Active Internships at Doberman

We’re now accepting applications for our 2025 internship program.

Doberman Emergency Management is hiring interns to support real-world projects across emergency services, public safety, and strategic outreach. These are paid, hybrid roles based in the St. Louis region, with the opportunity to work directly with our leadership team on national and international initiatives.

We’re currently recruiting for three key roles:

  • Emergency Management Intern – supporting planning, training, assessments, and operations

  • Media & Marketing Intern – executing social media, email campaigns, and digital content

  • Strategic Outreach & Research Intern – conducting B2B research, outreach, and proposal development

Each internship is built for professionals-in-progress who want to contribute meaningfully to the field. Whether you're organizing stakeholder meetings, shaping national training content, or preparing strategic outreach materials, you'll be part of the team doing the real work.

Click the images below to learn more about each role and how to apply.

Why Intern at Doberman

We are the best.

Doberman Emergency Management is the firm trusted by top-tier clients when they need outcomes that matter. Our team writes emergency plans, conducts complex exercises, leads multi-agency operations, builds out Emergency Operations Centers, and designs national training programs. We work with cities, counties, school districts, federal agencies, defense organizations, universities, and major corporate partners—across the U.S. and internationally.

We specialize in turning chaos into structure, and potential into action. Whether we’re supporting wildfire recovery, designing stadium security protocols, running interagency exercises, or training decision-makers—Doberman delivers results that hold up in the real world.

Doberman Emergency Management supports high-profile clients across professional sports, the military, public safety agencies, higher education, and private industry. Our work spans stadium operations, urban warfare training, campus readiness, wildfire recovery, mass casualty planning, and national policy development. Whether we're designing exercises for major metropolitan agencies, advising senior military leaders, or developing response strategies for elite sports venues, Doberman delivers real-world solutions that hold up under pressure.

You’ll also be contributing to The Readiness Lab (TRL), the public-facing arm of our work. TRL is home to the world’s largest emergency services podcast network, including the Disaster Tough Podcast and EM Weekly, and produces national-level training experiences like DyPop. TRL blends media, education, and strategy to elevate the field and shape how emergency management is seen—and done. From elite-level content to national conversations, TRL sets the tone for what’s next.

Our new brand, Impulse, tackles bleeding control and mass casualty management. Designed to be direct, bold, and lifesaving, Impulse equips schools, campuses, and organizations with tools and training to act when seconds matter.


What to Expect as an Intern

Interns at Doberman are expected to operate with initiative, professionalism, and a willingness to grow. You’ll be pointed in a direction and expected to lead the rest of the way. We want individuals who are intelligent, highly skilled (or on the path), coachable, and ready to contribute. You’ll be working on meaningful assignments, learning how to deliver at a high level, and gaining experience that translates directly into future roles—here or anywhere else in the industry.

You’ll be embedded in a high-trust environment that values clarity, action, and personal accountability. You will be expected to care deeply about your work, the people it impacts, and your own growth.

Your Role Will Include

  • Contributing to core project work based on your track (planning, media, research)

  • Supporting administrative functions that keep operations running

  • Attending client meetings, trainings, and stakeholder sessions

  • Traveling for work on occasion, depending on the project

  • Working out of our St. Charles, Missouri office, with a flexible hybrid model

  • Collaborating with a national team working across multiple time zones and high-level deliverables

You’ll be trained, mentored, and held to a high standard. We’ll show you what excellence looks like—and how to reach it. You’ll receive clear feedback, real responsibilities, and exposure to client-facing work that matters.

Interns who succeed at Doberman are offered jobs at the end of the program.