Russell Investments Summer Internship in the Investment Division

Notes to applicants:

Start Date: Our full-time summer internship program will start on Tuesday, May 27 or Monday, June 16

Location: Seattle

Pay Range:  $29.00 - $31.00 per hour

Application deadline: Monday, October 21

What to expect after you apply:

Application Review (October 22-30): We will carefully review your application.

Initial Interviews (November 4-15): If selected for further consideration, you will be invited for an in-person interview with members of our intern selection committee. Additional interviews or assessments may be required.

Team Placement (Late November/Early December): By late November or early December, we will inform you of our decision. If you receive an offer, we will work with you to determine the best team placement within the company. You can explore potential team options below.

Overview:

As a summer intern at Russell Investments, you are considered a full member of the team, and your contribution is valued. Our internships are designed to be a rewarding learning experience, allowing you to get a head start on your career, learn from industry experts, and work in a stimulating and challenging environment. The goal of Russell Investments’ Summer Intern Program is to prepare you for a full-time role in investment management through broad exposure to different parts of our business. You will have an opportunity to work with a variety of associates across the Investment Division.

Who you are:

We are looking for people from a variety of backgrounds with unique experiences and skills to join our team. You should have a genuine interest in financial markets and bring an eagerness to learn more about Russell Investments' investment capabilities.

What’s in it for you:

Meaningful and diverse experiences in a $270 billion AUM investment organization that will remain applicable throughout your career

Networking opportunities with industry experts, senior leaders within the company as well as external business partners

Personalized mentoring and coaching from experienced professionals to further your individual development

Engagement in a dynamic and collaborative team culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Key qualifications:

Coursework related to Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Accounting, or Computer Science.

Undergraduate student - preference given to candidates who are finishing their sophomore or junior year of college or university studies

Ability to work full-time (40 hours per week) during the summer for 10-12 weeks.

Intellectual curiosity, “people first” mentality, and non-negotiable integrity

Strong interest in financial markets

Nice to have:

Data analytics skills (Excel or Power BI)

Programming skills (SQL, Python, or R)

Intern Position Examples:

Trading – Global Trading Management

As a Trading intern, you will work to improve our implementation capabilities to ensure we provide our clients with the best execution. Main functions include running and developing execution analysis on all trading activity, working on evolving the methodology we use to measure executions, and managing large amounts of data to derive actionable insights.

Alternatives – Private Markets Manager Research

As an Alternatives intern, you will provide analysis of fund managers and their strategies. You will gain exposure to private markets, including venture capital, real estate, private debt, responsible investing, and/or buyouts, among others. Main functions include quantitative analysis and written commentary of money manager portfolios. You will also be extracting qualitative and quantitative data related to alternatives portfolios, manager universes, benchmarks, economic indexes, and market statistics and transforming that information into reports to be used by the team’s portfolio managers and research analysts.
 

Equities – Portfolio Management
As an Equities intern, you will work closely with portfolio managers and portfolio analysts to assist with many aspects of investment management, portfolio implementation, portfolio analysis, investment process and reporting. Main functions include quarterly report generation for our equity portfolios to identify sources of risk and return, performance attribution, pre/post trade analytics, transaction cost measurement, and collaboration with the investment and technology teams to build and improve overall investment process and technology infrastructure.

ESG and Active Ownership – Investment Research

As an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Active Ownership intern, you will have the opportunity to work closely with investment professionals and members of our proxy voting and engagement committee on projects that support Russell Investments’ responsible investing programs. The main functions include supporting active ownership initiatives, contributing to analysis on the firm’s proxy voting record, reviewing and recording companies' status/disclosures on ESG topics of interest (climate, diversity, board independence, etc.), and collecting and writing materials to support stock-specific engagement opportunities for portfolio managers and Russell funds.

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Russell Investments is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and employment applicants regardless of race, religion, ancestry, creed, color, gender (including gender identity which refers to a person's actual or perceived sex, and includes self-image, appearance, behavior or expression, whether or not different from that traditionally associated with a person's biological sex), age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, medical condition, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation,  past or present unemployment status , or any other characteristic protected by law.