Tech4Wildlife Communications Undergraduate Intern

WWF

Mar 11, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Starts on Jun 16
Off-cycle Internship
Marketing
Science
Washington, DC

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
Pursuing an Associate’s or Bachelor’s program in communications, conservation science, or journalism. Those studying outside these areas are still highly encouraged to apply. Must be an actively enrolled student and not received degree at time of internship start date (June 17, 2024).
Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and visual), including ability to liaise across teams and cultures.
Interest in conservation technology (i.e. camera traps, drones, biologging tags, machine learning, eDNA, etc.).
Ability to plan, organize and prioritize workload.
Ability to learn about new topics quickly and transform them into content that can speak to general audiences while capturing the importance of scientific or technological information.
Flexible to needs of working with an internationally-based team across timezones.
Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values:
COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.
INTEGRITY – We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.
RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.
COLLABORATION – We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Speaking or reading fluency in a language other than English.
Previous experience in media relations, social media, or journalism.
Learning Outcomes:
Develop engaging, informative, and impactful content that connects with both conservation tech audiences and general audiences.
Collaborate with others across disciplines, teams, and major international conservation organizations.
Handle and support a wide portfolio of topical areas and deliverables, ranging in level of urgency and timeliness.
Build a portfolio of content to highlight your skills.
Learn about and gain a deeper understanding of strategic and programmatic communications, through a conservation lens. 
Gain firsthand exposure and experience to communications, wildlife programs, and conservation technology in one of the leading conservation NGOs in the world.

Responsibilities

Content:
Pitch and create content that highlights our conservation tech community’s global projects and WWF-specific projects. Content may include articles, case studies, photo essays, videos, and social media threads and stories.
Develop a strategy for conducting the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge across multiple platforms concurrently (X, Instagram, LinkedIn), identify key stakeholders and influencers to engage across each platform, and create a social media content calendar leading up to the event.
Gather and plan photo exhibit content for future events, including the conservation technology conference and World Wildlife Day 2025.
Media Outreach:
Expand the database of photo permissions from previous years’ entries for use in media outreach campaigns.
Conduct outreach to major media outlets to pitch and promote conservation tech stories.
Communications and Event Promotion:
Assist with the creation of our bi-monthly digest, as well as individual mailers about the event.
Coordinate with comms teams across WILDLABS’ partner organizations, including WWF, to build a promotional strategy.
Attend WILDLABS virtual events to engage the community with the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge and conduct one-on-one outreach to community members to encourage participation.

WWF

Creating a world where people live in harmony with nature. Together, anything is possible.

Non-profit

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1961

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Nature is our life-support system. That’s why WWF – an independent conservation organization active in nearly 100 countries – is tackling the deepening crisis of nature loss caused by human activities. Our ambition is to set nature on the path to recovery in the coming decade for the benefit of people and wildlife. Working with many others, we must protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable. ============ General information Thank you for joining the WWF LinkedIn community. Please read these guidelines designed to keep our members safe online. WWF is responsible for protecting and maintaining the integrity of this community. While we actively encourage this community to get involved by posting to our page and taking part in discussions, we do have some basic rules. WWF will remove content if it: •Is obscene or disrespectful •Is irrelevant to the aims of the WWF community •Is irrelevant to the original post •Is judged to be spam •Is abusive or threatening to the WWF community or individuals within it •Distributes false and/or misleading information •Advertises or promotes products and/or services •Repeats previous posts.