We are always on the lookout for learn-it-all interns to join our community, investment and operations teams.

Our internships are paid, and based in Sydney, Melbourne or Auckland. 

If you’re hungry, curious, possess exceptional attention to detail and have a high ownership mentality, we’d love for you to apply.

Blackbird’s Women in VC alumni interns include:

• 2019, Alissa Robbins, a PhD Student at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and University of Melbourne. She wrote about her internship here.

• 2018, Michelle Hu is building a beauty accessories brand that’s grown to a seven-figure run rate in less than a year. She wrote about her internship here.

• 2017, Emma Wiltshire is now in Westpac’s Graduate program.

• 2016, Michelle Huang is in Canva’s Growth team. She wrote about her internship here.

About Blackbird

Blackbird is a venture capital firm whose mission is to supercharge Australia’s and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders. We do this by raising venture capital funds, investing in the best startup companies and helping them succeed. We have $1.3 billion dollars under management and a portfolio of over 60 companies including some of the most successful Australian startups such as Canva, Zoox, Safety Culture and CultureAmp.

Like the companies we back, we want to build a business that lasts for decades and produces excellent returns for our investors. Most of all, we want to support Australia’s and New Zealand’s most talented founders build category-defining technology companies.

We’ve written a lot about what we love at Blackbird, so check out our Medium if you want some more information about us. In particular, you should read about our mission and values, our master plan, and what we look for in founders.

Current internship opportunities 

Community intern: 

Blackbird’s community team is looking for an exceptional intern to help us deliver programming and content for our founders and the Australian and New Zealand startup communities. This is not your usual corporate or journalism internship. There’s no coffee runs or photocopying involved, and your ideas, creativity and perspective will count. 

You will have a high-ownership mentality and will have the confidence and abilities to own and run with ideas, delivering on the following areas: 

• Event coordination, including creating events in Eventbrite and Zoom, updating our calendars and creating event copy 

• Written communication, blog posts, newsletters and internal communications

• Social media, including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook 

• Database and admin management, keeping our systems and tracking up-to-date 

• Bonus: you’re comfy with Indesign and Photoshop

This is a minimum three-month internship program for current university students or recent university graduates.