Outdoors for All Intern

Sierra Club • Washington, DC

7d • $18 - $20

About The Position

The Outdoors for All Intern supports the Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign and its storytelling efforts. The campaign advances a just, equitable, and inclusive movement to ensure access to the outdoors for all people, creating opportunities for communities to experience the outdoors and advocate for outdoor access and equity through national and field initiatives, including Military Outdoors, One Million Kids Outdoors, Nearby Nature, and Parks for People. The intern may attend and help document events and activities to highlight the campaign’s impact.

The position is temporary and non-exempt, with a schedule of 15 hours per week for six months. Washington, DC is the preferred location. The hourly rate is $18–$20, depending on location.

Requirements

• Excellent writing skills and experience writing content for or developing memos, one-pagers, fact sheets, social media content, slide decks, and other written materials.
• Experience developing images and graphics for social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn.
• Ability to use Sierra Club graphic templates in Canva to develop assigned assets, with a strong visual eye.
• Experience or willingness to speak with a wide variety of people to support story development.
• Ability to inspire people to share their stories and to steward those stories with care.
• Ability to set and honor deadlines, follow through on commitments, and respond to a variety of communication styles.
• Commitment to continually deepening and evolving understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility; ability to recognize one’s relationship to privilege and power and examine and shift behavior as appropriate.
• Constructive, can-do approach; ability to see mistakes as opportunities for growth and problems as catalysts for solutions; authentic kindness, a sense of humor, and ability to inspire others.

Nice To Haves

• Experience or interest in policy advocacy.
• Experience or interest in conservation, outdoor access, and recreation topics.
• Experience or interest in working with veterans, youth, volunteers, and communities with a wide range of lived experiences and identities.

Responsibilities

• Reach out to outdoor leaders and participants to collect stories about the impact of Sierra Club Outdoors for All initiatives and help develop them into content for digital platforms, such as blog posts and social media.
• Potentially participate in on-the-ground events, including rallies or outings, and capture stories directly.
• Develop social media content—including images, carousels, and short-form video—for campaign and coalition channels using Canva and Sierra Club brand guidelines.
• Help develop the campaign’s weekly network newsletter by editing organization-wide contributions into a simple Google Doc template and collecting assigned stories.
• Research policy measures and topics related to the campaign.
• Prepare briefing materials, presentation slides, documents, and one-pagers using Sierra Club brand guidance and research to support campaign advocacy, fundraising, and effectiveness, as assigned.
• Support special projects and perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed