Editorial or Communications Intern

Summary

Join Ballotpedia's internship program and gain hands-on experience in a collaborative environment. As an intern, you'll receive onboarding similar to full-time employees, learning about bias prevention, website coding, and Ballotpedia's style guide. You'll then join one of four teams (Communications, Editorial, External Relations, or Tech), working alongside full-time staff. Editorial interns may research and write about various political topics, assist with news and legislation tracking, and participate in team meetings. Communications interns may assist with social media, email campaigns, data collection, and report development. The internship is part-time (10-20 hours/week), remote, and paid at $15/hour (or your area's minimum wage if higher). Ballotpedia may facilitate credit for your internship experience.

Requirements

• To apply, click on “Apply for this job” below and fill out the form
• Please provide the following in PDF format
• Résumé
• Cover letter which states your area of preference (Editorial or Communications), including the contact information for two professional references
• Neutral writing sample (under five pages)
• Note: please include this in the same file as your cover letter
• Please ensure that either your resume or your cover letter includes your current address
• Applications that do not include a current address will not be accepted
• To join Ballotpedia, you must have a well-functioning computer with Internet access
• Ballotpedia uses Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive and more) to accomplish our goals
• Ballotpedia’s fall 2025 internship runs from Monday, September 8, 2025 through Friday, December 12, 2025
• Ballotpedia’s fall internship is a part-time internship program; interns will work approximately 10-20 hours per week depending on their availability
• If you will be seeking credit for your internship, and if there is anything that Ballotpedia will need to do to assist you, please include that information in the same file as your cover letter

Responsibilities

• Be embedded in one of our Editorial teams (i.e. Ballot Measures, Elections, Marquee, News, or Policy) and work directly with Editorial staff members
• Research and write about elections and candidates, policy topics, legislation, ballot measures, or other topics, depending upon your assignment
• Assist our teams in news tracking, legislation tracking, and primary source monitoring
• Process candidate surveys
• Conduct other detailed research projects
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and planning meetings with experienced staff members
• Process new volunteer applications and work with volunteer program activities
• Assist with metrics and reporting on data collection
• Assist with Ballotpedia’s social media, including creating posts and graphics
• Assist with Ballotpedia’s various email products, from daily and weekly newsletters to special campaigns
• Respond to communications from a variety of external sources
• Collect a variety of data points, tracking subscribers, and engagement
• Help develop compelling presentations, infographics and reports
• Monitor and report on media mentions
• Participate in special research projects
• Participate in promotional planning and activities
• Assist in identifying and coordinating influencer relations on social media
• Find and analyze potential social media channels for Ballotpedia to join or track
• Assist with video script writing and video image sourcing
• Assist with SEO tagging
• Opportunities to write marketing/promotional content

Preferred Qualifications

Some familiarity with Google Applications is helpful

Benefits

• Interns will be compensated at $15.00 per hour
• Please note: If the minimum wage in your area is more than $15.00 per hour, you will be compensated per your area’s minimum wage
• Ballotpedia interns will work remotely, as all Ballotpedia staff work remotely
• Ballotpedia is happy to facilitate credit for your internship experience if that is available to you