Marketing & Growth
Host: Seed-stage consumer app
Plan and test a campus launch campaign, then report which message got the most sign-ups.
- Audience research
- Campaign plan
- Results deck
The virtual internship program for high school students
Your teen works on a real project for a real company, meets 1-on-1 with a mentor every week, and finishes with a signed certificate and a personal letter about their work. In 6 weeks, around school, from anywhere.
LEAD mentors have worked at companies like Google, Meta and TED.
Enrollment summary
$1,989USD · one price
- Matching with a host company in your field
- 6 weekly 1-on-1 sessions with your mentor
- A scoped project brief and written feedback
- Certificate of completion, signed by the company
- A personal letter from your mentor about your work
- A LEAD coordinator from start to finish
Certificate and letter guaranteed. Finish the program, get both.
Book a free callFree 20-minute call. No obligation.
Why parents choose LEAD
Four things a summer camp, a club or a certificate course can’t give your child.
Proof, not a promise
A finished project, a company-signed certificate and a personal letter describing the work, all things your child can point to in applications and interviews. We never promise admissions outcomes.
Career clarity before college
Six weeks doing the real work shows whether a field fits, before you pay for a degree in it.
Grown-up skills
Deadlines, written feedback and presenting to a real team: the habits that make students stand out at university and at work.
Built around school
5–10 hours a week, mostly on their own schedule, with one 1-on-1 mentor session a week in your time zone.
How the 6 weeks work
Most of the work happens on your own schedule. Once a week you meet your mentor 1-on-1 to show progress and get feedback.
1-on-1 with your mentorDeliverable
Your internship planner
6 weeks
Week 1
Meet your mentor
Your first 1-on-1. Agree the brief, the goal and what “done” looks like.
1-on-1Week 2
Research and first draft
Dig into the problem, then turn what you learn into a first version.
1-on-1Week 3
Deliverable one
Present your first deliverable to the company and get feedback.
1-on-1DeliverableWeek 4
Build
Use the feedback and do the heads-down work on your final deliverable.
1-on-1Week 5
Polish
Finish, test and rehearse the final presentation.
1-on-1Week 6
Final presentation
Present to the team, then receive your certificate and personal letter.
1-on-1Deliverable
What your child could work on
Every brief comes from the host company and is real work they need done. A few examples of the kind of project students take on:
- Software Engineering
Host: Education SaaS company
Build and ship a small feature that lets teachers export class reports as PDFs.
- Working feature
- Tests
- Demo video
- AI & Data Science
Host: Health-tech startup
Clean six months of appointment data and build a dashboard that shows why patients miss visits.
- Clean dataset
- Dashboard
- Findings memo
- Finance & Fintech
Host: Payments startup
Compare pricing across five competitors and recommend a new plan for small businesses.
- Pricing model
- Competitor table
- Recommendation
Sample briefs. Real briefs are written by host companies.
Learn from people who’ve done the job.
LEAD mentors work, or have worked, at places like these.
- Meta
- GreyLabs AI
- Sarvam AI
- Delhivery
- TED
- X
- Deloitte
- PwC
- EY
- J.P. Morgan
- Gartner
- Harvard University
- MIT
- Sciences Po
- Ashoka University
- Krea University
- NIIT
What you walk away with
LEAD Internships
Certificate of Completion
This certifies that
Your Name
completed an 6-week remote internship and delivered “Campus launch campaign plan and results”
Host company
LEAD Internships
A finished project
Something real you built, researched or shipped, that you can show and talk about in any interview.
Work experience with a real company
Weekly 1-on-1 sessions with a mentor who does this job, and a clear picture of whether you want to do it too.
A certificate and a personal letter
Everyone who completes gets a certificate signed by the host company and a personal letter from their mentor describing their work. Top performers also earn a recommendation letter.
Activity description (150 characters max)
- Remote marketing intern at a consumer app startup. Planned and tested a launch campaign; presented results to the founder.
- Software intern at an EdTech company. Built and shipped a PDF export feature for teachers; wrote tests and demoed it to the team.
- Data science intern at a health-tech startup. Cleaned 6 months of appointment data; built a dashboard showing why patients miss visits.
- Finance intern at a payments startup. Compared pricing across 5 competitors and recommended a new small-business plan to the CEO.
- Climate research intern at a sustainability startup. Analyzed supplier carbon data and wrote a policy brief for the leadership team.
How it can read on a college application. Example only.
Built for under-18s from day one.
Your child will be working with adults at a company. These are the rules every LEAD internship runs on.
Every host company gets checked
We’ll verify the company and the named mentor before any student is matched.
1-on-1, never unsupervised
Mentor sessions and messages happen on LEAD’s channels. A LEAD coordinator can see every message and join any session.
We collect the minimum
We’ll only ask for what we need to run the internship, and we won’t sell it.
A named coordinator
Every student will have a LEAD coordinator parents can reach, from match to certificate.
One price. Everything included.
$1,989USD
- No application fee
- No upsells
- No add-on tiers
Is cost a barrier? Tell us on your call. We want to make room for students who can’t pay the full price.
What’s included
- Matching with a host company in your field
- 6 weekly 1-on-1 sessions with your mentor
- A scoped project brief and written feedback
- Certificate of completion, signed by the company
- A personal letter from your mentor about your work
- A LEAD coordinator from start to finish
The completion guarantee
Complete the program and your child receives a certificate signed by the host company and a personal letter from their mentor describing their work. Guaranteed. Top performers also earn a recommendation letter.
Nothing to pay today. Book a free 20-minute call and ask us anything first.
Is LEAD right for your child?
Being honest about fit is how we keep the program worth joining.
A great fit if your child is
- Aged 14–18 and curious about a career
- Can give 5–10 hours a week for 6 weeks
- Wants real feedback from someone who does the job
- Comfortable working in English, online
Probably not the right fit if they’re
- Looking for a guaranteed college admission (nobody can promise that)
- Can’t commit a few hours every week right now
- Wants an in-person office internship
- Wants a certificate without doing the work
How to join
- 1
Book a free call
Optional. 20 minutes with LEAD, parents and students both welcome.
- 2
Apply
A short form about your interests and what you want to try.
- 3
Get your decision
Our team reviews your application. If it’s a yes, we match you with a company and your own 1-on-1 mentor.
- 4
Start any week
Once you’re accepted, pick your start week. Your first 1-on-1, then 6 weeks of real work.
What happens on the free call
- Ask anything about the program
- Find the field and company that fit
- Choose when to start and next steps
What parents ask us
Anything else? Every answer is on the FAQ page, or book a free call.
How much does LEAD Internships cost?
$1,989 (USD) for the full 6-week internship, everything included. Book a free call to ask anything first, and if cost is a barrier, tell us on the call.
What’s included in the price?
Matching with a host company in your field, 6 weekly 1-on-1 sessions with your mentor, a scoped project brief with written feedback, a certificate of completion signed by the company, a personal letter from your mentor, and a LEAD coordinator from start to finish.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes, guaranteed. Every student who completes the program receives a certificate of completion signed by their host company, plus a personal letter from their mentor describing their work.
Will an internship help with college applications?
It gives you real work to write and talk about, which many students find useful in applications and interviews. We can’t promise any admissions outcome, and we won’t.
How do you keep students safe?
Our rules: every host company and mentor is checked before matching, 1-on-1 mentor sessions and messages happen only on LEAD’s channels, where a coordinator can see messages and join any session, and every student has a named coordinator parents can reach.
How many hours a week does it take?
Between 5–10 hours a week for 6 weeks, including one 1-on-1 session with your mentor each week.
What if I have exams or fall behind?
Tell your LEAD coordinator early. Because most of the work is on your own schedule, you can move hours between weeks, and your coordinator and mentor will agree a plan with you.
Real work. Before college.
Book a free 20-minute call. Ask us anything, no obligation.