Digital Strategies and Social Media Intern

The National LGBTQ Task Force builds power, takes action and creates change to achieve freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their families. As a progressive racial, economic, and social justice organization, the Task Force works toward a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and achieves equity for all. More information at www.thetaskforce.org 

Job Title:  Digital Strategies and Social Media Intern 

Position Location: Hybrid, Washington, D.C. 

Department: Communications, Marketing and Branding 

Reports to: Communications Marketing Campaign Manager 

Timeline: 10 weeks – Monday, June 2nd through Friday, August 8th 

Summary: The position will support the Communications Marketing Campaign Manager and the Communications Team. The candidate should have a strong knowledge of LGBTQ and progressive issues, including racial justice, immigration reform, and reproductive justice. They must have strong writing skills, an ability to quickly learn new technical skills and experience working as part of a team. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Use our existing online tools and platforms (e.g., Facebook, Threads, Instagram, blog) to advance exposure of the Task Force to a broader online audience. 
• Support in covering live events (press briefings, rallies, conferences, etc.) through photography, video, and social media posts. 
• Collect and analyze performance on social media and marketing data to develop and adjust strategy accordingly. 
• Maintain good client relations through professionalism in all functions of customer service. 
• Media monitoring and market analytics generated through reports in Meltwater. 
• Research Social Media content trends, platform policy/feature changes, and best practices. 
• Analyze current market data to determine platform performance patterns. 
• Create and monitor a list of 30 digital profiles of LGBTQ nonprofits, community organizations, and LGBTQ influencers, organized by highest average number of engagements. 
• Edit and manage photographs, video and graphics for social media. 
• Organize and manage content archives. 
• Attend all CMB departmental meetings, during personalized working hours. 
• Contribute to cross-departmental meetings by taking notes and sharing relevant thoughts. 
• Assist Director of Communications and other team members working on other projects as assigned. 

Qualifications:  

• Must be majoring in public relations, communications, advertising, journalism, graphic design, video production (short-form and long-form), mass media studies, photojournalism or related field 
• Excellent communications and persuasive writing skills 
• Experience with photography and photo editing, graphic design and/or video editing 
• Basic understanding of social media (with a focus on Meta-platforms and LinkedIn) and management platforms 
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders 
• Must possess strong written and interpersonal communications skills 
• Basic understanding of and/or ability to learn HTML and CSS for email & web 
• Solid understanding of LGBTQ issues, and other progressive issues 
• Spanish-language skill desirable 
• Must be organized and flexible with the ability to prioritize time-sensitive projects 
• Must be a self-starter with a sense of humor 

Compensation: $15 an hour-37.5 hours per week. 

Apply: Please submit a cover letter describing your interest in the position, a resume addressing your experience, relevant writing sample/graphic/video or social media project and qualifications relevant to the position responsibilities.  If possible, please submit the names, affiliations and contact information for three references.

The Task Force is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, personal appearance, family responsibility, political affiliation or any other status protected by applicable law. Women, transgender people, veterans and people of color are encouraged to apply.