Specialty Markets Analytics Intern

Hearst

Hearst

Data Science
Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Posted on Feb 27, 2026

Want an internship where your work gets utilized? Join our Vehicle Management & Specialty Markets team and help support analytics, research, and product initiatives across specialty vehicle segments in the U.S. and Canada—including Powersports, Cars of Particular Interest (exotics/collectibles), Recreational Vehicles, and Medium-/Heavy-Duty Trucks.

You’ll get hands-on exposure to real-world valuation and analytics workflows, cross-functional collaboration, and even AI-driven initiatives that are actively changing how automotive valuations are created.

Summer 2026 | 11 weeks | 35 hours/week | $20/hour | On-site/Hybrid


What we’re looking for

  • Undergraduate student (preferred: current sophomore or junior, but open to others)
  • Interest in analytics, research, and market trends (especially if you think auction data is oddly fascinating… you’ll fit right in)
  • Skills/experience (required for this role):
    • Data Research
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • Microsoft Word
  • Proficiency level: Intermediate

Preferred majors: Business, Analytics

About the team

Vehicle Management & Specialty Markets researches vehicles, manages vehicle data, and delivers automotive valuations across U.S. and Canadian markets-covering traditional automotive segments and specialty markets like Powersports, M/H Duty Trucks, CPI, and RVs. Work includes VIN/spec data, market analytics, auction results, forecasting, performance metrics, customer support, and AI-driven process improvements.


What you’ll do

  • Monitor and analyze auction activity across specialty vehicle segments
  • Identify market trends, anomalies, data inconsistencies, and help document valuation assumptions/market parameters
  • Support product and market expansion efforts to improve valuation accuracy, market coverage, and customer experience
  • Assist with model year lineup organization and validation across specialty markets
  • Contribute to AI-driven initiatives, including projects focused on automating automotive valuations with a third-party vendor-learning the real-world importance of responsible AI use, vendor partnership, and data privacy
  • Collaborate with teams across Product, Data Ops, Customer Service, BI, Marketing, and Data Science
  • Help with metrics, reporting, dashboards (using tools such as Excel, proprietary valuation systems like Spotfire/Autobahn, Power BI, Power Automate, and AI tools)
  • Assist in updating/enhancing quarterly specialty market insights reports
  • Deliver a meaningful end-of-summer project, tailored to business needs and your strengths (examples: insights summary, dashboard enhancement, documentation/analysis supporting market expansion)