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Online Outreach Intern

Green America (www.greenamericatoday.org) is a nonprofit, membership organization whose mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

The Online Campaign Outreach Intern will work directly with the Online Editor on performing outreach about Green America’s programs and campaigns to online information outlets including blogs, social networking Web sites, and the online communications of allied nonprofit organizations.

Spring outreach campaigns will include spreading the word about the Spring issue of our magazine (with this issue exploring the latest in green-jobs trends);  action campaigns from our Fair Trade, Climate Action, and Responsible Investing programs; new industries added to our Responsible Shopper site,  several Spring Green Festival® events, and other projects and activities as they arise.

NOTE:  Telecommuting is an available (and very good) option for this internship!  This work is entirely online and can be done remotely -- from anywhere.  It's best (but not necessary) that you have access to Photoshop, and it would be (obviously) mandatory for you to have regular, reliable Internet access.

Duties

• Maintain a Green America presence on online social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook, Greenopolis, etc.), and investigate how other non-profits are engaging with this non-traditional space to reach out to potential members and allies.  
• Build relationships with the online communications staff at other nonprofits.  Subscribe to allied nonprofits’ e-newsletters, and look for ways to share Green America outreach with them.  Work with the online editor to provide content and graphics for allies’ newsletters as appropriate, and to place traded content in our own e-newsletter.  
• Develop relationships with relevant bloggers, providing them with information about Green America’s campaigns.  Duties will include building on our existing database of allied blogs through original blog research.  (Yes, that means you get to spend part of your day reading blogs!)  

Qualifications

• Completion of at least two years of undergraduate studies desired.
• Must have a passion for social and environmental justice.
• Must be an outgoing, personable, and articulate networker and self-starter. 
• Must be comfortable working independently in an unstructured environment where creativity is encouraged.   
• Must be web savvy and enjoy keeping up with new content-sharing technologies online.
• Experience on previous online outreach desirable. 

To apply:  Send your resume and a one page writing sample to Andrew Korfhage at andrew@GreenAmericaToday.org.  Or Fax to 202-331-8166.  No calls please.

Due the volume of applications we receive, we will not respond to every application we receive.  If we wish to contact you for an interview you will hear from us by phone or email.

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