Communications Internship

Washington’s leading political environmental organization seeks two or potentially three students to join our communications team as interns. As the political voice for the environment, Washington Conservation Voters works to advocate for strong environmental policies and also endorses and elects environmental candidates to office. The communications internship is an opportunity for a student to learn more about political and environmental communications and play an integral role in the organization’s outreach.

The communications intern responsibility will vary depending on the campaign needs and the specific skills of the intern but the following is a general description of the work. There is room for the intern to develop focus areas depending on his/her interests. Though much of the work can be done off site, the intern will be required to work from the downtown Seattle office about once a week.

POTENTIAL AREAS OF WORK

Scorecard

•    Assist with the research for the Legislative Scorecard and research on scores from previous Scorecards.

•    Assist with the implementation and logistics of the Legislative Scorecard release.

•    Track and clip media after release.

Endorsements

•    Attend endorsement events – help with photography

•    Assist with press release distribution

•    Track and clip media after releases

New Media Communications: Website and Social Media

Website

•    Help maintain and update various portions of the website by tracking appropriate news stories, posting them and monitoring traffic.

•    Find other websites that can link to Washington Conservation Voters and develop relationships to establish those links.

Social Media

•    Execute a plan to establish an online presence for Washington Conservation Voters on Facebook and manage ongoing communications with Facebook members around key events, volunteer opportunities etc.

•    Track environmental and political blogs and look for opportunities to further Washington Conservation Voter’s campaign plan through these venues.

•    Work closely with the Communications Manager to develop strategies for You Tube and establish a Washington Conservation Voters You Tube channel.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

•    Capacity to work quickly and on a variety of projects.

•    Knowledge of Plone websites or willingness to learn how to use Plone and interest in helping build and maintain website content.

•    Passionate about building networks and using social media and a willingness to use that passion for  environmental communications.

•    Interest in environment and politics.

•    Ability to work in Adobe Photoshop/In Design and Illustrator a plus but not required.

Please submit a short letter and resume to Sudha Nandagopal, Washington Conservation Voters Communications Manager.

Email: Sudha@wcvoters.org   Phone: (206) 631-2624