Communications Intern

Equality Texas; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Equality Texas is seeking a Communications Intern to join the Communications Team in Austin, TX. The role supports digital communications, email, social media, web content, and video editing, reporting to the Sr. Communications Manager.

Onboarding onsite, with a fixed 10-hour-per-week schedule from January 11 to May 31, 2027. The candidate should be pursuing a degree in journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, or related field, have strong writing skills, and be comfortable with

Qualifications

• Pursuing degree or higher with a focus in journalism, communications, public relations, public policy, marketing, or related field
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Experience working with social media including Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite or similar software used to create print and digital images
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving full legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ people in Texas

Responsibilities

• Organizing files, tracking media engagement
• Drafting and copy-editing emails, blogs
• Creating social media and web content
• Editing webinar videos and footage from press conferences
• Capturing content at events as needed
• Researching up-and-coming influencers, celebrities, etc.

Skills

Strong writing

Social media experience

Adobe Creative Suite

Journalism/PR/Marketing focus

Confidential information handling

Education

Pursuing degree in journalism/communications/public relations/marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Title:Communications Intern
Organization:Equality Texas Foundation & EqualityTexas Action
Reports to:Sr. Communications Manager
Location:Austin, TX
Hours and Compensation:Hours are based on selected candidate’s availability. Applicants should be able to commit to 10 hours a week from January 11 – May 31, 2027 and hold a predetermined schedule to be agreed upon during onboarding. Interns will be paid $16/hr.

Candidate MUST LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS and be able totravel to our Austin office for onboarding.

THE POSITION:

Equality Texas is seeking a Communications Internto work with the Communications Team. Reporting directly to the Sr. CommunicationsManager and working collaboratively with other colleagues across theorganization, the Communications Intern will support the overall digital communicationsprogram including administration/organization, social media, email, web content,webinars, video editing, and basic graphic design.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organizing files, tracking media engagement
• Draftingand copy-editing emails, blogs
• Creatingsocial media, and web content
• Editing webinar videos, footage from pressconferences and testimony
• Capturing content at events as needed
• Researchingup-and-coming influencers, celebrities, etc.

CANDIDATE SKILLPROFILE/REQUIREMENTS:

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Demonstratedcommitment to achieving full legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ people inTexas
• Ability to handleconfidential information with discretion
• Pursuing degree orhigher with a focus in journalism, communications, public relations,public policy, marketing, or related field
• Strong writing andcommunications skills
• Experience workingwith social media including Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook
• Innovative,imaginative, and able to turn ideas into reality
• Familiarity with AdobeCreate Suite or similar software used to create print and digital images
• Positive attitude andeagerness to learn about communications

Learning Objectives:

• Improve skills todevelop mission-related social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram andLinkedIn) collateral such as video editing, images and photography
• Strengthen knowledgein nonprofit communications
• Learn copy editingskills
• Learn to how supportvarious departments with photo and video filming, editing

ORGANIZATIONOVERVIEW

Equality Texasenvisions a Texas where all LGBTQ+ people and their families have full equalityin the hearts and minds of their fellow Texans and in all areas of the law.Headquartered in Austin, Equality Texas is dedicated to securing full legal andlived equality for LGBTQ+ Texans through political action, education, communityorganizing, and collaboration. With tens of thousands of members across thestate, Equality Texas is the state’s leading state-wide organizing and advocacyorganization for LGBTQ+ Texans.

Equality Texas is comprised of two nonprofitorganizations:

Equality TexasFoundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provideseducational programming on LGBTQ+ issues and conducts campaigns to build publicsupport for equal rights, and

Equality TexasAction, a 501(c)4 organization that conducts direct lobbyingand advocacy efforts to advance pro-LGBTQ+ legislation and candidates and todefeat anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

Each organization is governed by a volunteer Board ofDirectors, who represent a cross-section of LGBTQ community, business, andphilanthropic leaders and allies.

EqualityTexas encourages people of all identities to apply.No applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, sex,sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, nationalorigin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medicalcondition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federallaws.