PAID Communications Intern (Social Justice WOW)
Please note: The selected candidate will receive a $4,500 stipend funded by the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice WOW. WOW program requirements will apply. For more information on WOW requirements, visit Hiatt's WOW Funding page.
Help to collect and highlight the stories of those most impacted by economic inequality.
Mission & Programs
United for a Fair Economy is a national nonprofit organization and our mission is: “We challenge the concentration of wealth and power that corrupts democracy, deepens the racial divide, and tears communities apart.”
United for a Fair Economy uses popular economics education, trainings, and creative communications to support social movements working for a resilient, sustainable, and equitable economy.
- UFE’s signature Economics for Everyone programs use popular education methodology to strengthen grassroots power by sharing an interactive and accessible analysis of the economy.
- Our Inclusive Economy Project brings together grassroots groups in strategic states to push for progressive and equitable public policy.
- We use creative communications to challenge popularly-held myths about wealth creation and expose the structures of power and policies that maintain extreme economic inequality.
- Our Responsible Wealth Project organizes wealthy progressives and business owners – those in the top 5% of income and assets in this country – to use their influential voices in the fight for a fair economy.
For more information visit www.faireconomy.org
Communications at UFE
At United for a Fair Economy, we use creative communications to challenge popularly-held myths about wealth creation and expose the structures of power and policies that maintain extreme economic inequality.
We are looking for a remote summer intern for 20-25 hours per week for 8-10 weeks, to assist with the creation of video, audio, and other multimedia content. The intern will gain experience being part of a small and collaborative team, with opportunities to learn and contribute to the full range of projects we have ongoing nationwide. Because UFE is a small organization with a large impact, we offer a unique opportunity for interns to gain experience and insight into many different aspects of communications work, and nonprofit work more broadly.
The intern’s work editing video and audio will support a new project we are working on in North Carolina, which involves collecting and highlighting the stories of those most impacted by economic inequality. The resultant mini-interviews will be optimized for social media audiences, and distributed with the help of social advertising.
General Internship Duties
- Support preparation of UFE communications tools and website content; includes pitching and publishing a post on UFE’s blog, and writing posts for social media.
- Support communications multimedia projects with video and audio editing in Adobe Premiere and similar software.
- Support preparation of UFE communications tools and website content; includes pitching and publishing a post on UFE’s blog, and writing posts for social media.
- Develop posts for social media (Instagram, Facebook) from breaking news articles, and both existing/emergent in-house content.
- Attend staff meetings, team building and other meetings on zoom; support with webinars and other virtual events.
- Support other teams as needed.
Experience/Qualifications
- Conversational Spanish is strongly preferred, but not required.
- Strong communication skills, and experience or interest in using communication to engage communities and move people to take action on social issues.
- Strong computer skills; experience using Canva and an interest in social media.
- Familiarity with Adobe Premiere, or with other Adobe programs (like Illustrator or Indesign) is a major plus. Some training will be offered.
- Strong time management skills and attention to detail, self-motivated and open to feedback.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to interact with a variety of diverse audiences, including staff, board members, volunteers, and key individuals at partner organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work in a goal-oriented team environment with economic, racial, ethnic and gender diversity.
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice and excitement for UFE’s work.