Digital Strategies and Social Media Intern
Washington, DC
National LGBTQ Task Force
Date Posted: 4/18/2025
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.
Requirements
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.
Salary Description
$15 per hour
