Communications Intern - Summer 2024 #24-5
Job Description
The Legal Aid Society is the nation’s oldest and largest social justice law firm. We are united in one simple but powerful belief: that no New Yorker should be denied the right to equal justice. The Legal Aid Society advances its mission through rigorous client representation in a myriad of courts, community education, class action and impact litigation, and systemic law and policy reform.
The Legal Aid Society’s Communications Department as an immediate opening for a Communications Intern to support efforts, to inform, influence, and engage our staff across various departments and offices in New York City. They will assist with public relations and external communications.
The Communications Department leads Legal Aid’s growing media relations, marketing, branding, and design needs on earned, owned, and paid media channels. They tell the stories of our clients and supporters, develops educational and advocacy campaigns, and highlights our legal and advocacy victories.
Duration of internship: June 3 - August 16
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
This is an ideal opportunity for a student seeking experience in fundamental communication strategies such as media relations, audience research and channel management.
The intern will learn how to use human-centric strategic and design thinking to reach an internal and external audiences. They will also get to create content and experiences that connect the public and Legal Aid staff to our mission, values, and each other. Duties include:
- Content creation - Contribute to the development of written and multimedia content for various channels (e.g., press releases, pitches, Intranet news and resource sites, signage, events, etc.), leveraging our brand and style guidelines
- Media Relations – Monitor daily media to track important breaking industry stories and alert key stakeholders accordingly; Maintain media lists and administrative databases
- Event coordination - Assist with the planning and production of internal events for celebration, recognition, learning, and team-building
- Process and planning optimization - Support the maintenance of a robust org-wide content calendar and proactively seek ways to improve our service to our people
- Other duties as assigned
Required Documents
Please submit these documents as a single combined PDF when you apply via the application portal.
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date Listed
Apr 4, 2024
Location
Manhattan - Legal Aid Society Headquarters
Requirements
- Enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program (preferably in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, Marketing, Design, or a related field of study)
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Acts with high degree of compassion, integrity, and open-mindedness
- Basic understanding of user experience, storytelling, and brand/voice principles
- Creative thinker with ability to ideate and pitch compelling, intentional content
- Proven time-management and organizational skills
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 and familiar with content and collaboration tools
- Possesses a growth mindset and openness to learning new skills and approaches
- Comfortable with navigating ambiguity and complexity
- Proficiency in visual/graphic design, photography, and/or videography a plus
SALARY TRANSPARENCY
As an intern position, this role has no salary.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
As an intern position, this role is not benefit-eligible.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.