**Job Title:**

• *Job Description:**

Join Our Team and Shape the Future of Politics and Elections!

We're seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our Editorial or Communications teams as Spring 2025 Interns. As a Ballotpedia intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, from researching and writing articles to assisting with social media and email campaigns. Our internship program is designed to provide you with hands-on experience, mentorship, and training to help you grow professionally and personally.

As a Ballotpedia Editorial intern, you may:

• Be embedded in one of our Editorial teams (i.e. Ballots, Elections, Marquee or News) and work directly with Editorial staff members;


• Work on articles on candidates and elections;


• Write about Federal, State, or Local elections, depending upon your assignment;


• Assist our teams in news tracking and monitoring;


• Research candidate stances and biographies;


• Research election results and input them into our database;


• Research race expenditures;


• Research race endorsements;


• Process candidate surveys;


• Conduct research projects to improve overall data quality;


• Participate in brainstorming sessions with experienced staff members;


• Write and research on other topics as assigned;


• Process new volunteer applications;


• Work with volunteer program activities;


• Support Ballotpedia fellows program activities;


• Assist with metrics and reporting data collection.

As a Ballotpedia Communications intern, you may:

• Assist with Ballotpedia's social media, including creating posts and graphics;


• Assist with Ballotpedia's various email products, from daily and weekly newsletters to special campaigns;


• Respond to communications from a variety of external sources;


• Assist in coordinating and completing webinars, briefings, or similar group events;


• Collect a variety of data points, tracking subscribers, and engagement;


• Help develop compelling presentations, infographics and reports;


• Monitor and report on media mentions;


• Participate in special research projects;


• Participate in promotional planning and activities;


• Assist in identifying and coordinating influencer relations on social media;


• Find and analyze potential social media channels for Ballotpedia to join or track.

Our internship program runs from Monday, January 13, 2025 through Friday, May 2, 2025, and is a part-time program with approximately 10-20 hours per week. We offer a competitive hourly rate of $15.00 per hour, with the option to compensate at the local minimum wage if applicable.

If you're passionate about politics, elections, and public policy, and want to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic and mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply today!

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