningful work to our organization and community.

This is not a shadowing program. Interns become part of our working teams, contribute to real projects and organizational needs, learn alongside experienced community members and mentors, and develop technical and professional skills along the way.

Whether you’re exploring a future career, developing skills you already have, or looking for experience you can take into college or the workplace, we want you to use your skills while building new ones.

Who Internships Are For

Our internships are a good fit for high school and college students who:

Want hands-on experience in technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, business, or community-based work
Want to apply what they’re learning in school to real projects
Are exploring career and college pathways
Want to develop technical and professional skills
Enjoy creating, solving problems, or helping others
Want meaningful experience for a resume, portfolio, or college application
Are ready to take responsibility for their work and contribute as part of a team

You don’t need to arrive knowing everything. Learning is part of the experience.

Career Readiness Through Real Work

Career readiness is more than learning a technical skill.

Interns work within an operating nonprofit and community makerspace where projects have goals, customers and community members have needs, events have deadlines, and teams have to communicate and work together.

Through that experience, interns can develop:

Technical and hands-on skills
Professional communication
Teamwork and collaboration
Project planning
Time management and reliability
Problem-solving and troubleshooting
Accountability and follow-through
Leadership
An understanding of how organizations actually get work done

Find a Team Where You Can Contribute

Intern opportunities vary based on your interests, experience, organizational needs, and the projects underway during each engagement term.

Interns may contribute within one or more of our functional teams.

Makerspace Services

Help support the equipment, resources, and people that make our makerspace work.

Opportunities may include:

Learning and using makerspace equipment
Helping community members with projects
Equipment training and documentation
3D printing, laser cutting, CNC, electronics, and other fabrication
Equipment and workspace organization
Supporting Open Hours
Developing procedures and improving makerspace services

Product Development & Delivery

Help turn ideas into products, prototypes, kits, and other solutions that can be tested, improved, and delivered.

Interns may work individually or as part of a team to move a project through different stages of development—from understanding the need and brainstorming ideas to designing, prototyping, testing, improving, and preparing something for delivery.

Opportunities may include:

Product brainstorming and concept development
Researching customer or community needs
CAD, graphic, mechanical, electrical, or software design
Building prototypes and mockups
Using makerspace equipment to fabricate parts and products
Testing prototypes and gathering feedback
Troubleshooting and improving designs
Developing product kits, packaging, instructions, or documentation
Preparing products for small-batch production
Supporting product costing, pricing, and sourcing
Working with Marketing, Events, and other teams to gather feedback or introduce products
Documenting processes so products can be reproduced or improved by others

Projects may support entrepreneurship, competitive robotics, community needs, makerspace activities, or other Monumental Impact initiatives.

The goal isn’t simply to make something. Interns gain experience understanding how an idea moves from concept through development, testing, improvement, and delivery.

Marketing, Media & Analytics

Help tell the story of what’s happening within Monumental Impact and connect more people with our community.

Opportunities may include:

Social media
Photography and video
Graphics and content creation
Website content
SEO
Newsletters and communications
Community interviews and blogs
Marketing campaigns
Google Analytics and communication-channel metrics

Event Planning & Delivery

Help turn an event from an idea on a calendar into something people can actually attend and enjoy.

Opportunities may include:

Event planning
Registration
Event communications
Logistics
Volunteer coordination
Setup and event delivery
Community events
Robotics competitions
Post-event evaluation

Facility & IT

Help support the physical and technology infrastructure behind our community.

Opportunities may include:

Technology and systems
Facility operations
IT documentation
Equipment and asset tracking
Access systems
Process improvement
Technical projects

Business Operations & Financials

Gain exposure to some of the behind-the-scenes work required to operate an organization.

Depending on experience and the project, opportunities may include:

Business processes
Transaction and subscription management
Financial reporting support
Data and metrics
Sponsorship and fundraising support
Process documentation and improvement
Entrepreneurship and social enterprise activities

Use Your Skills. Build Your Skills.

Internships aren’t one-size-fits-all.

You may arrive with experience in CAD, photography, robotics, programming, social media, graphic design, business, engineering—or something we haven’t thought of yet.

We’ll look at what you already know, what you’d like to learn, and where meaningful work is available.

You may receive training, work alongside a mentor, collaborate with volunteers and other interns, or learn new tools while completing a project.

The goal is to contribute something meaningful while leaving with greater skills, confidence, and experience than when you started.

Grow Into Greater Responsibility

Interns aren’t expected to arrive ready to lead.

As you gain experience and demonstrate reliability, you may have opportunities to take greater ownership of projects and activities.

Some interns may become a Student-in-Charge, helping turn team goals into actionable work, coordinating with other students, tracking progress, and communicating with Volunteer Team Leads.

Others may lead a particular project, event activity, product, or technical effort.

Leadership is something you can grow into through experience.

Internship Engagement Terms

We offer internship opportunities during defined engagement terms so interns and our teams have enough time to work together and accomplish meaningful work.

Academic Year

September 14 – April 16

Interns are asked to commit a minimum of approximately 3 hours per week during the academic-year engagement term.

Summer

Summer internships provide a more concentrated opportunity to participate in projects, events, programs, and makerspace activities.

Specific schedules and expectations are discussed during the interview and onboarding process based on the team, project, and intern’s availability.

How to Get Started

1. Learn About Us

Explore our website or, even better, come visit the makerspace to see what our community is working on.

2. Apply

Submit your information, cover letter and resume through Join Our Community.

Tell us about your interests, experience, what you’d like to learn, and why you’re interested in Monumental Impact.

3. Meet With Us

We’ll schedule a conversation to learn more about you, discuss your availability and interests, and explore where you might fit.

Whenever possible, we also want prospective interns to see our makerspace and meet some of the people they’ll be working alongside.

4. Orientation & Onboarding

If there’s a good fit, you’ll complete orientation and onboarding and connect with your team, projects, mentors, and other resources.

Then it’s time to get to work.

Your Internship May End. Your Connection Doesn’t Have To.

Completing an internship doesn’t mean you have to leave the Monumental Impact community.

Interns may choose to stay involved as:

Members
Volunteers
Project contributors or leads
Mentors as their experience grows
Participants in Entrepreneurship, Competitive Robotics, and other Member Programs

Some may even return for another internship engagement term with greater responsibilities.

Keep learning. Keep creating. Keep in touch.

Ready to Build Some Experience?

If you’re ready to use your skills, build new ones, contribute meaningful work, and become part of a community where people learn by doing, we’d like to meet you.

Come visit our makerspace in Palmer Lake in the Tri-Lakes area, north of Colorado Springs, or submit your information to start the conversation.

Other Ways to Make Monumental Impact

Volunteer

Contribute your skills, mentor community members, support Open Hours or projects, or help lead one of our functional teams.

Serve on Our Board

Help provide governance and strategic guidance while expanding Monumental Impact’s community, business, and fundraising connections.

Sponsor or Partner

Businesses and organizations can support our community through sponsorship, expertise, career-connected experiences, resources, and partnerships.