Summer Internship, Senior Signal Associate

60 Decibels

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company. This is a 3-month contract role within the Signal Team, designed for a tech-savvy individual with strong business acumen and strategic foresight. The position is cross-functional, involving data analysis, AI-powered problem solving, digital product development, marketing, and sales. The primary goal is to accelerate the growth of 60 Decibels’ impact investing ecosystem map, transforming it from a proof of concept into a valuable sector asset. The role requires someone who can independently tackle complex problems, break them down, produce tangible outputs, and maintain focus on the bigger picture. While remote work is possible, in-person candidates are preferred. The role reports to the Signal Growth Lead and is overseen by the Chief Executive Officer.

Requirements

• Thrives in an environment juggling multiple tasks and takes personal accountability seriously.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills: works through challenges with messy data, unresponsive campaigns, or vague briefs, trying things, learning fast, and offering options.
• Exhibits proactiveness: sees what needs doing, takes initiative, and closes loops without waiting for perfect instructions.
• Possesses strong attention to detail: spots errors, double-checks work before submission.
• Some experience (5+ years) in consulting, research, social enterprise, impact investing, international development, marketing, growth, revenue operations, or a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Strong understanding of, or strong curiosity about, the impact investing ecosystem.
• Natural affinity for data and comfort with analysis.
• Excellent Excel / Google Sheets skills (via AI tools or otherwise).
• Comfortable with new software.
• Fluency and confidence using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Clay, and similar) to support research, analysis, writing, and workflow automation.
• Superb communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Great core skills of teamwork and project management.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Ability to prioritize across multiple workstreams.
• General orientation toward technology.

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience at an investment fund or around impact reporting is a plus.
• A graduate degree (or progress toward one) in business, international development, public policy, or a related field — e.g. MBA, MPA, MPP, MA.

Responsibilities

• Research the existing landscape of solutions providing data in the impact investing ecosystem.
• Source best practices and tools to produce similar maps and data sets.
• Design and iterate various GTM strategies.
• Gather, aggregate, clean, structure and analyse large volumes of data from various internal and external sources.
• Use AI tools (such as Claude, ChatGPT, Clay and other emerging platforms) confidently and creatively to accelerate research workflows, sharpen analysis, and raise the quality of every deliverable.
• Build a data pipeline that is lean, meaning it requires a minimum amount of manual input.

Benefits

• Unlimited leave policy (for full-time employees)
• Monthly recharge day, on the first Friday of each month (for full-time employees)
• Opportunity to work with colleagues from around the world

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree