Wildlife Communications Graduate 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 a graduate program in communications (or a related field, including in the environmental or conservation communications space). Ideally the candidate will have some experience or an affinity for conservation or environmental sciences. This includes course work in communications and wildlife, conservation, or biology. 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).
Creative and innovative thinker.
Highly organized, with good time management skills.
Passionate with strong interest in wildlife conservation.
Strong analytical, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Experience with email platforms and Microsoft Office applications.
Resourceful, engaged, flexible, and adaptable.
Ability to meet deadlines and commitments.
Good interpersonal skills. Communicative and a team player.
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:
Experience using design software like Canva and/or Adobe programs like InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premier Pro is a plus.
Related education (additional major, minor, or focus area) and/or previous work experience in wildlife conservation, conservation biology, wildlife science, environmental science, or related fields.
Learning Outcomes:
Creating communications strategies and plans.
Developing engaging, informative, and impactful communications products.
Collaboration with others across disciplines and teams.
Handling and supporting a wide portfolio of topical areas and deliverables, ranging in level of urgency and timeliness.
Practical experience in writing for multiple platforms and audiences.
Learning about and gaining a deeper understanding of strategic and programmatic communications, through a conservation lens.
Firsthand exposure and experience to communications and wildlife programs in one of the leading conservation NGOs in the world.

Responsibilities

Leading and supporting the development and maintenance of internal communications products for the Wildlife Conservation team (e.g. newsletters, regular media and communications updates, internal databases and calendars, and fact checking).
Developing and updating existing editorial and written content. This may include:
Webpages of wildlife species and projects
Web stories
Newsletter stories
Presentation decks
Brainstorming ideas, comms strategies, and executing comms outputs for wildlife commemoration days (i.e. Global Tiger Day, World Ranger Day, World Elephant Day, etc) and other priority campaigns/initiatives.
Supporting implementation of a new wildlife communications framework which may include helping build out associated action plans for our priority landscapes and initiatives, maintaining an editorial calendar, updating key messages documents and shared notes, etc.
Responding to inquiries and requests from Marketing and Communications teams including fact checking, reviewing social posts, directing media inquiries to our experts, etc.
Assisting with the development of social media materials for the Senior Vice President for Wildlife Conservation’s Twitter/X account (e.g. regular tweets and an editorial calendar).
Developing graphics, infographics, or other visuals to explain our work and priorities as assigned.
Participating in meetings with internal WWF staff, developing and distributing meeting notes afterward, as necessary.
Performing other duties as assigned.

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