+Impact Studio Summer Internship - Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project

2025 summer program

2025 Dates: TBD but mid-May through mid-July (10 weeks)

DNEP’s +Impact Studio for Local Business (+ISLB) summer internship program provides students with transformative consulting experience by pairing interdisciplinary teams of U-M students with a small portfolio of Detroit small business clients to focus on implementing the recommendations of prior student teams. This is a paid, full-time position.

Services include:

Automating a business’ marketing systems to increase the lifetime value of its customers
Saving business owners time and money through optimizing Point of Sale Systems and other backend technology
Launching new products by operationalizing manufacturing, packaging and fulfillment

The job description for the 2025 program will be posted here when it is available. We do not recruit until March.

This program is designed for current sophomores or juniors at the University of Michigan. We anticipate hiring 12 interns in 2025, who will integrate with the Community Tech Workers based at Jefferson East, Inc. and with DNEP’s student accounting consultants.

Service Areas

Automate your marketing systems

Customer Retention

Save time and money

Point of Sale

Student Voices

Sarah Pisarczyk

Stamps School of Art & Design

Collaborating on interdisciplinary teams of students and doing such impactful work for the small business owners of Detroit was an experience that made me a better designer, community member, and prepared me to enter the job market more confidently. I appreciate the trust you put in all of us to do this work. It means everything to be taken seriously, trusted with real clients, and see the fruits of your labor.