World Wildlife Fund · 19 hours ago
IN-26024 Wildlife Communications Intern
US-DC-Washington
Internship
Hybrid
InternWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Wildlife Communications Intern. The intern will assist and support the coordination, administration, and implementation of Wildlife Conservation communications priorities and activities, gaining firsthand strategic communications experience in wildlife conservation work.
CommunitiesNon ProfitWildlife Conservation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Supporting the development and maintenance of internal communications products for the Wildlife Conservation team (e.g. newsletters, regular media and communications updates, internal databases and calendars, and fact checking)
Developing and updating existing editorial and written content. This may include:
Webpages of wildlife species and projects
Web stories
Newsletter stories
Presentation decks
Brainstorming ideas, comms strategies, and executing comms outputs for wildlife commemoration days (i.e. World Pangolin Day, World Whale Day, World Wildlife Day, etc.) and other priority campaigns/initiatives
Assisting with the development of social media materials for the Senior Vice President for Wildlife Conservation’s Twitter/X account (e.g. regular tweets and an editorial calendar)
Developing graphics, infographics, or other visuals to explain our work and priorities as assigned
Participating in meetings with internal WWF staff, developing and distributing meeting notes afterward, as necessary
Performing other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Creative and innovative thinker
Highly organized, with good time management skills
Passionate with strong interest in wildlife conservation
Strong analytical, written, verbal, and presentation skills
Experience with email platforms and Microsoft Office applications
Resourceful, engaged, flexible, and adaptable
Ability to meet deadlines and commitments
Good interpersonal skills. Communicative and a team player
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
Preferred
Experience using design software like Canva and/or Adobe programs like InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premier Pro is a plus
Related education (additional major, minor, or focus area) and/or previous work experience in wildlife conservation, conservation biology, wildlife science, environmental science, or related fields
Company
World Wildlife Fund
WWF's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth.
Founded in 1991Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.1MKey Investors
International Paper
2024-08-07Grant
2022-12-13Grant· $0.1M
Leadership Team
Loren Mayor
Chief Operating Officer
Jason Clay
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation
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