Overview

GigaClimate is seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and hands-on Marketing & Thought Leadership Intern to help build and scale our brand platform. We are looking for someone who cares deeply about clarity of thought and intellectual rigor, with a strong desire to lead conversation about critical topics across climate tech.

This internship is a content strategy and execution role designed for someone who wants real ownership, direct exposure to founders and partners, and the opportunity to shape the intellectual voice of an emerging climate platform.

Success in this role means we have a repeatable, high-quality publishing engine and a clearly defined intellectual position in the climate hard tech ecosystem - including defined series, publishing cadence, and distributed amplification across LinkedIn, Substack, and partner channels.

About GigaClimate

GigaClimate is the next great transformational commercialization lab (e.g. Edison Labs, Bell Labs). We are a venture builder creating and commercializing the initial stages of gigatonne (GT) scale, billion person impact climate companies. Most climate capital optimizes decarbonization; we build in two inevitable and underpriced mega-markets: Climate Adaptation & Resilience and the Regenerative Economy, projected to approach ~$1T annually by 2030.

Key Responsibilities

Thought Leadership Development

• Work directly with GigaClimate team to develop structured content series across key themes:

  • Adaptation & resilience problem landscapes

  • Hard tech company-building playbooks

  • Climate financing innovation

  • GigaClimate-led flagship content or report to be determined

• Work with content editors and authors to develop pieces into the below formats, ensuring clarity, rigor, and intellectual sharpness in all outputs

• Long-form Substack essays

• LinkedIn articles and posts

• Presentations or decks for sharing across platforms

Content Production & Editorial Operations

• Build and maintain a structured content calendar, tracking publishing cadence and ensuring momentum and on-time execution

• Establish lightweight production workflows

• Develop and maintain content performance and results tracking

• Identify opportunities to repurpose long-form content into multi-post series or content for live speaking or media engagements

. Opportunistic & Network-Led Amplification

• Identify timely moments for reactive LinkedIn content tied to:

  • Climate events

  • Policy shifts

  • Fundraises and ecosystem news

  • Industry-relevant topics and events

• Draft posts for:

  • Founder and team LinkedIn accounts

  • GigaClimate corporate LinkedIn page

• Help coordinate reposting and amplification across the extended network

What You’ll Gain

• Direct exposure to climate hard tech venture building

• Hands-on experience shaping a brand from early-stage platform to scaled voice

• Experience building a content engine, not just producing isolated posts

• Close mentorship from Partners and founders

• A portfolio of published thought leadership with real industry visibility

Preferred Qualifications

• Current (or recent graduate) MBA

• Exceptional writing and editing ability

• Strong synthesis skills - ability to structure complex ideas clearly

• Comfort working from rough inputs and ambiguity

• High agency and follow-through

• Interest in climate adaptation, infrastructure, hardware, or venture building

• Familiarity with LinkedIn and Substack ecosystems

• Experience in consulting, journalism, startups, venture, or research environments preferred

This role is San Francisco-based with hybrid flexibility. The intern will report to the Commercial Partner, working closely with them and GigaClimate Founder and CEO .Compensation will be a competitive hourly rate for 40 hours/week. This position description is written as a guideline to inform interns of what is generally expected of them. The description is not intended to be all-encompassing or limiting in any manner; rather, it is hoped that it will add understanding and better reflect the work performed at all levels of the internship. Duties and responsibilities other than those listed may be included as needed within the work group or the company. We are committed to the philosophy of equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ancestry, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or other non-job-related criteria.