Virginia League for Planned Parenthood

Create engaging social media content, monitor trends, staff events, and support advocacy communication efforts. | Passion for reproductive rights, ability to meet deadlines, collaboration skills, detail orientation, and experience with graphic design tools. | Planned Parenthood Advocates (PPAV) of Virginia is seeking a Advocacy Digital Communications Intern to join the team! PPAV is hiring a highly motivated, organized individual to assist our Communications Director in advocacy communication efforts. The Advocacy Digital Communications Intern will be a critical member of our team and play an integral role in our advocacy efforts to contribute to the overall goal of advancing a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive freedom in Virginia. Good humored, independent, creative and flexible individuals are encouraged to apply! Interested? Have your work samples and portfolio ready! Candidates selected to move forward in the interview process will be asked to provide a sample of their social media content or a portfolio for the hiring team to review. Job Responsibilities Include • Monitor social media trends • Create engaging content • Staffing events / gathering content • Additional duties as needed Ideal Candidates Will • Have a passion for reproductive rights and increasing access to sexual and reproductive health care; • Show a strong commitment to meeting deadlines and showing progress towards goals; • Be a self-starter who can collaborate actively with other team members; • Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with diverse team members and communities; • Be detail-oriented, well-organized and a fast learner who can multitask; • Have experience and comfortability using graphic design tools (such as Canva or similar platforms) to create digital and print materials; • Have the ability to follow brand guidelines to ensure consistency in colors, fonts, and overall style; • Show an interest in developing skills in visual communications, including social media graphics, presentations, and simple layouts. Time & Compensation • Hourly expectations: 10 - 15 hours/week • Compensation of $19.96/hour (paid bi-weekly, must keep track of hours and submit time sheets) Organization Overview Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) is a statewide organization whose mission is to preserve and broaden access to reproductive health care through legislation, public education, electoral activity, and litigation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. PPAV works to ensure that individuals and families have the freedom, information, and ability to make their own informed reproductive choices.