Editorial or Communications Spring 2027 Internship Program (Paid/Remote)
About The Position
Ballotpedia offers a paid Spring 2027 internship program in Editorial or Communications. Interns receive onboarding similar to full-time employees, including training in coding the Ballotpedia website, the organization’s style guide, and methods for preventing and detecting bias. After orientation, interns join the Communications, Editorial, External Relations, or Tech teams and work alongside full-time staff. Editorial interns may join a specific Editorial team and contribute to research, article creation, news and legislative tracking, candidate survey processing, volunteer activities, planning, and data reporting. Communications interns may support social media, email products, external communications, data collection, presentations, media monitoring, research, promotions, influencer relations, video scripts and image sourcing, SEO tagging, and marketing or promotional writing. The Spring 2027 internship runs from January 11, 2027, through May 7, 2027. It is part-time, with interns working approximately 10–20 hours per week depending on availability. The role is remote. Interns must have a functioning computer and internet access; familiarity with Google Applications is helpful. Compensation is $15 per hour, or the applicable local minimum wage if it is higher. Ballotpedia can facilitate academic credit when available.
Requirements
- Have a well-functioning computer with internet access.
- Submit a résumé, a cover letter stating an area of preference and including contact information for two professional references, and a neutral writing sample under five pages, in PDF format.
- Include a current address in either the résumé or cover letter.
Nice To Haves
- Some familiarity with Google Applications, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and Drive.
- Eligibility to receive academic credit for the internship, if available.
Responsibilities
- Join an Editorial team and work directly with Editorial staff members, depending on assignment.
- Research elections and candidates, policy topics, legislation, ballot measures, or other subjects.
- Support the creation of, or create, original encyclopedic articles.
- Assist with news tracking, legislation tracking, and primary source monitoring.
- Process candidate surveys.
- Conduct detailed research projects.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and planning meetings with experienced staff members.
- Process new volunteer applications and assist with volunteer program activities.
- Assist with metrics and reporting on data collection.
- Assist with Ballotpedia social media, including creating posts and graphics.
- Assist with email products, including daily and weekly newsletters and special campaigns.
- Respond to communications from external sources.
- Collect data points and track subscribers and engagement.
- Help develop presentations, infographics, and reports.
- Monitor and report on media mentions.
- Participate in special research projects and promotional planning and activities.
- Assist in identifying and coordinating influencer relations on social media.
- Find and analyze potential social media channels for Ballotpedia to join or track.
- Assist with video script writing and video image sourcing.
- Assist with SEO tagging.
- Write marketing or promotional content.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
