Outdoors for All Intern

About the Role

The Outdoors for All Intern will support the Outdoors for All campaign's story-telling efforts. The intern may have opportunities to attend and help document events and activities to help uplift the impact of the campaign.

• Department: Program Department
• Location: Washington, DC preferred
• Reports to: Outdoors for All Director
• Duration: 15 hours/week for 6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with Story Collection and Organizing: Outreach to outdoor leaders and participants to gather stories about the impact of Sierra Club Outdoors for All initiatives and help develop them into content for digital platforms (e.g., blog posts, social media). Potential to participate in on-the-ground events (e.g., rallies or outings) and capture stories directly.
• Assist with Social Media Content Development: Utilizing Canva and Sierra Club’s brand guidelines, develop social media content, including images, carousels, and short-form video to post on campaign and coalition channels.
• Assist in developing the Campaign’s weekly network newsletter: Contribute to and help edit organization-wide contributions to the newsletter into a simple Google Doc template and help collect stories as assigned to flesh out the newsletter.
• Help with research and document preparation: Research on policy measures and topics related to the campaign. Using Sierra Club’s brand guidance and research, develop briefing materials, presentation slides, documents, and one-pagers to support the campaign’s advocacy, fundraising, and effectiveness, as assigned.
• Support special projects and miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Written Communication skills: Excellent writing skills. Experience writing content for and/or developing memos, one-pagers, fact-sheets, social media content, slide decks, and other written materials.
• Creative and social media content skills: Experience developing images and graphics for social media for a variety of platforms including Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn. Using Sierra Club graphic templates in Canva to develop assigned assets. Strong visual eye.
• Interpersonal skills: Experience or willingness to talk to a wide variety of people to support the development of stories. Ability to inspire others to share stories and trust you to steward those stories with care.
• Work ethics and dependability: Ability to set and honor deadlines, follow through on commitments, and be responsive to a variety of communications styles.
• Committed to evolution: Commitment to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility. Ability to recognize your own relationship to privilege and power, examining and shifting your behaviors as appropriate.
• Uplifting and additive: View mistakes as opportunities for growth; problems as catalysts for solutions, and inspire others along the journey. Carry a constructive approach, can-do attitude, a sense of humor, and authentic kindness.

Qualifications

The strongest candidates will also demonstrate the following experience, skills, and competencies:

• 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 across a wide range of lived experiences and identities.