**Job Description:**
Join Our Team and Shape the Future of Politics and Elections!
We're seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our Editorial or Communications teams as Spring 2025 Interns. As a Ballotpedia intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, from researching and writing articles to assisting with social media and email campaigns. Our internship program is designed to provide you with hands-on experience, mentorship, and training to help you grow professionally and personally.
As a Ballotpedia Editorial intern, you may:
- Be embedded in one of our Editorial teams (i.e. Ballots, Elections, Marquee or News) and work directly with Editorial staff members;
- Work on articles on candidates and elections;
- Write about Federal, State, or Local elections, depending upon your assignment;
- Assist our teams in news tracking and monitoring;
- Research candidate stances and biographies;
- Research election results and input them into our database;
- Research race expenditures;
- Research race endorsements;
- Process candidate surveys;
- Conduct research projects to improve overall data quality;
- Participate in brainstorming sessions with experienced staff members;
- Write and research on other topics as assigned;
- Process new volunteer applications;
- Work with volunteer program activities;
- Support Ballotpedia fellows program activities;
- Assist with metrics and reporting data collection.
As a Ballotpedia Communications intern, you may:
- Assist with Ballotpedia's social media, including creating posts and graphics;
- Assist with Ballotpedia's various email products, from daily and weekly newsletters to special campaigns;
- Respond to communications from a variety of external sources;
- Assist in coordinating and completing webinars, briefings, or similar group events;
- Collect a variety of data points, tracking subscribers, and engagement;
- Help develop compelling presentations, infographics and reports;
- Monitor and report on media mentions;
- Participate in special research projects;
- Participate in promotional planning and activities;
- Assist in identifying and coordinating influencer relations on social media;
- Find and analyze potential social media channels for Ballotpedia to join or track.
Our internship program runs from Monday, January 13, 2025 through Friday, May 2, 2025, and is a part-time program with approximately 10-20 hours per week. We offer a competitive hourly rate of $15.00 per hour, with the option to compensate at the local minimum wage if applicable.
If you're passionate about politics, elections, and public policy, and want to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic and mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply today!
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