Academic Credit: Offered upon the school department’s approval

About the role

This role will involve working on some combination of the below. Please make sure to visit our website prior to applying!

• Using WordPress to keep our website updated on a daily basis;
• Creating and updating web pages;
• Incorporating website design changes as needed;
• Running a CRM (EveryAction), designing emails, segmenting audiences;
• Injecting CRM forms into our website to collect signups;
• Create and manage Zoom webinars for live events;
• Domain knowledge;
• Google Analytics knowledge;
• Google Search Console knowledge;
• HTML, CSS, or any other relevant coding experience.

Qualifications of an ideal candidate:

• Exceptional undergraduates, graduate students, and recent grads are encouraged to apply;
• Detail-oriented to a fault;
• Deep belief in RDI’s mission and values;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Open-minded and willing to interact with a broad range of often-conflicting political points of view;
• Social, articulate, and a self-starter unafraid to take initiative;
• Experience with Google Suite (especially Google Sheets), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools (especially EveryAction), Zoom, and other development databases strongly preferred;
• Experience in the fundraising and development space is a plus.

Logistics & Benefits

• An ability to work remotely due to the current crisis and, if/when it’s safe to return to the office, an opportunity to work at an exciting start-up with unlimited snacks, coffee, and other perks;
• Our internships last 3-6 months. Interns can either work full time (40 hours/week) or part time (25+ hours/week); but can be flexible depending on applicant’s circumstance;
• Hours are flexible and we are willing to work around your academic schedule;
• An opportunity to work closely with senior organizational leadership, including the Executive Director, as well as access to members of the Board of Directors, and other individuals from RDI’s extended network;
• This is an unpaid internship;
• A typical day could include spending a few hours updating the website and doing various CRM related tasks; posting updates to the website; building web pages; participating in a lunch-and-learn with a prominent political figure, a world champion poker player, or a business leader; and coordinating with the Newsletter and Event teams to put together digital content

We are recruiting on a rolling basis. Please send a resume, brief cover letter covering relevant experience and interest in the role, and either a portfolio or examples of your web development and management experience to apply@rdi.org. Please also indicate your desired hours per week and start date in your cover letter. Only complete applications will be reviewed.