(Need to fill the Winter positions immediately) We need your help with our First-Time/Newish Voter program for 2020. The First-Time/Newish Voter program is for new voters to educate each other about progressive politics and the electoral process and to have access to more experience voters as mentors. Social media will play a major role through the use of Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. We need your help to design an exciting campaign to transform the election year nationwide using cutting edge techniques to facilitate our campaign going viral. Additional Internship positions will be filled this Spring, Summer, and Fall.

Primary responsibilities will include helping us manage our social media and other communications. Others might include grassroots organizing, research, and/or fundraising. Interns will 1) gain experience at formulating political messages and planning and implementing a communications strategy and 2) develop their own written and oral communications skills. Interns will be expected to work ten to twenty hours per week.

Start and end dates: Flexible, but January through the end of April or May through August or September through November are preferred.

Location: Spokane, WA and college campuses in Eastern WA (but telecommuting part of the time is possible).

Compensation: A small stipend will be paid. However, the main benefit to interns will be new skills learned and experience gained.

If You Are a Student, Eligible Departments are: Public Relations, Communications, Social Work, Political Science, Sociology, Journalism, and any Department that has an internship program, senior capstone requirement, practicum, etc. We are happy to reasonably customize the position to fit the needs of a students’ Department and academic calendar. Non-credit internships are possible, but we prefer to have students sign up for credits through an academic department.

Requirements and Qualifications: Either excellent written communications skills and attention to detail are required. Juniors, Seniors, graduate students, or graduates are preferred, but exceptional underclassmen and women will be considered. Applicants must be available for three to five hours a week from 9 am to 6 pm.

To apply: Please email 1) a resume to Bryan. E. Burke, Ph.D., at BryanB@ewvoters.org, 2) a short note about why you want this internship and why you are a good fit for the position, and 3) three writing samples should be available upon request or submitted with the application (diversity in style is fine, but not required, for example political messaging, social media, technical writing, and creative writing). The resume should highlight relevant classes, political experience, and volunteer work. For more information, call Bryan at 509 330 1793 (but serious inquiries only).

We will accept resumes until positions are filled.