BR-2307 Wildlife Communications Undergraduate Intern

Overview

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and maintenance of internal communications products for the Wildlife Conservation team (e.g. newsletters, regular media updates, internal databases and calendars, and fact checking).  
• Supporting the development of editorial and written content. This may include: 
• Webpages of wildlife species and projects  
• Web stories  
• Newsletter stories 
• Presentation decks 
• Helping in fact checking requests from other WWF teams  
• Assisting with the development of social media materials for the Senior Vice President for Wildlife Conservation’s Twitter account (e.g. regular tweets and an editorial calendar).   
• Developing graphics, infographics, or other visuals to explain our work and priorities. 
• Brainstorming ideas and executing comms outputs for wildlife commemoration days (i.e. Global Tiger Day, World Ranger Day, World Elephant Day, etc.) 
• Participating in meetings with internal WWF staff, developing and distributing meeting notes afterward, as necessary.  
• Supporting implementation of wildlife communications strategy as needed.  
• Performing other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

• Must be an actively enrolled student and not received degree at time of internship start date. 
• Pursuing an Associate’s or Bachelor’s program. 
• Highly organized, eager, and passionate with excellent communication skills and some experience/exposure or interest in wildlife conservation.  
• Creative and innovative thinker.  
• Experience with email platforms and Microsoft Office applications.  
• Resourceful, engaged, and communicative.  
• Ability to meet deadlines and commitments. 
• Good interpersonal skills. 
• Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values: Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration:  
• Demonstrates courage by speaking up even when it is difficult, or unpopular.  
• Builds trust with colleagues by acting with integrity, owning mistakes, and holding oneself accountable.  
• Welcomes other points of view and ideas, recognizing and embracing different and contrary perspectives with kindness, curiosity, and encouragement.  
• Makes conscious efforts to promote cooperative practices, behaviors, and ways of working across many groups and individuals.  

• Course work in communications and wildlife, conservation, or biology.  
• Excellent research skills.  
• Attention to detail. 
• Organized and self-motivated. 
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, and presentation skills.  
• Experience using design software. 

• 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. 

• Development discussions with their manager; 
• Up to two online courses through Cornell University’s eCornell program; 
• Speed mentoring with different WWF teams; 
• Opportunity to present their work to intern peers and WWF staff; 
• Session on resume and interviewing best practices.