Fall '21 Internship | Communications
Civic Nation is currently seeking a Communications intern for its United State of Women (USOW) initiative. The intern, reporting to the Communications Manager, will provide support on a variety of communications projects, including contributing to external digital platforms like email, social, and website, and integrating communications and digital tools into USOW’s organizing work. This is an exciting position for someone who is passionate about women’s empowerment, enjoys keeping up with the news, is a detail-oriented self-starter, and looking for an opportunity to develop communications and digital skills.
ABOUT THE UNITED STATE OF WOMEN
The United State of Women is a national organization dedicated to convening, connecting, and amplifying voices in the fight for full gender equity. We are a community for all women, gender nonconforming people, and allies who believe in full gender equity and want to work collectively to achieve it. We strive to build and strengthen coalitions at all levels and connect our audiences to new partners and actions in order to enact meaningful change and create a more intersectional, united state of women.
Born out of the Obama Administration’s White House Council on Women and Girls, USOW holds a unique position within the gender equity movement. We sit at the uncommon intersection of policy, community engagement, culture change, and leadership development. Since 2016, we’ve served as a go-to platform for partners, stakeholders, and our community to address issues facing women and other marginalized genders.
ABOUT CIVIC NATION
Civic Nation is a home for changemakers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation. We empower people to take on the biggest challenges of our time — strengthening democracy; foster civic engagement, social justice and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more.
Civic Nation drives real, meaningful change by shifting culture, systems, and policy. We organize at every level and serve as a connector — of people and programs, of grassroots activists and leaders of industries and organizations, of ideas and the resources to make them reality. Our goal is to empower individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations to create a more inclusive, equitable America.
YOUR IMPACT
- Support the USOW Communications team by managing an editorial calendar, providing research for media content or other uses, drafting social copy or emails, maintaining databases and press lists, and monitoring additional online activity
- Assist in general website maintenance.
- Drafting visual assets in Canva and/or Photoshop
- Regularly assist in social media and email data metrics tracking
- Support the regular sending of USOW’s newsletters
- Work with the USOW Programs team to write fundraising communications and grassroots fundraising data management
- Actively participate in all relevant USOW (internal and partner) meetings
- Assist in the planning and execution of virtual events and digital campaigns
- Support USOW digital campaigns by compiling relevant research and tracking of current events
- Provide logistical support including occasional scheduling for senior staff, materials management, and note-taking
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- Broad understanding of digital platforms and social media. Examples of content creation on Canva , Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc. preferred
- Experience with Wordpress, HTML, and/or Adobe Creative Suite a plus
- Demonstrated interest in women’s empowerment preferred
YOUR COMPETENCIES
- Understanding and appreciation of intersectional feminism
- Excellent oral and written communication and customer service skills, including comfortability communicating with diverse audiences in-person, over email, and on the phone
- Ability to take initiative and work independently on multiple tasks
COMPENSATION & EXPECTED HOURS
This is a part-time, three-month-long commitment commencing September 8, 2021 and ending December 10, 2021. Interns are expected to work up to 20-hours each week and will be compensated at the rate of $15.20 per hour.
TO APPLY
Please visit civicnation.org/careers to submit a cover letter and resume. Applications will be accepted until July 7, 2021. The cover letter should be concise, compelling, and include why you would like to be an intern for Civic Nation.
At Civic Nation, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with the fundamental belief that people are inherently capable but often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to fulfill our mission and reach our goals. Civic Nation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.