Job Title: Unlock Your Potential: Editorial or Communications Spring 2025 Internship Opportunity
Join Our Team and Shape the Future of Politics and Elections!
We're seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our Editorial or Communications teams as Spring 2025 Interns. As a Ballotpedia intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, from researching and writing articles to assisting with social media and email campaigns. Our internship program is designed to provide you with hands-on experience, mentorship, and training to help you grow professionally and personally.
As a Ballotpedia Editorial intern, you may:
- Be embedded in one of our Editorial teams (i.e. Ballots, Elections, Marquee or News) and work directly with Editorial staff members;
- Work on articles on candidates and elections;
- Write about Federal, State, or Local elections, depending upon your assignment;
- Assist our teams in news tracking and monitoring;
- Research candidate stances and biographies;
- Research election results and input them into our database;
- Research race expenditures;
- Research race endorsements;
- Process candidate surveys;
- Conduct research projects to improve overall data quality;
- Participate in brainstorming sessions with experienced staff members;
- Write and research on other topics as assigned;
- Process new volunteer applications;
- Work with volunteer program activities;
- Support Ballotpedia fellows program activities;
- Assist with metrics and reporting data collection.
As a Ballotpedia Communications intern, you may:
- Assist with Ballotpedia's social media, including creating posts and graphics;
- Assist with Ballotpedia's various email products, from daily and weekly newsletters to special campaigns;
- Respond to communications from a variety of external sources;
- Assist in coordinating and completing webinars, briefings, or similar group events;
- Collect a variety of data points, tracking subscribers, and engagement;
- Help develop compelling presentations, infographics and reports;
- Monitor and report on media mentions;
- Participate in special research projects;
- Participate in promotional planning and activities;
- Assist in identifying and coordinating influencer relations on social media;
- Find and analyze potential social media channels for Ballotpedia to join or track.
Our internship program runs from Monday, January 13, 2025 through Friday, May 2, 2025, and is a part-time program with approximately 10-20 hours per week. We offer a competitive hourly rate of $15.00 per hour, with the option to compensate at the local minimum wage if applicable.
If you're passionate about politics, elections, and public policy, and want to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic and mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply today!
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