Digital Products Associate

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Reports to: Director of Digital Products
 

Summary

The Digital Products intern works closely with the director of digital products, editorial staff, program staff, and other team members, on a variety of digital projects, supporting the Green America main website, the Green American magazine, the Green Business Network, the Green Pages, and other sub-sites and specialty projects.

The intern will conceptualize and manage the organization’s website as well as ideate, research, format and design digital products such as mailings, sub-sites, micro-sites, and/or new features on the existing platform.

This position helps to extend the resources of the organization in order to better assist and meet the needs of our members.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support the maintenance and updating for the back-end of public website. 
  • Publish approved content on the website and/or various social media platforms. 
  • Work closely with the director, staff, and outside parties such as consultants, to develop content for the main digital engagement platform, our public website, electronic newsletters, and/or social media platforms. 
  • Work in iterative cycles to develop our software, including: researching needs, coordinating with teammates, developing functional specifications, identifying priorities, articulating data architecture, understanding desired metrics, laying out tasks, managing the rollout schedule, and gaining feedback.
     

Qualifications

  • The ideal candidate will be a team player who is willing to pitch in to support the community.
  • An “all-hands-on-deck” attitude, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to think holistically about complex problems will be required.
  • The intern will be an essential member of the global headquarters team.
  • Candidates are placed in our Washington D.C. office. Remote work is also available.
  • Passion for social & environmental justice and making real change in the world.
     

A Few of our Recent Victories

(Because we want you to be as excited about this work as we are.)

  • Pushing Apple to improve worker conditions in its partner factories.
  • Getting National Geographic to start transitioning to recycled paper in the paper it uses for the magazine.
  • Moving Cheerios, Hershey, Hellmann’s, Similac, and Campbell’s to offer non-GMO products Getting Hershey to remove child labor out of its cocoa supply.
  • Coordinating national stakeholders to identify and implement sustainable sources of gmo-free wheat 


If the above doesn’t describe you perfectly but you think you should be working at Green America, please get in touch anyway and tell us why you want to work with us. We find the most compelling candidates exist outside the resume.

 

Desired qualifications

  • Knowledge of HTML or other digital coding.
  • Effective communicator – both written and oral.
  • Ability to work independently as well as in partnership with a team.
  • Ability to define and work to deadlines.
  • Be self-directed and willing to take initiative, and detail-oriented.
  • Respect and maintain confidentiality of organization staff, volunteers, donors, and members.
  • Enthusiasm for the mission of the organization.
     

Additional qualifications (optional)

  • Knowledge of git or SFTP.
  • Proficiency in technical web development tools (Drupal, WordPress, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) and firm grasp of the back-end and digital space.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, or other visualization tools.
  • Proficiency in in Microsoft Office.
  • Proficiency on social media platforms.
     

Training & Supervision

Training and supervision conducted by: director of digital products, including weekly checkin and shared work plan.

 

Time Commitment

  • 10-20 hours/week (can be spread over multiple days of the workweek)
  • Preference will be given to those who can commit to a minimum of 10 weeks of service (200 hours)
  • Green America is open four days a week, Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Work may be completed in office and/or remotely.
     

Benefits

  • Build your portfolio of work
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Help meet an important social need in an organization with an national reach
  • $65 travel stipend
     

How to Apply

 

Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding, or reproductive health disorders), age (18 years of age or older), marital status (including domestic partnership and parenthood), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, or credit information. Harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic is included as a form of discrimination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the list of skills that the digital products associate will focus on:

 

Skills List for Digital Product Associates

Documents


Project Management

 

Communications

 

Design

 

Coding

 

Content Management System

 

Professional Development

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Green Consumer Mobilization and Technology Services
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