Hybrid Communications Summer Intern

at International Refugee Assistance Project

• Job title: Communications Summer Intern
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: $17 per hour
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, WordPress
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Communications Intern providing administrative support to IRAP's Communications Department. Develops and disseminates content, conducts research, and creates media advocacy materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and programmatic support to IRAP’s Communications Department
• Support the design, content development, and distribution of new legal information resources (text and multimedia)
• Work with subject matter experts to maintain and update legal information resources in a variety of formats
• Support backend updates, including UX/UI design and information architecture of the Legal Information website
• Help with the creation and implementation of internal systems to streamline workflows
• Coordinate with partners for content dissemination
• Conduct storytelling research about displaced people
• Create original written and visual content for IRAP’s social media, web, email marketing, and digital advertising platforms
• Research target journalists and outlets in support of media advocacy efforts
• Design original communications campaigns and assist with partner communications campaigns
• Organize and compile accurate data in the contact and communications databases

Requirements

• Must be enrolled in or within one year of graduation from an undergraduate institution
• At least two years of undergraduate class work or equivalent work experience must be completed prior to the start of the internship
• Experience developing social media content for organizations preferred
• Experience developing communications campaigns preferred
• Passion for upholding and advancing the rights of displaced people
• Organized, motivated, and collaborative; able to balance multiple priorities; strong time management skills
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
• Ability to turn complex information into easy-to-understand resources
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong graphic design skills
• Sensitivity to client empowerment and to working with clients of all backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ clients, survivors of trauma, and other vulnerable populations
• Excellent English oral and written skills; spoken and written proficiency in a non-English language, particularly Spanish, Arabic, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, French, Portuguese, Haitian Kreyol, or Russian is preferred
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and/or Canva
• Word processing knowledge required; knowledge of WordPress, Google Workspace, Quorum, and/or Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a plus
• This internship requires a work authorization in the United States
• This internship may require occasional travel to the NYC office

Benefits

• Internship can be paid or non-compensated for academic credit
• Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities