Intern - Marketing & Communications (Communications)

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others; and strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning. Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.

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Title: Communications Intern

Session Dates: January 13, 2025 - May 2, 2025

Job Type: Paid Internship

Hourly Rate of Pay: $16.00

Work Location: Virtual

Work Schedule: 20 hours per week

Student Type: Undergraduate or Graduate

Application Deadline: October 31, 2024 (11:59 am EST)

Information about the Office/Division:

We are seeking a Communications intern who’s open and ready to learn about how the Museum talks about its current endeavors to the media and the general public. The Communications team, within the Museum’s Marketing Communications Office, supports the institutional priorities of protecting the Museum’s brand, expanding and diversifying the Museum’s audiences and, securing its future with media outreach and advertising placements in international, national and regional newspapers, online, and radio outlets. We work with all Museum offices to help fulfill the vision of the permanence of Holocaust memory, understanding and relevance, and a world in which people are inspired to confront antisemitism and hatred, prevent genocide and promote human dignity.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help pitch and place stories about Museum public and virtual programs, events, artifact donations, survivor research news, etc. in local, regional and national outlets;
• Aid in updating/creating lists of journalists and potential reporters-including college outlets, blogers, podcasts, etc.,- who might cover our major fundraising events, Museum statements, programs, and other initiatives;
• Monitor media coverage of Museum’s l programs and initiatives and coverage that might impact the Museum’s work;
• Work with team to help promote visitation to the Museum;
• Assist communications team in overseeing documentary filming and broadcast interviews of Museum staff and survivor volunteers (only if located near Museum).
• Assist communications team in developing reports measuring outreach impact.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in one of the following fields:
  • Journalism
  • History
  • English
  • Marketing
  • Communications
• Foreign language or foreign policy/international studies are encouraged to apply

Application Requirements:

• Attach your Resume and Cover Letter in one Word or PDF document, titled by your first and last name
  • In your cover letter, please elaborate on the minimum qualifications you possess
  • Applications submitted without a resume and cover letter will not be considered

To be eligible to participate in the Internship Program, students must meet the three following enrollment criteria:

• The student must be 18 years or older currently enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college or university
• The student must have completed at least the first semester of their freshman year (At least at the time of application)
• Provide proof of legal right to work in the United States
• Must be able to pass a background check

The Museum is committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture of diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion (DEAI). Please click here to view the Museum Statement on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (PDF).

Interviews for the Spring 2025 internship program will begin in November 2024; for advanced applicants. Final selection decisions will be made by December 13, 2024, and all candidates will be notified of their status via email by Human Resources.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)