Title: Intern

Reports to: Intern Supervisor

Hours: 25 hours per week for Summer of 2024

Location: fully remote; due to state regulations, must be working from one of the following states: AZ, CA, DC, FL, IL, KY, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT

GIFFORDS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence. Led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, GIFFORDS shifts culture, changes policies, and challenges injustice, inspiring Americans across the country to fight gun violence. We are looking for current college undergraduate students with at least one year of college experience to join our team during the summer of 2024 as paid interns. The ideal GIFFORDS intern is highly organized, detail-oriented, a strong writer, and passionate about the issue of gun violence prevention.

Interns at GIFFORDS are paid $18.50 per hour. We will work with interns to gain academic credit if applicable. Start date is on or around June 10th, 2024 with a commitment of approximately 25 hours per week throughout the summer with an end date in August 2024. Work must be done during typical business hours (9 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday).

Interns will work on one or more of our teams listed below to help support our ongoing efforts in the fight against gun violence. Exact team placement will be based on relevant experience of each intern and capacity needs of each team.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applicants, no phone calls or emails, please.

Duties + responsibilities:

Communications Intern

• Monitor and assemble daily press clips
• Monitor related breaking news
• Draft various comms materials, including press releases, social, blog posts, and other content
• Create and organize press lists
• Research reporters and other assigned topics
• Assist with web design and other digital content

Political Intern

• Conduct media monitoring for key races, states, and regions
• Research personal, electoral, legislative, and political histories of candidates and incumbents
• Collect and identify relevant political and electoral research from various outlets and partners
• Track communications with federal, state, and local campaigns
• Write first drafts of memos and briefs; assist in the drafting of PAC candidate endorsement materials
• Assist with compliance work related to PAC checks and independent expenditures
• Assist with coordinating political events

Research Intern

• Monitor and review new research on gun violence
• Track data for research team databases
• Translate social science research through literature reviews and memos to support policy and advocacy work
• Interface with online data portals and download and clean tables
• Assist with spreadsheet management/organization
• Attend webinars and trainings on relevant subjects
• Lead and attend discussions on current trends and research in the gun violence prevention movement

Applying + the interview process

Submit your resume and complete our short application questions online. Our interview process consists of a phone interview and a video interview. We expect the interview process to conclude by mid May

GIFFORDS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion. People of color, trans individuals, gender non-conforming individuals, women, people with differing abilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.