The National Peace Corps Association is seeking an intern to work closely with the Director of Communications. The Communications department publishes a quarterly print magazine, maintains the organization's online presence-- including a blog and on a variety of social networking and Web 2.0 sites--and is involved in a wide range of other communications issues for this small non-profit.
The intern position is writing intensive and the intern will be expected to help write and edit pieces for the NPCA website, blog, e-newsletter and Worldview magazine. The intern will also be asked to help manage the NPCAs accounts on Web 2.0 sites including facebook, youtube, linkedin, and flickr. The communications intern should have excellent writing, editing, researching, web publishing, and organizational skills.
Ideal candidates will be those willing to take a direction and also do self-motivated independent work. Applicants should be smart, creative, enthusiastic, collegial and inspired by Peace Corps. Familiarity with Photoshop, basic HTML and video editing tools is a plus.