Spring 2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Intern, Social Media

The ACLU seeks an Undergraduate or Graduate Intern in the Communications and Marketing department - social media & store team of the ACLU’s National office in New York, NY. 

The Team: 

The ACLU communications department creates, maintains, and expands message narratives to engage our supporters and other target audiences, to help protect and expand civil liberties and civil rights, and also to illustrate the value and impact of the ACLU’s transformational work. Through our messaging, engagement with newsmakers, our written content, creative branding, and visual identity, we encourage support for the ACLU and help to build a more perfect union. 

What You’ll Do: 

The Social Media & Store intern will help execute store and social media objectives. This role will be responsible for aiding in running the store in the most efficient, cost effective, and profitable way possible. We welcome new and creative merchandise and marketing ideas.   

Your Day to Day 
Interns will gain valuable experience working with the team on many issues. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:  

• Produce social media content for Instagram, X (Formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Facebook as needed   

• Assist social media editors in scheduling content, including during rapid response moments   

• Prepare analytics reports with assistance from social media editors or the social media manager   

• Regular online store updates including: product page set up, copywriting, promotion support, and more. 

• Brainstorm new products, merchandise strategies, and promotional campaigns 

• Product photography and content creation for social media marketing 

What You’ll Bring: 

• Experience using TikTok, Instagram, Threads, and X (Formerly Twitter) for professional, academic, or extracurricular purposes; experience using these platforms for advocacy or organizing work a plus   

• Attention to detail, excellent written communication skills 

• Previous e-commerce experience for a major brand or retailer 

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and comfortable analyzing data 

• Understanding of the internet and social media trends 

Future ACLU-ers Will: 

• Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU 

• Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives 

• Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflict 

Internship Logistics: 

• Location: Our internship program offers a limited number of remote or hybrid intern positions. This internship is fully remote. 

• Time Commitment: Term-time internships may be completed on a part-time basis (10, 15, or 20 hours/week).  

• Internship Duration: Part-time internships span 12 weeks consecutive weeks. 

• Stipend: A stipend is available for students who are lawfully authorized to work and do not receive compensation from other sources. Students with external funding may receive a partial stipend to bring their total funding up to the level of the ACLU’s stipend amount for that term. Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit. Below are the stipend rates: 

• $20/hour for undergraduate students or equivalent experience  

• $24/hour for graduate and law students or equivalent experience 

Priority Application Deadline: October 25, 2024 

Why the ACLU: 

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.

Our Commitment to Accessibility, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all. For us diversity, equity and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities, but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and growth, humility and grace, transparency and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization – one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to anti-oppression and anti-racism internally as we are externally. Because whether we’re in the courts or in the office, we believe ‘We the People’ means all of us. 

With this commitment in mind, we strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please email [email protected]. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.