Megaphone Strategies seeks Communications Intern - $35k to $45k

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Megaphone is looking for an entry-level communications intern or associate!

About us: Megaphone is a not-for-profit social justice communications firm that reflects the movement we are trying to build. We are majority queer, majority people of color, and majority women. Our mission is to use communications as a tool to diversify the media and politics. We partner with frontline communities, political campaigns, and impactful social justice groups to break through and win on a range of progressive issues and electoral campaigns. 

Position: Communications Intern or Associate. This is a full-time position that is 50% media relations, 20% digital media, and 30% administrative support.

Who we are looking for:

  • Relationship builders -- you actively build relationships with partners, reporters, and team members through dependability, hard work, empathy, and a sense of humor. 

  • Movement people -- you have a commitment to social justice and an active practice of learning when it comes to social justice, inequality, and intersectionality. 

  • News junkies -- you love consuming news across all platforms whether it’s your local paper, TMZ, CNN, Huffington Post, Intercept, Ebony or mitú.

  • Innovators -- you want to help build something new.

  • Talented researchers -- you are adept at finding info about topics and people online.

  • Communicators -- you are good on the phone and are a solid writer with familiarity or experience with producing content in digital platforms.

  • Passionate details people -- you love spreadsheets, tight agendas for meetings, calendars, and ensuring that details don’t fall through the cracks. 

  • Radical Kindness.