Social Media + Research Intern at Idealist.org

Social Media and Research Intern Needed for Idealist.org

Volunteer intern develops project skills in social media and research

Intern Responsibilities

This fall, the Idealist.org Portland office will invite an intern to work with us to develop and implement social media outreach for our national tour of graduate school fairs, research the best online public service career resources available on the web, and help us re-launch our Idealist nonprofit careers portal.

Qualifications We’re looking for an intern who has:

• Some knowledge of and experience with social networking
• Excellent written communication skills
• Creativity, friendliness, frankness, and a sense of humor
• Ability to work autonomously

About Us

Action Without Borders (AWB) is a nonprofit organization that connects people, ideas, and resources to help move from good intentions to action.

Since 1995, our website Idealist.org, has become the most comprehensive online resource for the nonprofit sector, with almost 100,000 nonprofit organizations from 190 countries posting their job openings, volunteer and internship opportunities, events, resources, and programs. Idealist attracts over 80,000 unique visitors each day, and over 800,000 people subscribe to our free daily email alerts which match people around the world with the resources and opportunities they seek.

The Fine Print

This is an unpaid internship in the Portland office for the fall term. U.S. citizens and non-citizens are both eligible to apply. The application deadline is flexible; we’ll pull down this posting when we have recruited our dream intern. We will acknowledge applications as they are received, and we’ll ask select applicants to come to our office for an interview.

How to Apply:

At this point we are accepting applications on a rolling basis, so ignore any deadlines you see.

In lieu of a cover letter, please write a paragraph or two in response to each of the following questions:

• What experience do you have with social media, and how have you measured success, if applicable?
• What are some of your favorite career resources, and why?
• Why is an internship a good fit in your life right now? What would you like to learn from this experience?
• What’s a recent experience that annoyed you, and one that delighted you?

Please submit your responses to these questions and resume — saved as PDFs — to amy [at] idealist.org. We will review materials as they come in.

We encourage people of all backgrounds, experiences and abilities to apply.

Use the subject line "SMRIntern.Firstname.Lastname," for example, "SMRIntern.Jillian.Tchume."