Internship Opportunity
Organization
Campaign for Community Change
Date
June 6, 2013
Position Title
Annual Fund Intern
Location
Washington, DC
About the Campaign for Community Change
The mission of the Campaign for Community Change is to increase the profile of policy issues that matter to low-income people and people of color, as well as to educate and empower low-income people and people of color to act on those issues.
In recent years, the Campaign and its partners have won important improvements in the social safety net, protected critical retirement security programs from the chopping block, defeated numerous anti-worker measures and mobilized communities across the country to win historic health care reform. The Campaign has been widely credited with preventing anti-progressive forces from seizing the U.S. Senate through our work building a "firewall" with Latino, low-income and immigrant voters. Today, the Campaign is training more than 1,000 new activist leaders in swing states as we build a new movement for job creation.
For more information, go to www.campaignforcommunities.org
Position Description:
This internship is a great opportunity for someone interested in fundraising and communications in support of a non-profit working to advance the cause of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to have a voice in the policies that affect their lives. The internship is part-time, two-three days per week based on candidate's availability.
This is not a fax and open mail type of internship. You will get hands-on experience working with online marketing tools, including Blue State Digital (used by the Obama Campaign); helping to draft messages, create online actions, and gain insight into direct mail marketing. The Annual Fund Intern will also be involved in the digital rollout of our 2013 Change Champion Award honorees.
Qualified applicants must be creative, have strong writing skills, and have the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Knowledge of HTML and experience with CRMs, DreamWeaver and Fireworks is strongly preferred.
This position reports to:
Annual Fund and Marketing Manager
Principal Responsibilities:
- Draft and send fundraising emails and online actions under annual fund manager supervision
- Update webpages and create donation pages related to program campaigns
- Provide research on current events for online newsletter and other correspondence
- Assist in digital roll out of upcoming Change Champion Awards as needed
Qualifications:
- Strong writing skills
- Some familiarity working with customer relationship management (CRM) and content management system (CMS) tools
- Ability to work in fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of HTML, DreamWeaver, and/or Adobe Fireworks strongly encouraged
- Interest in national political issues a plus
Stipend: This internship is unpaid and is for eight weeks (with possibility of extension). Scheduling is flexible and determined based upon the intern's availability.
Closing Date of Position: Open until filled.
How to apply: Please submit resume, a cover letter and one writing samples to:
employment@campaignforcommunities.org
(Fax) 202-387 4892
