Job Openings

Resource Media Job Openings

Thank you for your interest in Resource Media. We currently have the following positions available.

Summer 2011 Intern - Seattle

Who We Are

Resource Media is a leading environmental communications, non-profit organization that provides strategic communications and media outreach services to a diverse group of clients ranging from campaigns to nonprofits working to protect the environment and improve public health. We are the rare breed of media shop that serves as both the strategic brain as well as the implementation arm of our partner groups; we wear both thinking caps and marching boots.

Our 30+ staff and consultants have helped shape media coverage of environmental issues in national, regional and local outlets, across all types of media platforms. We are supported by foundation grants and contracts with non-profit clients. We put passionate communications professionals to work, leveraging top-notch communications strategy to win landmark local, state, and federal environmental protections.

What We Need

We are seeking a talented intern in Seattle who thrives in a busy environment with bright and congenial colleagues who use communications to help make the world a better place. The internship can be 25 to 40 hours/week, per the preference of the intern, for a minimum of 2 months. Our office hours are 9 to 5.

As an Intern at Resource Media you will be responsible for the following:

- Conduct research and write briefing papers for communications projects.
- Use digital platforms for outreach campaigns, including Facebook, blogs, Twitter and more.
- Measure and evaluate social media activity and conversations
- Draft basic media outreach materials such as background briefings, fact sheets, opinion pieces and letters to the editor.
- Compile media coverage to help keep clients up to date on our work.
- Build media lists from reporter databases for media campaigns.
- Pitch reporters on environmental and health media stories.
- Copyedit and proofread reports, grant proposals and media materials.

How to Apply

Please send us a cover letter and resume describing your relevant background and experience, citing specific accomplishments, interests, and ideas for helping us change the world. This is an unpaid internship, but we are happy to help arrange college credit or provide a reference for a job well done.

Email: jobs@resource-media.org