Newsletter sponsorship
A clearly labeled sponsor block for a relevant student product, service or recruiting message. Availability depends on audience size, segment fit and newsletter performance.
Commercial partnerships / clearly labeled
Reach college students while they plan their next move.
FirstInternships is building a focused audience of college students researching internships, application requirements and career preparation. We consider transparent campaigns that help that audience without changing our editorial facts or rankings.
Free forever for studentsCommercial support funds access instead of putting the directory behind a paywall.Clear commercial labelsPaid placements never imitate editorial guidance.No list salesSubscriber and account data are not sold to partners.
Ways to work together
Three revenue products.
One editorial wall.
Employer campaigns
Promote a genuine college opportunity or employer brand across agreed placements. Sponsorship can buy distribution, never favorable eligibility claims or hidden ranking influence.
Display advertising
Reserved, labeled placements on relevant directory and guide pages once the advertising account, consent system and quality checks are fully active.
What to include in an inquiry
Tell us who you represent, the student audience you want to reach, campaign timing, the exact destination page, the format you are considering and a realistic budget range. For an internship campaign, include the official opening and the written eligibility rules. We will not invent reach, fit or outcomes that we cannot measure.
What a partnership cannot buy
- Changes to sourced eligibility, deadlines, pay, location or availability.
- Unlabeled placement inside editorial recommendations or application buttons.
- A promise of ranking, clicks, applicants, interviews or hires.
- Access to account information, subscriber addresses or individual student preferences.
How proposals are evaluated
Audience usefulness comes first, followed by claim accuracy, destination quality, timing, disclosure requirements and whether the campaign can run without making the site harder to use. We may decline products or messages that create student risk, imitate an employer application, make unsupported outcome claims or conflict with the directory's editorial standards.
What your support keeps free
Students do not pay to browse internship guides, use the filters, compare programs, review deadlines or keep a private browser-based application plan. Commercial revenue supports source review, publishing and infrastructure without turning student access into the product.
Partnership questions
Can an employer pay to change its program page?
No. Program facts remain tied to official sources. A paid campaign may link to a real opportunity in a separately labeled placement, but payment does not change eligibility, status, editorial language or ordinary directory ordering.
Do you sell your newsletter list?
No. We do not provide subscriber addresses, account records or individual preferences to advertisers or listed employers.
Are rates published?
Not yet. Inventory and audience reporting are still developing, so any proposal is scoped individually instead of being sold against an unsupported rate card.
Is advertising live now?
Display ad code is gated and remains off until publisher approval, valid placement identifiers and applicable consent controls are configured. Partnership inquiries can still be evaluated before inventory opens.