Communications Intern

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

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Posted 8 hrs ago

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Job Summary

You will own the organization’s daily and broad communications workflow, including drafting content, distributing news, supporting external affairs, events, and newsletters. The role emphasizes hands-on content creation, outreach planning, and event support within a fast-paced environment.

  • Own daily news distribution and social/content drafting
  • Support external affairs and events communications
  • Assist in newsletters and outreach plans

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Compile and distribute daily news articles
  • Draft written content for social media, blog posts, press materials and reports
  • Monitor and measure social media to aid outreach efforts and inform strategy
  • Support external affairs and communications strategy meetings
  • Assist in building communications and outreach plans for reports and research products
  • Assist with media outreach for events and product releases
  • Support events by tracking attendance responses, reviewing event-related documents, and providing communications support in the lead-up to and during the event
  • Support marketing efforts by assisting senior team members
  • Assist in the production of the organization’s monthly newsletter

Requirements

  • Past experience supporting a communications, public relations or marketing team
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fluid, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
  • Organized, detail-oriented, outgoing individual with demonstrated ability to multi-task and achieve high-performance objectives
  • Pursuing or completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism, political science or a related field
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Greater Washington Partnership

The Greater Washington Partnership is a nonprofit alliance of influential cross-sector employers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. Together, we leverage shared experiences to identify challenges and offer real solutions to the region’s most critical issues. Our goal is to champion economic growth and inclusive prosperity, from Baltimore to Richmond, to make our region the best place to live, work and build a business.

Founded in 2016
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
37 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~37

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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