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The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. Together with our charitable partner, the American Cancer Society, we work in Congress, state legislatures and local jurisdictions to support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. • **This is a hybrid remote position that can be home-based in Washington DC. *** JOB SUMMARY ACS CAN seeks a highly motivated, dependable, and conscientious self-starter who is interested in pursuing a career in communications, social media and/or marketing, particularly in the non-profit and/or health policy world. Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Media Advocacy and Executive Communications Manager, you will develop and draft communications and social media content to support ACS CAN's senior leadership team with a focus on strengthening and elevating online public personas. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES • Help maintain social media content and engagement for ACS CAN president's social pages and other members of the leadership team as needed. • Research and draft content and graphics for social media. • Schedule approved posts on Twitter and LinkedIn. • Identify key reporters, lawmakers, influencers and creators on social media and support engagement with those key audiences. • Support engagement with ACS CAN state social media pages and create and archive photos/content from those pages. • Engage with other relevant content across platforms. • Keep a pulse on the latest platform trends and propose ideas to propel engagement. • Analyze performance and growth metrics in order to adjust creative for optimizing posts. • Participate in larger social media brainstorms and content ideation. • Support drafting of talking points, letters and other communications for ACS CAN leadership team. • Research content, pull data and relevant information and draft copy and correspondence. • Review, update and/or create Wikipedia page profiles for key leaders. • Identify a need and create a project to support executive communications and social media to be completed and presented by the end of the internship. • Other duties as assigned. SKILLS • Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills • Understanding of the basic principles of social media, public relations and/or marketing • Ability to communicate in a professional manner • Ability to work well independently, and within a team • Must have writing experience outside of the classroom (creative blogging, school newspaper, etc) • Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Canva and social media platforms EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE • Minimum 2 years of college, relevant coursework. Save Lives, Fulfill Yours The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. Together with our charitable partner, the American Cancer Society, we work in Congress, state legislatures and local jurisdictions to support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer. Apply tot his job